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Father Quotes

"Safe, for a child, is his father's hand, holding him tight."

"Safe, for a child, is his father's hand, holding him tight."

Marion C. Garretty, American Author

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"Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time."

"Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

Father, Dad, Experience, Mom, Time

46

"My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him."

"My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him."

Eminem, American Musician

46

"My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense."

"My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense."

Fred Allen, American Comedian

Father, Children, Self

46

"My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him."

"My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

46

"Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works."

"Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works."

Shahrukh Khan, Indian Actor

Father, Husband

46

"Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well."

"Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well."

Paul McCartney, English Musician

Father, Dad, Talk, World

46

"My dad was a ham, too. He could sell those women anything. Of all his sons, I was the only one he could trust to sell as well as he could. I was proud of that."

"My dad was a ham, too. He could sell those women anything. Of all his sons, I was the only one he could trust to sell as well as he could. I was proud of that."

Paul Lynde, American Comedian

Father, Dad, Trust, Women, Sons

46

"My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet."

"My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet."

Patti Davis, American Celebrity

Father, Awareness, Losing, Quiet

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"I grew up with the white picket fence. My dad went to work nine to five, and he had a station wagon."

"I grew up with the white picket fence. My dad went to work nine to five, and he had a station wagon."

Matt Dillon, American Actor

Father, Dad, Work

46

"My father and brothers were coal miners."

"My father and brothers were coal miners."

Merle Travis, American Musician

Father, Brothers

46

"We busted a lot of family secrets with this. But to make a long story short, my parents relationship was built heavily on security issues for my Mom, and when my Dad couldn't provide security, the relationship unraveled."

"We busted a lot of family secrets with this. But to make a long story short, my parents relationship was built heavily on security issues for my Mom, and when my Dad couldn't provide security, the relationship unraveled."

Kenny Loggins, American Musician

Father, Dad, Family, Mom, Parents

46

"There will always be a father."

"There will always be a father."

Gary Gilmore, American Criminal

46

"Not at all, I wanted to go into medicine. I took science in college. But my dad was a Producer - Director in Kannada films, and someone saw me, and one thing led to another."

"Not at all, I wanted to go into medicine. I took science in college. But my dad was a Producer - Director in Kannada films, and someone saw me, and one thing led to another."

Soundarya, Indian Actress

Father, Dad, Science, College, Medicine

45

"We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us."

"We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us."

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

45

"Right now, it hasn't affected my music other than the fact that I don't have time to write any of it. That's no different from when I first started and I lived at home. I would play the guitar in the afternoon and then my mom or my dad would come home and I'd have to quit."

"Right now, it hasn't affected my music other than the fact that I don't have time to write any of it. That's no different from when I first started and I lived at home. I would play the guitar in the afternoon and then my mom or my dad would come home and I'd have to quit."

Paul Westerberg, American Musician

Father, Dad, Home, Mom, Music

45

"From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress."

"From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress."

Koichi Tanaka, Japanese Scientist

Father, Progress, Importance

45

"My father was a soil scientist with the Geological Survey."

"My father was a soil scientist with the Geological Survey."

Jim Fowler, American Scientist

45

"I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did."

"I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

45

"My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918."

"My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918."

James Rainwater, American Scientist

45

"My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day."

"My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

Father, Dad, Mother, Children, Day

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"I never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They're all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him."

"I never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They're all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Father, Heart, Film

45

"I met Roy's father once... And I think that Roy's relationship with his father is still at the heart of what Roy does. But at the end of the day, he's trying to prove himself to a father he'll never really please."

"I met Roy's father once... And I think that Roy's relationship with his father is still at the heart of what Roy does. But at the end of the day, he's trying to prove himself to a father he'll never really please."

Jim Lampley, American Celebrity

Father, Heart, Day, End

45

"My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way."

"My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way."

Dan Fogelberg, American Musician

Father, Dad, Music

45

"My father was very much a handy person round the house, and I learnt a lot of carpentry from him."

"My father was very much a handy person round the house, and I learnt a lot of carpentry from him."

John Henry Carver, Australian Physicist

45

"My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand."

"My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand."

Damon Wayans, American Comedian

45

"When Courtney's mother and I first separated I tried to be Disney Dad, showering her with gifts, trips and then I snapped out of it. You don't have to try to impress your kids. If they're not getting what they need from you, they will let you know."

"When Courtney's mother and I first separated I tried to be Disney Dad, showering her with gifts, trips and then I snapped out of it. You don't have to try to impress your kids. If they're not getting what they need from you, they will let you know."

Al Roker, American Entertainer

Father, Dad, Mother, Disney, First

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"My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think."

"My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

Father, Interest

45

"Yes, and I had pimples so badly it used to make me so shy. I used not to look at myself. I'd hide my face in the dark, I wouldn't want to look in the mirror and my father teased me and I just hated it and I cried everyday."

"Yes, and I had pimples so badly it used to make me so shy. I used not to look at myself. I'd hide my face in the dark, I wouldn't want to look in the mirror and my father teased me and I just hated it and I cried everyday."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

45

"My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related."

"My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Father, Dad, Parents, Smoking

45

"My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff."

"My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff."

Dominic Chianese, American Actor

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"Maggie went out of doors to wash the windows and father came out into the kitchen and said he did not know whether he would go down to the post office or not. And then I sprinkled some handkerchiefs to iron."

"Maggie went out of doors to wash the windows and father came out into the kitchen and said he did not know whether he would go down to the post office or not. And then I sprinkled some handkerchiefs to iron."

Lizzie Andrew Borden, American Celebrity

Father, Kitchen, Office, Post

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"A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool."

"A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool."

Michael Bergin, American Actor

Father, Disappointment

44

"I've been acting since I was 10. My dad was an entrepreneur, so I guess something along those lines. I wouldn't want a 9-5 job."

"I've been acting since I was 10. My dad was an entrepreneur, so I guess something along those lines. I wouldn't want a 9-5 job."

Will Estes, American Actor

Father, Dad, Acting, Job, Want

44

"My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument."

"My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument."

Bill Kreutzmann, American Musician

Father, Dad, Music, Listening, Play

44

"Then is when I decided to take it to Archie to see if they could do it as a comic book. I showed it to Richard Goldwater, and he showed it to his father, and a day or two later I got the OK to do it as a comic book."

"Then is when I decided to take it to Archie to see if they could do it as a comic book. I showed it to Richard Goldwater, and he showed it to his father, and a day or two later I got the OK to do it as a comic book."

Dan DeCarlo, American Cartoonist

44

"My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either."

"My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either."

Madonna Ciccone, American Musician

Father, Values, Integrity

44

"America had taken my father from me. And over most of the years of his illness, I gradually started feeling this support system from this country who-people grieving along with us."

"America had taken my father from me. And over most of the years of his illness, I gradually started feeling this support system from this country who-people grieving along with us."

Patti Davis, American Celebrity

Father, America, Country, Feeling

44

"I like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father."

"I like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father."

Esai Morales, American Actor

Father, Spiritual

44

"Just because you donate sperm does not make you a father. I don't have a father. I would never give him the credit or acknowledge him as my father."

"Just because you donate sperm does not make you a father. I don't have a father. I would never give him the credit or acknowledge him as my father."

Sarah Michelle Gellar, American Actress

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"There were 15 people in the village, including five of us. If my father arrested somebody in the winter, he'd have to wait until the thaw to turn him in."

"There were 15 people in the village, including five of us. If my father arrested somebody in the winter, he'd have to wait until the thaw to turn him in."

Leslie Nielsen, Canadian Actor

Father, People, Winter

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"I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12."

"I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12."

January Jones, American Actress

Father, Dad, Health, Sports

44

"But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody."

"But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody."

Kid Rock, American Musician

44

"I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey."

"I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey."

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

Father, Dad, Children, Memories, Water

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"I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer."

"I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer."

Nusrat F. A. Khan, Pakistani Musician

44

"I'm worried because of my mother, she's going to see my performance and she's quite hard. She's going to see me naked. And my Dad, woah. Yeah, they're going to see me like a woman, you know?"

"I'm worried because of my mother, she's going to see my performance and she's quite hard. She's going to see me naked. And my Dad, woah. Yeah, they're going to see me like a woman, you know?"

Eva Green, French Actress

Father, Dad, Mother, Performance, Woman

44

"My father loved people, children and pets."

"My father loved people, children and pets."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

Father, People, Children, Pets

44

"My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything."

"My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything."

Isabelle Huppert, French Actress

Father, Dad, Mom, Want

44

"My father-in-law gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel. I don't know why there's this big rush to do this."

"My father-in-law gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel. I don't know why there's this big rush to do this."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

Father, Discovery

44

"It's a hard call, but I've no desire to live my children's lives. I think my job as a father is to protect them, to allow them a safe place to grow up and to teach them what I've learned."

"It's a hard call, but I've no desire to live my children's lives. I think my job as a father is to protect them, to allow them a safe place to grow up and to teach them what I've learned."

Ernie Hudson, American Actor

Father, Children, Desire, Job

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