My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. Votes: 4
Jim ValvanoI cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. Votes: 4
Sigmund FreudMy father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet. Votes: 2
Rodney DangerfieldI am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. Votes: 2
Alexander the GreatThe most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. Votes: 2
Theodore HesburghMy father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. Votes: 2
Clarence Budington KellandIt is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father. Votes: 2
Pope John XXIIII am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Votes: 2
Jesus ChristWhen a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. Votes: 2
William ShakespeareNothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children. Votes: 2
Bill CosbyA father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. Votes: 2
Frank A. ClarkAll the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. Votes: 2
George EliotMy father-in-law saw me at a dance performance. The next Votes: 0
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/search_results.html#AFkh8uD9L4AiZ6mt.99My work is done; I have nothing left to do but to go to my Father.
Selina Hastings, Countess of HuntingdonMy father was a construction engineer, and my mother was a production engineer.
Mikhail KhodorkovskyMy father was right: you could make anybody amazing just by insisting they were.
Elizabeth McCrackenI never exploited my father's role in helping Jews avoid the concentration camps.
Zbigniew BrzezinskiMy father was a tyrant about reading, and that put me off books when I was little.
Honeysuckle Weeks. . . there is an absolute disjunction between our Father's love and our deserving.
Marilynne RobinsonCall no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Matthew McConaugheyA magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers.
Napoleon BonaparteMy father was a history professor, and my mother a housewife" She married a house?
Sherrilyn KenyonA son is not a judge of his father, but the conscience of the father is in his son.
Simon SoloveychikMy father was an angry and impatient teacher and flung the reading book at my head.
William Butler YeatsHe will change diapers, of course he will. He is going to be a very hands-on father.
Beyonce KnowlesI never wanted to marry anyone like my father; I always preferred those more shoddy.
Christina SteadO help me Father in heaven to overcome and resist temptation in every form or shape.
Emmeline B. WellsTo distract myself from thoughts of my father, i decided to check out the dead body.
Kelley ArmstrongFather, may my song today be a sweet sound in Your ears-even if in Yours alone. Amen.
Aiden Wilson TozerWhat is an editor but a cross between a fall guy and a father figure? arthur koestler
Arthur KoestlerEvery father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.
Charles KetteringAs a father of five, I sometimes feel I've spent a lifetime watching Disney musicals.
Graydon CarterMy father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.
Haile GebrselassieGod has always been to me not so much like a father as like a dear and tender mother.
Harriet Beecher StoweMerciful Father, I will not complain. I know that the sunshine shall follow the rain.
Joaquin MillerI could pull all kinds of games on my mother. I couldn't pull any games on my father.
John Henrik ClarkeIf I were asked to name the chief event in my life, I should say my father's library,
Jorge Luis BorgesI once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, 'sociologist.'
Marianne FaithfullFather, write Your Word in our heart; make us men and women who understand Your truth.
Alistair BeggI love being alone. I learned that from my father, I think, who loved his own company.
Barbara Brown TaylorTemples stand as a constant physical reminder of the grace and goodness of the Father.
David E. SorensenAll you have to do is trust your Heavenly Father. Trust Him enough to follow His plan.
Dieter F. UchtdorfMy father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money.
Haile GebrselassieMy father is a massive, massive music fan. I grew up listening to rock, soul and jazz.
Kieran HebdenWe best serve our Father in Heaven by righteously influencing others and serving them.
Richard G. ScottYou will find that if you really try to be a father, your child will meet you halfway.
Robert BreaultTo preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.
Seneca the YoungerMy father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.
Sherman AlexieIt's taboo for me to date wrestlers [on her father's opinion of her dating wrestlers].
Stephanie McMahonWhat thing, in honor, had my father lost, That need to be revived and breathed in me?
William ShakespeareMy old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter.
Abraham LincolnNothing embarrassing, but hopefully I can call myself a gentleman because of my father.
Alex PettyferOnce the rains abated, my father's garden thrived in the heat like an unleashed temper.
Barbara KingsolverFather sticks to it that anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky.
Dorothy Canfield FisherOur lives are merely strange dark interludes in the electric display of God the Father.
Eugene O'Neill. . . in the end, there is nothing a man can do that a woman can't, except be a father.
Frank PittmanIf my father is walking around going, 'Mmm, pussy,' he's thinking about eating the cat.
Greg BehrendtThe Wreck of the Hesperus But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowI would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false.
L. Ron HubbardA mother is a mother all of your life,but a father is a father only when he has a wife.
Leah Ward SearsFrom my father's side I got the strength, the mental toughness, the heart, the courage.
Mariano RiveraThe handy thing about being a father is that the historic standard is so pitifully low.
Michael ChabonI come from a stupid family. My father worked in a bank. They caught him stealing pens.
Rodney DangerfieldPrayer in secret is life finding expression in the realized Presence of God our Father.
Samuel ChadwickSadly, I can't say the same for my Father, who is probably in a different place - Hell.
Steve CooganI always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.
Tamara MellonA father may turn his back on his child, ⦠. but a mother's love endures through all.
Washington IrvingOld times, as my father used to say: If you're not careful, they'll gut you like a fish.
Amor TowlesMy father taught me that a bill is like a crying baby and has to be attended to at once.
Anne Morrow LindberghMany a man spanks his children for things his own father should have spanked out of him.
Don MarquisBy profession I am a Soldier & take pride in that fact, but I am prouder to be a father.
Douglas MacArthurMy father died when I was 4 years old, so I can't really say anything about his hearing.
George KennedyWhen Father smiled, it was like the sun coming out, and spring and summer in your heart.
Gladys TaberAndy Kaufman's mom wanted a girl, his father wanted a boy, and they were both satisfied!
Jerry LawlerIf you have a sorrow that you cannot tell to anyone, you can go to our Father in Heaven.
Johanna SpyriWe go to the temple to make covenants with Heavenly Father. We return home to keep them.
Linda K. BurtonIn the roughest moments, remember: God is our Father; God does not abandon his children.
Pope FrancisMy father used to say that, through culture, humans effectively domesticated themselves.
Richard LeakeyThe sun is our father, the earth is our mother. And God is a myth destroying our family.
Steve FowlerI try to forgive her for my father's sake. But to be honest, I'm not the forgiving type.
Suzanne CollinsGive up bondage; become a son, be free, and then you can "see the Father", as did Jesus.
Swami VivekanandaNo guru, no method, no teacher, just you and I and nature, and the father in the garden.
Van MorrisonPray because you have a Father, not because it quietens you, and give Him time to answer.
Oswald ChambersWho ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,Or gave his father grief but when he died.
Alexander PopeLiberalism defines government as tyrant father but demands it behave as nurturant mother.
Camille PagliaBy the time a man realizes that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he's wrong.
Charles WadsworthMy father prayed because he had a good friend with whom to share the problems of the day.
Corrie Ten BoomWe don't have to be perfect to experience the blessings and gifts of our Heavenly Father.
Dieter F. UchtdorfIn joy or sorrow, feebleness or might, Peace or commotion, be thou, Father, my delight.
George MacDonaldHer lord father had taught her never to steal, but it was growing harder to remember why.
George R. R. MartinMy father told me you have two loves in your life: What you do and the people youre with.
Mario Van PeeblesI got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father.
Missy ElliotIn England every man you meet is some man's son; in America, he may be some man's father.
Ralph Waldo EmersonMy father confused me. From the ages of one to seven, I thought my name was Jesus Christ!
Spike MilliganMy father always said that if you want oranges, you have to go to where the oranges grow.
Terrence HowardZounds! I was never so bethumped with words since I first called my brother's father dad.
William ShakespeareI wanted to be the reasonable voice of revenge for what I'd seen [my father] life come to.
Bruce SpringsteenMy real father was a portrait painter. I went to a lot of auctions as a kid and galleries.
Cary ElwesPeace is a virgin who dare not show her face without Strength, her father, for protection.
Charles LindberghMy father loved me and he wanted to work with me and he didn't care what people would say.
Charlotte GainsbourgPicasso is the reason why I paint. He is the father figure, who gave me the wish to paint.
Francis BaconI was very fortunate to have had a mother and father who loved me in spite of my failings.
George W. BushAl Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it.
Jehane NoujaimMy father knows me better than anyone. He can tell me over the phone what I'm doing wrong.
Jorge PosadaYou know, we travelled a lot when I was a kid because my father was wherever the work was.
Katey SagalMy father had no sons, so I became queen. The only thing I had to do was perform the role.
Margrethe II of DenmarkMy mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it, really.
Rufus WainwrightMy father beat me with a curtain rod when I was nine, (That was) the inspiration for Creep
Thom YorkeThe only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
Zinedine ZidaneWatch over me, Father, so that everything I do may be with the intention of pleasing Jesus.
Bernadette SoubirousA boy sent by his father to steal does not go stealthily but breaks the door with his feet.
Chinua AchebeMy father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.
Darrell IssaFather, bless me for I have sinned, I did an original sin⦠I poked a badger with a spoon.
Eddie Izzard... my mother and father ... raised nine of us and taught each to do our best ... We tried.
Eunice Kennedy ShriverFather sighed. "Please spare me these arguments of yours.â "Whose arguments should I use?
Franny BillingsleyPaternity is based anyhow only upon conviction: I am convinced, therefore, I am the father.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe group consisting of mother, father and child is the main educational agency of mankind.
Martin Luther King, Jr.I am really looking forward to driving another of my father?s car at the show in Rotterdam.
Nelson PiquetMy father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.
Nicolas CageIt is a great moment in life when a father sees a son grow taller than he or reach farther.
Richard L. EvansEven evangelicals realize that Pinocchio's father was a carpenter too. That's the old joke.
Robin WilliamsMy father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.
Anne LamottMy mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read mainly travel books.
Beverly ClearySometimes, son," my father said, prying my fingers free, "you have to help the heroes along.
Brandon SandersonMy father...was a man who understood all dogs thoroughly and treated them like human beings.
Flann O'BrienI was very dawn to people I loved, to my family, to my father, to my sister, to my brothers.
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellI agree with my father, Albert Einstein, don't believe every quote you read on the internet.
James Earl JonesI was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered.
Jane FondaDon't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.
Jeannette WallsMy father said I was perfectly suited for Washington because I've always worked around nuts.
Leon PanettaI'd pick - my father would bring home about six newspapers. We had 10 in Boston at the time.
Nat HentoffI should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian.
Neko CaseMy father said he did have the mathematics of mind physics, or the physics of consciousness.
Paul LaffoleyThe Sacraments are the manifestation of the Father's tenderness and love towards each of us.
Pope FrancisHoly mother!" "Hmph. More like holy father. I'd think you'd know the difference." -Hephaetus
Rick RiordanA father, finding time for what is most important is the true marker of a successful person.
Rick WarrenMy father gave me a bat for Christmas. The first time I tried to play with it, it flew away.
Rodney DangerfieldMy mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.
Sergio LeoneI hated farm work. I always got stuck with the jobs my father and brother didn't want to do.
Travis HafnerI remember my father saying that you're about to awaken when you dream that you're dreaming.
Willard HuyckI've always played for the acceptance of my godfather (Willie Mays) and father (Bobby Bonds).
Barry BondsFriend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, Why wert thou not born in my father's dwelling?
Charles LambOur earliest efforts will be heard with joy by our Heavenly Father, however they are phrased.
Dallin H. OaksMy father was a deeply sentimental man. And like all sentimental men, he was also very cruel.
Ernest HemingwayRight is of no Sex-Truth is of no Color-God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
Frederick DouglassMy father was everything to me. Unlike my mother - I didn't have a special affinity with her.
Giovanna CauYou know, my father died of cancer when I was a teenager. He had it before it became popular.
Goodman AceMy father was a saint. He was the closest thing to a saint that you can find in a normal man.
Indira GandhiMy father painted, well into his 80s, what he called hard edge abstractions.It's really cool.
Lewis BlackMy father works for Xerox and fixes those gigantic copy machines that are about 10 feet wide.
Michael CeraI've never made an excuse of not knowing my father, because I've had great people in my life.
Naomi CampbellI'm not afraid of too many things, and I got that invincible kind of attitude from my father.
Reinhold NiebuhrAs her father had so often said... Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.
Sherrilyn KenyonMy father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
TecumsehIn the âlooks of disappointment' department, my cat has picked up where my father left off.
Tom PapaI want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps.
Ziggy MarleyStruggle is the father of all things, virtue lies in blood, leadership is primary and decisive
Adolf HitlerFather's Day makes me wish I could talk to my Dad just one more time, instead of all the time.
Anthony JeselnikMy father was the kind of guy who'd always say 'Throw out any subject and I got a joke on it,'
Carol LeiferMy daughter genuinely asked me to hand her the basketball bat. I might be failing as a father.
Greg BehrendtMy father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play.
Hugh LeonardKuwait is the mother and father, Earth and it's supplies. She is the past, present and future.
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-SabahWhen I was born my father spent three weeks trying to find a loophole in my birth certificate.
Jackie VernonMy mother playing the violin and my father and grandfather playing the piano, classical stuff.
Pete SeegerGod is the mother and father of the world. Our parents are the mother and father of this body.
Sathya Sai BabaGive me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's.
SophoclesMy father-he pretty much taught me everything I know. He still pushes me to be the best I can.
Tim LincecumThe Holy Father held a special place in the hearts of more than 1 billion Catholics worldwide.
Todd AkinAll the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right.
V. S. NaipaulThe most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.
Ziggy MarleyIt was the first time in years I didnât wonder if my father was out there, looking at it too.
Ally Carter[My mother] once cooked a ham and later found it in my father's shirt drawer. I am not kidding.
Dick Van DykeAfter paying for the wedding, about the only thing a father has left to give away is the bride.
Evan EsarMy father always used to say, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger," - 'til the accident.
Jimmy CarrThe value of holding a grudge. And to always refer to my father sarcastically as Mr. Wonderful.
Jon StewartOur Heavenly Father is far too wise and loves us far too much to give us everything we ask for.
Mark BattersonNo child can repay his father unless he finds him enslaved and then buys him and sets him free.
MuhammadWhen a man makes up a story for his child, he becomes a father and a child together, listening.
RumiIt makes sense that somebody told you that you made the film from your perspective as a father.
Sonia BragaMy father turned my life around insisting I be more than I was and by believing I could be more.
Oprah WinfreyYour secret yearnings and tearful pleadings will touch the heart of both the Father and the Son.
Boyd K. PackerSome knowledge is too heavy...you cannot bear it...your Father will carry it until you are able.
Corrie Ten BoomOnce I started to get older, my father would say, 'You look more like George Harrison than I do'
Dhani HarrisonI have lived: tomorrow the Father may fill the sky with black clouds or with cloudless sunshine.
HoraceWhat is a Christian? The richest answer I know is that a Christian is one who has God as Father.
J. I. PackerWhat a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity.
Jean PaulMusic is my mother and my father; it is my work and my rest...my blood...my compass...my love...
Jeff BuckleyIt never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job other than at one's best ability.
Lord MountbattenNew rules. If you are smart enough to live, you won't hit Charles's mate in front of his father.
Patricia BriggsI would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please
Robert MapplethorpeFor my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories.
Tahir ShahPeople are born with certain faces, like my father was born with a face that people want to hit.
Thom YorkePeople ask me all the time, "What kind of father are you?" I won't know until my kids are grown.
Tom HanksI still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonA father's and a mother's age must be borne in mind; with joy on the one hand, fear on the other.
ConfuciusMy father came back one day and forced my mother to submit to him. He raped her, holding a knife.
Ethel WatersGlory to that Homer of painting, to that father of warmth and enthusiasm... he really paints men.
Eugene DelacroixThis is and has been the Father's work from the beginning-to bring us into the home of His heart.
George MacDonaldMy dear father! When I remember him, it is always with his arms open wide to love and comfort me.
Isobel Osbourne FieldI'd like to thank my mother, my father, the Academy. I'm sorry. I was thinking of something else.
Jim CarreyJesus refused to produce a sign. .. because it was not the Father's will, nor his, to be Messiah.
John HageeTo be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy.
Nelson MandelaMy father instilled in me to take care of my family. Show up even when you don't want to show up.
Steve HarveyMy father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.
Yancy ButlerGod is my Father, He loves me, I shall never think of anything He will forget. Why should I worry?
Oswald ChambersI grew up with an extremely abusive father. As a mother, I wanted to protect my own children from exposure to violence. When I found out one of my daughters was in an abusive relationship, it broke my heart. Finally, she left him ?- but only after his abuse started spreading to the children. Votes: 4 Ginny Brown-Waite
My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds. Votes: 2 Wallace Shawn
The guys who fear becoming fathers don't understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. The end product of child-raising is not the child but the parent. Votes: 3 Frank Pittman
It's very difficult, I would imagine, to distinguish father and daughter. And maybe some of it comes as I'm doing my thing and my father being a very strong political African figure for so many years. Whatever he does is almost like some kind of cloud on top. Votes: 1 Isabel dos Santos
And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience - I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist. Votes: 4 Bob Schieffer
I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have. Votes: 3 Vera Farmiga
My mom and my father's birthday are on the same day. Votes: 1 Victor Cruz
The summer before my third year of law school, I worked at a law firm in Washington, D.C. I turned 25 that July, and on my birthday, my father happened to be playing in a local jazz club called Pigfoot and invited me to join him. I hadn't spent a birthday with him since I was 3, but I agreed. Votes: 1 Deval Patrick
My main teachers were my father and my mother and my brother. Votes: 3 Jeff Bridges
If I could give you one thought, it would be to lift someone up. Lift a stranger up--lift her up. I would ask you, mother and father, brother and sister, lovers, mother and daughter, father and son, lift someone. The very idea of lifting someone up will lift you, as well. Votes: 2 Maya Angelou
I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father. Votes: 2 William Shakespeare
My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery. Votes: 3 Brooke Shields
The hoary joke in the literary world, based on 'Dreams From My Father,' was that if things had worked out differently for Barack Obama, he could have made it as a writer. Votes: 4 James Fallows
Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties: revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God. . . . Votes: 3 John Locke
It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband. Votes: 4 Ismail Merchant
For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help the other to his side, but neither quite able to desert the loyalties of his contemporaries. The relationship is always changing and hence always fragile; nothing endures except the sense of difference. Votes: 4 Alan Valentine
In 'Hardflip,' you have a relationship where the father and son haven't seen each other in 18 years, but they find they're very alike: pigheaded, stubborn, passionate. It's a wonderful story of how you can't get away from how similar you and your children are. Votes: 1 John Schneider
My wife is the most wonderful woman in the world, and my parents are the most extraordinary father and mother. Votes: 2 Akhil Sharma
Children are a sacred gift from a loving Heavenly Father. Children are an heritage of the Lord (Ps. 127:3). The more I think about children, the more I worry about parents. Votes: 2 Patricia P. Pinegar
My father died when I was really young, on Christmas Day. Votes: 2 David Ayer
It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband. Votes: 1 Ismail Merchant
It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me. Votes: 2 Daniel Day-Lewis
Grateful daughters of God guard their bodies carefully, for they know they are the wellsprings of life, and they reverence life. They don't uncover their bodies to find favor with the world. They walk in modesty to be in favor with their Father In Heaven. They know he loves them dearly. Votes: 3 Margaret D. Nadauld
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law? Votes: 2 Dick Clark
America used to live by the motto "Father Knows Best." Now we're lucky if "Father Knows He Has Children." We've become a nation of sperm donors and baby daddies. Votes: 4 Stephen Colbert
To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live in France, your father must have been a gourmet. Nothing in life must interest you but your stomach. Votes: 4 Ludwig Bemelmans
My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel. Votes: 1 Sherman Alexie
Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies. Votes: 3 Edwin Hubbel Chapin
My dad is an unbelievable entrepreneur who balanced his life as a father and a president of two very successful companies. Votes: 1 Rachel Zoe
The meaningful role of the father of the bride was played out long before the church music began. It stretched across those years of infancy and puberty, adolescence and young adulthood. That's when she needs you at her side. Votes: 2 Tom Brokaw
You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you would the Apostles; reverence the deacons as you would God's commandment. Votes: 2 Ignatius of Antioch
I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father. Votes: 2 Joel Osteen
I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship. Votes: 1 Harrison Ford
Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father and son. Votes: 1 Evelyn Waugh
If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. Votes: 1 James A. Baldwin
Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away. Votes: 4 Laurence J. Peter
My father-in-law saw me at a dance performance. The next day, I got a phone call, and the caller said, 'I'm Dhirubhai Ambani... may I talk to Nita?' I said, 'It's a wrong number' and put down the phone. Then he called again... and I said, 'If you're Dhirubhai Ambani, then I'm Elizabeth Taylor.' Votes: 2 Nita Ambani
People always say The God Father is the #1 movie of all time. But ask yourself, did you see Zach Braff in it....No you didn't. So then by default it goes to Garden State..and if youwatch two episodes of scrubs back to back that counts as the #2. Votes: 4 Zach Braff
A Christian's freedom from anxiety is not due to some guaranteed freedom from trouble, but to the folly of worry and especially to the confidence that God is our Father, that even permitted suffering is within the orbit of His care. Votes: 3 John Stott
God our Father, Jesus, our Elder Brother and our Redeemer, and the Holy Ghost, the Testator, are perfect. They know us best and love us most and will not leave one thing undone for our eternal welfare. Should we not love them for it and honor them first? Votes: 4 Ezra Taft Benson
God and His Son are glorified personages. God the Father is our living Creator, and His Son, Jesus Christ, is our Savior and Redeemer. We have been created in God's image. Votes: 4 James E. Faust
Our problem with President Obama isn't that he's a bad person. By all accounts, he too is a good husband, and a good father - and thanks to lots of practice, a pretty good golfer. Votes: 4 Marco Rubio
This war did not spring up on our land, this war was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father who came to take our land without a price, and who, in our land, do a great many evil things... This war has come from robbery - from the stealing of our land. Votes: 4 Spotted Tail
My father was murdered when I was two. Duane, even though he was only a year and 18 days my elder, he became a father figure to me. I would have done anything for my brother - I loved him so much. Votes: 1 Gregg Allman
For each of us, life is a journey. Heavenly Father designed it for us out of love. Each of us has unique experiences and characteristics, but our journey began in the same place before we were born into this world. Votes: 6 Henry B. Eyring
When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result. Votes: 3 Emma Thompson
I'm an exile. My father had the courage to leave with his wife, his mother and three children under twelve. It took more courage to leave, to sacrifice everything for freedom, than to stay. Votes: 1 Andy Garcia
A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair. Votes: 1 Niccolo Machiavelli
In truth, 2007 was the hardest year of my life. I lost my best friend. I lost my father. Votes: 2 Hope Solo
My main memories of my father are of his illness. Votes: 2 Daniel Day-Lewis
My earliest memories of my father are of seeing him work at his desk and realizing that he was happy. I did not know it then, but that was one of the most precious gifts a father can give his child. Votes: 2 Malcolm Gladwell
Everything my mother and father did was designed to put me where I am. Votes: 3 Henry Louis Gates
Mom and Dad were married 64 years. And if you wondered what their secret was, you could have asked the local florist - because every day Dad gave Mom a rose, which he put on her bedside table. That's how she found out what happened on the day my father died - she went looking for him because that morning, there was no rose. Votes: 2 Mitt Romney
My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college. Votes: 3 Steve Jobs
I will follow in my father's footsteps. My father set the bar very high. He was a wonderful leader. Votes: 2 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Yeah. You've seen The Sun today; I've got myself a big house, settled down. Apart from the odd night out with the New Fathers' Club, I'm a family man now. Votes: 4 Damon Albarn
I said the rosary, and I said the Our Father, as they call it in the Catholic Church. One of the things I learned in the conversion process was to say the rosary, and I had a set of rosary beads. So I said 'Hail Mary, full of grace.' Votes: 3 Wesley Clark
Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are. Set the world right; Do what's best - As above, so below. Keep us alive with three square meals. Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others. Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil. You're in charge! Votes: 3 Eugene H. Peterson
You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer. Votes: 6 Eddie Vedder
As the proud father of two teens and past Chairman to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, I am committed to educating parents and especially young people on ways to live a long, healthy and active life. Votes: 4 Lee Haney
Real Fathers are Role Models worthy of emulation. They choose to live exemplary lifestyles of leadership and excellence Votes: 5 Tara Fela-Durotoye
Thousands of years of human history have shown that the ideal setting for children to grow up is with a mother and a father committed to one another, living together, and sharing the responsibility of raising their children. Votes: 2 Marco Rubio
Some men don't want to be responsible fathers. It's easier to say 'Let's just turn the kids over to the state.' Women end up bearing the entire load, raising kids alone without a husband to share the parenting. Votes: 3 Tim Huelskamp
I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family. Votes: 4 Guy Kawasaki
I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father. Votes: 4 Annette Funicello
A lot of people say, 'Wow, you're a single father of twin boys, that's crazy!' Two toddlers can get hectic, but I wouldn't change it for anything. Every day they teach me different things. The love is there. When you have a two-year-old saying every other hour, 'Papi, te amo. Papi, I love you,' it can't get better. Votes: 4 Ricky Martin
Psychoanalysts are father confessors who like to listen to the sins of the father as well. Votes: 4 Karl Kraus
The tie is stronger than that between father and son and father and daughter. The bond is also more complex than the one between mother and daughter. For a woman, a son offers the best chance to know the mysterious male existence. Votes: 3 Carol Klein
If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. Votes: 2 James A. Baldwin
His father watched him across the gulf of years and pathos which always must divide a father from his son. Votes: 2 John Phillips Marquand
One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. Votes: 2 George Herbert
Becoming a father increases your capacity for love and your level of patience. It opens up another door in a person - a door which you may not even have known was there. That's what I feel with my son. There's suddenly another level of love that expands. My son is my greatest joy, out of everything in my life. Votes: 1 Kyle MacLachlan