Father Quotes
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My father was born in Denmark. He came to this country when he was 12 years old.
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My mother and father were never frightened of anything. They always felt that they should go through life happily and without fear, and they did that. And it was a great boon to my brother and myself.
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My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in the stratosphere, and my father was the first to touch the deepest point in the ocean... For me, adventure and exploration is something in the blood.
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I want to be remembered as, I hope, an amazing husband and a great father.
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Father's Day each year makes me grateful for what my father did for me. This has little to do with our relationship, and much to do with what he taught me.
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My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.
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If you're a parent, you know how incredibly good it feels when one of your children spontaneously thanks you for something. God is our Father, and he, too, is moved when we express our thanksgiving.
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The One who knows the fullness of my sin loves me as my Father right now.
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I was a kid who was born and raised on Johnny Cash. My father played 'At Folsom Prison' constantly. Cash was the only thing I remember coming from our big, warm stereo console. Even then, I knew Cash was uncool. I knew he was an unhip Republican.
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I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.
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I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children.
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I actually think, when you're young, ambitions are somewhat common - you want to prove yourself. It may grow out of different life experiences. You may want to prove that you are worthy of the admiration of the demanding father. You may want to prove that you are worthy of the love of an absent father.
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It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
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I grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and '60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me in to KISS and whatnot, so I guess that's where I got my first taste for music.
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I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.
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Someday I will get married, and I should be able to watch my films with my children, mother-in-law, and father-in-law.
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My father also encouraged my love of nature. He urged me to become a Cub Scout, and later a Boy Scout, and I found I really liked being outdoors.
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My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians.
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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.
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Even though he's a third-generation San Franciscan, my father's very European in some ways, and he loves wine.
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My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.
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I have made my own decisions ever since my father died.
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My father liked Iowa. He lived his whole life in the state, and is even now working his way through eternity there, in Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines.
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My mother insisted that I pursue music. I rented out my father's musical equipment and earned some money. As a child, I wasn't sure about a career goal, but I was always fascinated by electronic gadgets, specially musical equipment.
