Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

dad

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents. 18 sayings from Margaret Mead

I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it. 17 quotes from Sammy Davis, Jr.

The most important influence in my childhood was my father. 2 quotes from DeForest Kelley

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all. 3 thoughts from August Strindberg

Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things. 3 views from Edward Kennedy

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house. 5 quotes from Janis Joplin

My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it. 2 quotes from Victor Borge

But the love of adventure was in father's blood. 7 other views from Buffalo Bill

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern. 21 wisdom & wit from Anais Nin

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing. 31 quotes from Gertrude Stein

My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad but New York City? 16 quotes from Henny Youngman

Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers. 3 views from Herbert Kaufman

My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people. 17 quotes from Chief Joseph

My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men. 2 other sayings from Simon Newcomb

My father was something of a rainbow-chaser. 2 views from Marc Davis

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. 17 other sayings from Chief Joseph

I feel that marrying younger and being quite a young dad helped me with the stability of my career. 2 more views from Patrick Duffy

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation. 7 more quotes from Gloria Swanson

The child is father of the man. 21 wisdom & wit from William Wordsworth

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. 46 quotes from John F. Kennedy

My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals. 5 quotes from Alastair Campbell

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense. 13 quotes from Fred Allen

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. 45 quotes from Bertrand Russell

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States. 26 other views from Harry S. Truman

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. 45 other quotes from Bertrand Russell

My father was never anti-anything in our house. 2 views from Errol Flynn

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope. 6 sayings from John Ciardi

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father. 15 other thoughts from Jean de La Fontaine

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war. 19 quotes from E. B. White

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. 45 quotes from Aldous Huxley

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. 2 sayings from Enid Bagnold

When one has not had a good father, one must create one. 103 wisdom & wit from Friedrich Nietzsche

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one. 103 other quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be. 10 more views from Robert Mapplethorpe

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father. 9 more quotes from Pope John XXIII

I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please. 10 quotes from Robert Mapplethorpe

I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much. 14 more quotes from Hedy Lamarr

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. 52 thoughts from George Eliot