Fathers Day Quotes - Page 5

• 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.

  Jerry Lewis

  Zoos, Dad, Kids

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• I thought I would be more inspired to have all these new feelings to talk about, but I really just want to hang out with my daughter.

  Jay-Z

  Daughter, Feelings, Fatherhood

  "Jay-Z to headline and curate his own Made in America festival" by Sean Michaels, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2012.

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• The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, 'Daddy, I need to ask you something,' he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan.

  Garrison Keillor

  Daughter, Running, Dad

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• The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.

  Robert Frost

  Family, Mom, Mother

  Robert Frost, Elaine Barry (1973). “Robert Frost on writing”, Rutgers Univ Pr

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

  Sidney Poitier

  Dad, Father Son, Fatherhood

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Are we not like two volumes of one book?

  Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

  Best Friend, Friendship, Relationship

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• One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.

  Jim DeMint

  Mom, Dad, Father Son

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• I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day.

  Will Arnett

  Dad, Son, Want

  "'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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• I think my mom put it best. She said, 'Little girls soften their daddy's hearts.'

  Paul Walker

  Girl, Mom, Heart

  "Paul Walker: 'I Come from a Family of Thrill Seekers'". Parade Magazine Interview, parade.com. March 30, 2009.

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• The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.

  Austin O'Malley

  Inspirational, Dad, Men

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• I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.

  Hedy Lamarr

  Daughter, Dad, Men

  Hedy Lamarr (1966). “Ecstasy and me: my life as a woman”

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

  Spike Milligan

  Funny, Dad, Silly

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• My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.

  Alice Roosevelt Longworth

  Wedding, Baby, Funeral

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

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• An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

  Publilius Syrus

  Love, Family, Happiness

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• My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.

  Louis Adamic

  Life, Grandpa, Grandfather

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• You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.

  Wally Schirra

  Dad, Hero, Eye

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• I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Future, Grandpa

  Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr

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• Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Baby, Work, Men

  Louisa May Alcott (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)”, p.5933, Delphi Classics

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• The most important thing in the world is family and love.

  John Wooden

  Love, Family, Education

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• It is unreasonable [for a father] to expect moral success with [his] children without submitting to the laws of morality.

  Larry Christenson

  Children, Law, Morality

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• It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Mothers Day, Mom, Daughter

  "Animal Dreams". Book by Barbara Kingsolver, September 1990.

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• Being a father is sometimes my hardest but always my most rewarding job. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, Dad, Good Father

  Twitter post from Jun 19, 2011

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• A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.

  Unknown

  Father Son, Fatherhood, Volunteerism

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• I think that my strong determination for justice comes from the very strong, dynamic personality of my father ... I have rarely ever met a person more fearless and courageous than my father ... The thing that I admire most about my dad is his genuine Christian character. He is a man of real integrity, deeply committed to moral and ethical principles. He is conscientious in all of his undertakings ... If I had a problem I could always call Daddy.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Christian, Strong, Determination

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• If you take being a father seriously, you'll know that you're not big enough for the job, not by yourself...Being a father will put you on your knees if nothing else ever did.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Jobs, Knees, Being A Father

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