Fathers Day Quotes - Page 8

• You don't need to be right all the time. Your child wants a man for a father, not a formula. He wants real parents, real people, capable of making mistakes without moping about it.

  Derek Williams

  Children, Real, Mistake

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• If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

  Abdul Kalam

  Inspirational, Family, Beautiful

  "Security and Diplomacy: Essential Documents". Book by Arvind Gupta, Mukul Chaturvedi, Akshay Joshi (p. 144), 2004.

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

  Harry Hill

  Dad, Fighting, Fire

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• To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

  Wendell Phillips

  Dad, Father Son, Imitation

  Wendell Phillips (1864). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters”, p.231

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• To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face and not the blade. Before the story ended, he'd removed the iron sliver I thought I'd die from. I can't remember the tale, but hear his voice still, a well of dark water, a prayer. And I recall his hands, two measures of tenderness he laid against my face.

  Li-Young Lee

  Dad, Prayer, Dark

  Li-Young Lee (1986). “Rose: Poems”, p.15, BOA Editions, Ltd.

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• For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help the other to his side, but neither quite able to desert the loyalties of his contemporaries. The relationship is always changing and hence always fragile; nothing endures except the sense of difference.

  Alan Valentine

  Loyalty, Son, Hands

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• Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Love, Marriage, Mother

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• His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said that sometimes old stories had a grain or two of truth in them and it was best not to take chances. It was why, he said, he crossed himself whenever a black cat crossed his path.

  Stephen King

  Mother, Cat, Two

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• If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell are at bottom only a way of seeing this very simple fact: that every action of ours is passed on to others according to its value, of good or evil, it passes from father to son, from one generation to the next, in a perpetual movement.

  Antonio Gramsci

  Son, Simple, Thinking

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• 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.

  Chris Martin

  Dad, Kids, Men

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• Parenting is about being competent and responsible. It's not about gender, necessarily.

  Dan Savage

  Dad, Gender, Responsible

  "Parenting: My Two Dads". Interview with Maer Roshan, nymag.com.

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• I remember my daughter Deni coming along, and she was so pure and caring of everybody and everything. And somehow, this little being managed to get around all the obstacles - the gun turrets, the walls, the moats, the sentries - that were wrapped around my heart. My heart at that time needed her. I think it's the best thing going, parenthood.

  Woody Harrelson

  Daughter, Wall, Dad

  "Woody Harrelson: What I've Learned" by Ryan D'agostino, www.esquire.com. December 19, 2008.

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• My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work.

  Steve Young

  Dad, Responsibility, Hard Work

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• He was a father. That's what a father does.Eases the burdens of those he loves. Saves the ones he loves from painful last images that might endure for a lifetime.

  George Saunders

  Dad, Ease, Might

  George Saunders (2013). “Tenth of December: Stories”, p.154, Random House

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• 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.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Funny, Humor, Mean

  FaceBook post by Jeff Foxworthy from Jun 25, 2012

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• Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a damned blow over the face. His son, as rude as he was, would not strike his father, but strikes over the face the gentleman that sat next to him and said, "Box about: twill come to my father anon."

  John Aubrey

  Son, Blow, Giving

  'Brief Lives' 'Sir Walter Raleigh'

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• My father was often angry when I was most like him.

  Lillian Hellman

  Women, Anger, Memorable

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• My father can not finish a sentence. When we were kids he would go, 'Girls the most important thing in life to remember is...' 'Daddy, what is it?' 'What's what, honey?' 'The most important thing in life to remember.' 'Oh, what's that?'

  Caroline Rhea

  Girl, Kids, Things In Life

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• 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.

  Hugh Jackman

  Dad, Sleep, Parenting

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

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• How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Kings, Children

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 1, sc. 4, l. [312]

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• I think once I fail enough as a dad, I'll be looking for help wherever I can get it. I just need enough time to screw things up and then I'll start looking to TV dads for advice.

  Ty Burrell

  Dad, Thinking, Advice

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

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• When my kids were younger, I used to avoid them. I used to sit on the toilet 'til my legs fell asleep. You want to know why your father spends so long in the toilet? Because he's not sure he wants to be a father.

  Louis C. K.

  Kids, Long, Toilets

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• If your dad is anything like mine, then you have no clue what to buy him for Father's Day. The only Father's Day tradition in my family is the annual conversation he and I have where I say, 'Hey, Dad, what do you want for Father's Day this year?' and he says, 'Nothing.' Then I ask my mom what I should get him and she says, 'He likes sandalwood soap, dangly jewelry and Chanel No. 5 perfume.'

  Michael Showalter

  Mom, Dad, Years

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• A father is a man who fails every day.

  Michael Chabon

  Father, Men, Failing

  Michael Chabon (2012). “Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.

  Chief Joseph

  Father, Eye, People

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