I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

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

There is sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him.

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.

The child is father of the man.

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

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted.

An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years.

I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I did not. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You are looking at a real daddy.

Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works.

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?

It is impossible to please all the world and one father.

A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.