A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.
- Dawn French
I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him.
- Halle Berry
The most important influence in my childhood was my father.
- DeForest Kelley
My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.
- Gwyneth Paltrow
Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.
- William Hurt
My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.
- Beau Bridges
Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.
- Laurence J. Peter
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
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
It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.
- Pope John XXIII
When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching.
- Robert Bly
I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.
- Joel Osteen
She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon.
- Groucho Marx
I just wish I could understand my father.
- Michael Jackson
My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.
- Pete Rose
I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.
- Robert Mapplethorpe
The child is father of the man.
- William Wordsworth
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.
- Enid Bagnold
Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.
- Prince Charles
Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.
- Orson Scott Card
I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.
- Miguel Indurain
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works.
- Shah Rukh Khan
My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.
- Spike Milligan
My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone.
- Damon Wayans
Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.
- John Ciardi
My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.
- Amy Sedaris
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.
- Chief Joseph