Father Quotes

I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned to become my own friend, eventually my own father and my own mother.

John Lone
- People
- Up
- Mother
My father and I had a really good relationship. We're cool. I am not trying to outdo him or anything like that.

Ziggy Marley
- Good
- Trying
- Relationship

My father, to me, was 10 feet tall.

Kenneth Frazier
- Father
I was born in Mexico because my father was teaching at a school in Mexico City. I was born during the third year he was there. And when I was 16, I returned to Mexico to learn Spanish.

Lupita Nyong'o
- School
- City
- Spanish
The first thing that I learned - and I understood it at a really young age - was that I could get a laugh. Really early. Because my mother and father are funny.

George Clooney
- Mother
- Age
- Firsts
My grandson Sam Saunders has been playing golf since he could hold a club and I spent a lot of time with him over the years. Like my father taught me, I showed him the fundamentals of the game and helped him make adjustments as he and his game matured over the years.

Arnold Palmer
- Time
- Game
- Golf
I was in awe of my father. His generosity was beyond anything I ever could imagine. The reason I say he's like Don Corleone is he was always breaking off hundreds. I'd be like, 'Hey Dad, I'm going to McDonald's with my friends,' and he'd just whip out a hundred: 'Here, go, have fun.'

Maz Jobrani
- Friends
- Fun
- Dad
Bassett was a member of parliament and a cousin on my father's side of the family. My father delivered him and it became plain in later days that he must have dropped him.

David Lange
- Family
- Father
- Cousin