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

dad

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

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

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father. 9 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

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

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

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 wisdom & wit from Edward Kennedy

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

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

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

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

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

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

But the love of adventure was in father's blood. 7 wisdom & wit from Buffalo Bill

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 quotes from Simon Newcomb

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

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

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

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

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 views from Chief Joseph

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

The child is father of the man. 21 thoughts from William Wordsworth

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

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

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

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

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 thoughts from Alastair Campbell

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

My father was never anti-anything in our house. 2 wisdom & wit 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 quotes from John Ciardi

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

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

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

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

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

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