Top dad Quotes Collection - Page 5

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Image of Horace
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
- Horace
Collection: Dad
Image of Billie Joe Armstrong
I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed.
- Billie Joe Armstrong
Collection: Dad
Image of Anthony Hopkins
My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker.
- Anthony Hopkins
Collection: Dad
Image of Herbie Hancock
But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.
- Herbie Hancock
Collection: Dad
Image of Tatum O'Neal
I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.
- Tatum O'Neal
Collection: Dad
Image of Publilius Syrus
An angry father is most cruel towards himself.
- Publilius Syrus
Collection: Dad
Image of Christopher Meloni
The surprising thing about fatherhood was finding my inner mush. Now I want to share it with the world.
- Christopher Meloni
Collection: Dad
Image of Pete Rose
My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.
- Pete Rose
Collection: Dad
Image of Ray Romano
If my father had hugged me even once, I'd be an accountant right now.
- Ray Romano
Collection: Dad
Image of Chief Joseph
I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.
- Chief Joseph
Collection: Dad
Image of Lou Brock
When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed.
- Lou Brock
Collection: Dad
Image of Joseph Joubert
Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
- Joseph Joubert
Collection: Dad
Image of David Rockefeller
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.
- David Rockefeller
Collection: Dad
Image of Tom Bosley
Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business.
- Tom Bosley
Collection: Dad
Image of Beau Bridges
My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.
- Beau Bridges
Collection: Dad
Image of Imelda Marcos
I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.
- Imelda Marcos
Collection: Dad
Image of John Lithgow
I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife.
- John Lithgow
Collection: Dad
Image of Robert Bly
When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching.
- Robert Bly
Collection: Dad
Image of Tony Visconti
My father loved people, children and pets.
- Tony Visconti
Collection: Dad
Image of Amy Sedaris
My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.
- Amy Sedaris
Collection: Dad
Image of Prince Charles
Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.
- Prince Charles
Collection: Dad
Image of Shah Rukh Khan
Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works.
- Shah Rukh Khan
Collection: Dad
Image of Friedrich Nietzsche
Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Collection: Dad
Image of Oliver Hudson
Father or stepfather - those are just titles to me. They don't mean anything.
- Oliver Hudson
Collection: Dad
Image of Robert Mapplethorpe
I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.
- Robert Mapplethorpe
Collection: Dad
Image of Jay London
I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out.
- Jay London
Collection: Dad
Image of Bertrand Russell
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
- Bertrand Russell
Collection: Dad
Image of William Hurt
Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.
- William Hurt
Collection: Dad
Image of Clint Eastwood
My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.
- Clint Eastwood
Collection: Dad
Image of J. R. Moehringer
My father was a food lover and a deadbeat dad, and maybe a connection between good food and bad dads was forged early, in the deepest folds of my subconscious, where we make so many decisions about our parents.
- J. R. Moehringer
Collection: Dad
Image of James Nesbitt
My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything you need to know about hard work. My dad is the most decent man you could come across.
- James Nesbitt
Collection: Dad
Image of David Icke
I couldn't walk down any street in Britain without being laughed at. It was a nightmare. My children were devastated because their dad was a figure of ridicule.
- David Icke
Collection: Dad
Image of Alysia Reiner
From the moment my dad died, from the moment I found out there was the possibility of his dying, there were many surprises - years after, minutes after. The moments I was okay were as surprising as the ones that I wasn't. Making it through the eulogy without losing it. And then the guilt I felt about it. Surprise!
- Alysia Reiner
Collection: Dad
Image of Thandie Newton
I grew up on the coast of England in the '70s. My dad is white from Cornwall, and my mom is black from Zimbabwe. Even the idea of us as a family was challenging to most people.
- Thandie Newton
Collection: Dad
Image of Kristin Cavallari
My dad was very excited about me doing 'Laguna Beach,' and he thought it was a great opportunity. My mom, however, living in Chicago, was a little nervous. I mean she had some reservations about MTV. I think there was a point in my life where I wasn't even allowed to watch MTV!
- Kristin Cavallari
Collection: Dad
Image of Josh Dun
One day I said to my dad, 'Are you disappointed that I'm working a minimum-wage job and I didn't go to college?' I'll never forget his response. He said, 'It's not about how much money you make or what your job is, but it's more about your character. For that, I'm proud of you.'
- Josh Dun
Collection: Dad
Image of Seth MacFarlane
There are people on staff who have made that point, that the upside to a second Bush term is that it makes 'American Dad' work better. To me, the price is too high. I would gladly give up the comedy to have a President Kerry. But you work with what you have.
- Seth MacFarlane
Collection: Dad
Image of M.I.A.
Matangi's mantra is aim, which is MIA backwards. She fights for freedom of speech and stands for truth, and lives in the ghetto because her dad was the first person in Hindu mythology who came from the 'hood, but had gained enlightenment through not being a Brahmin.
- M.I.A.
Collection: Dad
Image of Brad Mondo
My dad taught me how to do hair color and how to use a flat iron and curl hair.
- Brad Mondo
Collection: Dad
Image of Maureen Lipman
My Dad was a tailor and he would give my mother housekeeping money each week and call it her 'wages.'
- Maureen Lipman
Collection: Dad
Image of Corey Hart
I needed to step away from music because the truth was I couldn't be the dad I wanted to be to my kids. My truth was that I could not reconcile the two worlds - the entertainment world and being the dad I wanted to be in the present. You can't substitute time, you just can't.
- Corey Hart
Collection: Dad
Image of Ryan Giggs
My dad played rugby, so I used to watch a lot of rugby union and rugby league.
- Ryan Giggs
Collection: Dad
Image of Thierry Henry
My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done.
- Thierry Henry
Collection: Dad
Image of David James
When I was a kid I read Bob Wilson's autobiography. After every match, Bob's dad used to ask him: 'Did you enjoy the game?' regardless of the result. That's what we should be teaching our kids, not career advice on how to become the next Wayne Rooney.
- David James
Collection: Dad
Image of Lee Evans
My dad is from Rhyl and my grandfather is from Pontypridd. They were all miners, the Evans men, they're all short and red-cheeked, and they can sing like birds.
- Lee Evans
Collection: Dad
Image of Albert Pujols
My dad always supported me. Sometimes we didn't have anything to eat for breakfast, but if we could eat lunch and dinner, we weren't poor.
- Albert Pujols
Collection: Dad
Image of Jon Batiste
I have seven uncles, and my dad played bass, they had a band together, that was the family band. And of course as the cousins got older, including myself, we joined a family band. All the cousins played. That's my heritage.
- Jon Batiste
Collection: Dad
Image of Karch Kiraly
I absorbed a lot from my dad. He's very disciplined, very productive, and uses his time well. Those are all things you want when you compete.
- Karch Kiraly
Collection: Dad
Image of Lee Isaac Chung
My dad told me that he came to the U.S. because of watching Hollywood movies. So the American Dream for him was based on what you see in films.
- Lee Isaac Chung
Collection: Dad