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Fathering Quotes (page 18)

I come from a really big family, my father was a businessman and what he always instilled in us was to be your own boss. My father built up his business, and he was by no means a rich man, but he figured out how to work four-and-a-half days a week. Tony Shalhoub
William Shakespeare quote: "When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives..."
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. William Shakespeare
Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life. Samuel Butler
Wilhelm Busch quote: "Becoming a father isn't difficult, but it's very difficult to..."
Becoming a father isn't difficult, but it's very difficult to be a father. Wilhelm Busch
I felt my father's presence with me, helping me to commit to paper the feelings I had. I really heard my father speaking to me from the other dimension. Michael Landon
At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book, but that night my father insisted that I pay attention. Jhumpa Lahiri
Steven Saylor quote: "I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself."
I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself. Steven Saylor
For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad. Jeff Bridges
I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect. Adam Sandler
My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called my uncle. He was like a father to me. I was closer to him than I was my father. Ed Bradley
English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did. Malcolm Bradbury
Anthony Kiedis quote: "My father rebelled ferociously against his conservative..."
My father rebelled ferociously against his conservative upbringing where his father physically abused him. Anthony Kiedis
Alexandra Kerry quote: "To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually..."
To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually is one. Alexandra Kerry
I was a good surfer because we grew up a block from the water, and my father took us to the ocean the way other fathers take their kids to the park. Jolene Blalock
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

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