Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jerry Lewis

When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, 'Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?' He answered, 'If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you',

Jean Paul

What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity.

Sidney Poitier

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

Tom Cruise

I'll never forget the moment I became a dad. It's hard to describe-that level of responsibility, the desire to give such joy, the clarity: Nothing is more important than this.

Michael Jordan

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'

Marlene Dietrich

A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.

Maria Sharapova

Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.

Michael Gurian

Father's Day is hopefully a time when the culture says, 'This is our moment to look at who our men and boys are.'

Michael Chabon

A father is a man who fails every day.

Aidan Quinn

I want to do a lot more roles like I did in 'This Is My Father,'

Charles Manson

I started, 'In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit ... '

The new generation of fathers is interested in doing this, and fathers are taking more time to be with their children.

Dylan Thomas

the land of my fathers . . . . I leave it to my fathers.

All you can do is to say three Hail Marys and three Our Fathers and throw the letters in. God will play a larger role in this than a lawyer.

Jake Gyllenhaal

Dad, I may not be the best, but I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. And it's not because I'm so different from you either. It's because I'm the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you.

And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

Luther Vandross

My father would lift me high. And dance with my mother and me and then. Spin me around til I fell asleep. Then up the stairs he would carry me and I knew for sure I was loved.

George Herbert

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.

Chris Rock

When you have kids, there's no such thing as quality time. There's just time. There's no, 'Ooh, his graduation's better than going to the mall.' It's all kind of equal. Changing her diaper and her winning a contest - it's all good.

Chris Martin

Men should always change diapers. It's a very rewarding experience. It's mentally cleansing. It's like washing dishes, but imagine if the dishes were your kids, so you really love the dishes.

Harry Hill

My dad used to say 'Always fight fire with fire,' which is probably why he got thrown out of the the fire brigade.

Jim Gaffigan

Whenever one of my children says, 'Goodnight, Daddy,' I always think to myself, 'You don't mean that.

Jim Gaffigan

There should be a children's song: 'If you're happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep'.

Jeff Foxworthy

My wife is so analytical with raising kids, and I am not. My feeling is if they turn out good, then that means I was a good daddy and put a lot of effort into it. If they turn out bad, it means they took after her side of the family.

James A. Baldwin

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

Jada Pinkett Smith

What makes Will the best father in the world to me is that he's there, not just there in a way that's traditional. The emotional support he offers his children is immeasurable.

Groucho Marx

Today's Father Day and we're giving you a tie, it's not much you know, it's just our way of showing you, you're a regular guy.

Homer

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.

As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; / From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Eugene Mirman

I don't have a kid, but I think that I would be a good father, especially if my baby liked to go out drinking.

Euripides

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.

Elton John

I just sit there and make up songs and sing to [my son] in gibberish. I'm very good at gibberish now.

Hugh Jackman

Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you don't have to do as much, like you don't go on as many outings.