Father Quotes

Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps.

Alan Ladd
- Father
- Son
I have to hold a meeting with the rising generation every evening, and that takes time. Henry can say, 'Twinkle, twinkle,' all himself, and Edward can repeat it after his father! Giants of genius! Paragons of erudition!

Adoniram Judson
- Time
- Father

I was at UC Berkeley as an undergrad when my father lost a lot of money in real estate investments in Northern California. He wanted a change of pace, so in the early '90s, my family moved to L.A., right in the middle of Tehrangeles. It was a culture shock for me.

Maz Jobrani
- Real
- Family
- Money
Until I was six years old we lived in the projects, then my two brothers and three sisters and I moved to a three-bed that my mother's father built.

David Johansen
- Mother
- Father
My father's a protector. My father's old-school. He's a cowboy.

Paul Walker
- School
- Father
- Cowboy
Only at his maximum does an individual surpass all his derivative elements, and become purely himself. And most people never get there. In his own pure individuality a man surpasses his father and mother, and is utterly unknown to them.

D. H. Lawrence
- People
- Mother
- Unknown
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.

Billie Jean King
- Father
- Husband
Men are all right for friends, but as soon as you marry them they turn into cranky old fathers, even the wild ones.

Willa Cather
- Men
- Turns
- Cranky