Being A Dad Quotes - Page 2

• My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.

  Spike Milligan

  Funny, Fathers Day, Dad

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• The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.

  Jean Paul

  Family, Dad, Children

  Jean Paul (1866). “Levana: or, The doctrine of education”, p.17

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• It is much easier to become a father than to be one.

  Kent Nerburn

  Fathers Day, Dad, Father Son

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• Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.

  Lydia M. Child

  Family, Fathers Day, Children

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• Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life. ~Tom Wolfe

  Tom Wolfe

  Dad, Children, Father

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• To be the father of growing daughters is to understand something of what Yeats evokes with his imperishable phrase 'terrible beauty.' Nothing can make one so happily exhilarated or so frightened: it's a solid lesson in the limitations of self to realize that your heart is running around inside someone else's body. It also makes me quite astonishingly calm at the thought of death: I know whom I would die to protect and I also understand that nobody but a lugubrious serf can possibly wish for a father who never goes away.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Daughter, Running, Atheist

  "Hitch-22: A Memoir". Book by Christopher Hitchens, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2010.

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• Being a dad is my most important job because it not only affects my children, but their children and many generations to come.

  Mark Dominik

  Jobs, Children, Dad

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• I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too.

  Paul Walker

  Jobs, Dad, Focus

  FaceBook post by Paul Walker from Mar 02, 2012

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• I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.

  Chely Wright

  Dad, Player, Bass

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• [about being a father] I don't really remember what it was like before. Whatever I had going on, it was bullshit. It wasn't important. It's kind of a nice thing about being a dad. My identity is really about them now, and what I can do for them, so it sort of takes the pressure off of your own life. What am I going to do, who am I? Who cares, you've got to get your kids to school. So I like it that way.

  Louis C. K.

  Dad, Nice, School

  "Louis C.K. is more upset by people being mean to Tracy Morgan than homophobia". Interview with Slate, www.slate.com. June 17, 2011.

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• I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often.

  Nancy Sinatra

  Baby, Travel, Dad

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

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• I love being a dad, and I'm good at it. Kids teach you about life, like how not to focus on yourself so much.

  Dennis Quaid

  Dad, Kids, Focus

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• Being a dad is more important than football.

  David Beckham

  Football, Dad, Fatherhood

  "Romeo Beckham to His World Famous Soccer Dad David Beckham: Eww! Stop Kissing Me – It's Gross!". hollywoodlife.com. August 2, 2010.

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• Two weeks after having Bandit I was in a recording studio. I hadnt yet really fully understood what being a dad was and, man, I was exhausted. But she is 17 months now. Shes running, shes been running for a long time. Shes inspired me a great deal for the record. She even goes Wow Daddy! when I play to her.

  Gerard Way

  Running, Dad, Men

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• I'm a father of four so whenever I'm not working my kids have their different sports, or plays, or school performances, so I don't do a whole lot of other stuff besides being a dad.

  Christopher Judge

  Sports, Dad, Father

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• It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

  Liam Neeson

  Dad, Joy, Ongoing

  "Jason Manford speaks about being a single dad, other celebrity fathers who go it alone in their words" by Lucy Buckland, www.mirror.co.uk. June 19, 2014.

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• What I want to be best at is being a dad. There's no room for sucky dads, and that's another thing I'm proud of my bandmates for - they're all really good parents.

  Adrian Young

  Dad, Parent, Want

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• I love every minute of fatherhood, staying up all night, changing nappies, kids crying, I find it really funny and inspiring. It connects you to the world in a new way.

  Elton John

  Dad, Kids, Night

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• I love being a dad. Basically it's the most gratifying, rewarding relationship in life. But, at the same time, it certainly is the most challenging.

  Dennis Quaid

  Dad, Challenges

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've never protected the president [in real life], but I have been a new dad, and I can tell you that being a new dad is pretty terrifying. I'm pretty sure that something about the president makes the stakes a little higher, but to me as a new father, nothing is more important or scary than protecting a daughter.

  Channing Tatum

  Daughter, Dad, Real

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• I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.

  Rod Stewart

  Husband, Dad, I Can

  "Rod Stewart: I burst into tears when Penny said she was pregnant". www.mirror.co.uk. November 1, 2010.

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• Being a father is certainly a task. But the best one that I could ever ask for. Being home, being with the family, that's what it's about...

  Chris Hemsworth

  Dad, Father, Home

  "Thor star Chris Hemsworth's wife Elsa Pataky confirms the couple are expecting twins" by Carl Greenwood, www.mirror.co.uk. January 15, 2014.

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• I look at him [son Eric] and I think of my dad all the time.... I was born to be a dad.

  Simon Cowell

  Dad, Son, Thinking

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• In my career there's many things I've won and many things I've achieved. But my greatest achievement is my family. What matters is being a good father and a good husband-just being connected to family as much as possible. Being a dad is more important than football, more important than anything. I adore children. I love the fact our children are part of both of us. It's one of the most amazing things ever.

  David Beckham

  Football, Children, Husband

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• Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it.

  Mike Myers

  Dad, Father Son, Fatherhood

  "Toronto: Fleming Q&A’s Mike Myers On ‘Supermensch’ Directorial Debut". Interview with Mike Fleming Jr, deadline.com. September 6, 2013.

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