Fathers Day Quotes - Page 6

• Life doesn't come with an instruction book; that's why we have fathers.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Book, Fatherhood, Instruction

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• A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Baby, Men, Made

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• I've never been part of anything so great as those three kids.

  Al Roker

  Dad, Kids, Three

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• I'm probably the most uncool guy that [my daughters] know-as far as they are concerned anyway-'cause I'm Dad. I mean dads just aren't cool-especially when I dance! They don't want me to dance.

  Tim McGraw

  Daughter, Dad, Mean

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• Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world.

  Unknown

  Dad, Father Son, Fatherhood

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• Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery.

  Vance Havner

  Dad, Home, Sleep

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• When I was a kid, my father told me every day, 'You're the most wonderful boy in the world, and you can do anything you want to.'

  Jan Hutchins

  Dad, Kids, Father Son

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• There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.

  Samuel Johnson

  Dad, Struggle, Son

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1799). “Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales”, p.494

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• Far too often, we fathers avoid the subject because it's so awkward. The subject I am referring to is: buying gifts for women. This is an area where many men do not have a clue. Exhibit A was my father, who was a very thoughtful man, but who once gave my mother, on their anniversary, the following token of his love, his commitment, and-yes-his passion for her: an electric blanket.

  Dave Barry

  Mother, Passion, Commitment

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• I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.

  Ann Richards

  Dad, College, Feelings

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• "Reverence for parents" stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.

  Aeschylus

  Mother, Law, Three

  "The Suppliants". Play by Aeschylus,

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• Of course there were areas of safety; nothing could get at me if I curled up on my father's lap, holding his ear with one thumb tucked into it... All about him was safe.

  Naomi Mitchison

  Safety, Fatherhood, Lap

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• My son, a perfect little boy of five years and three months, had ended his earthly life. You can never sympathize with me; you can never know how much of me such a young child can take away. A few weeks ago I accounted myself a very rich man, and now the poorest of all.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Children, Dad

  Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1888). “The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, L834-l872”

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• My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me.

  George V

  Inspirational, Mother, Children

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• No, I never thought about my father's money as my money.

  Christie Hefner

  Money, Father

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day. If it was socially acceptable I'd be the first one to have my kid in a full helmet and like a cage across his face mask.

  Will Arnett

  Dad, Kids, Son

  "'Parks and Recreation' star Amy Poehler and husband Will Arnett expecting second child" by Christina Everett, www.nydailynews.com. March 17, 2010.

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• 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 Rock

  Dad, Kids, Winning

  "Sweetest Quotes from Hollywood Dads" by Luchina Fisher, abcnews.go.com. June 15, 2014.

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• Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - especially if he has a teenage daughter.

  Guy Lombardo

  Daughter, Strong, Teenage

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• I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.

  Imelda Marcos

  Girl, Daughter, Dad

  TIME magazine, November 11, 1996.

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• In times of trouble you can count on your self. In times of disaster you can count on your friends. In times of sorrow you can count on your Father.

  William C. Richardson

  Self, Sorrow, Trouble

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• I'm always going to love my father.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Dad, Father

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up.

  Ray Romano

  Funny, Children, Dad

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• Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.

  Margaret Mead

  Boyfriend, Dad, Social

  Attributed to Margaret Mead in Harold A. Minden "Two Hugs for Survival" (p. 22), 1982.

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• My dear father; my dear friend; the best and wisest man I ever knew, who taught me many lessons and showed me many things as we went together along the country by-ways.

  Sarah Orne Jewett

  Daughter, Country, Men

  Sarah Orne Jewett (2005). “The Country of the Pointed Firs: And Selected Short Fiction”, Barnes & Noble

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• There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father - and how come that's not as newsworthy?

  Will Smith

  Dad, Kids, Black

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