Jesus, why do daughters get to say that they're fucked up by their fathers, when it's so often the other way around.
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Quotes tagged ‘Fathers’
I would have given anything for Priscilla to still be alive, even if it meant my dad didn’t call me as much anymore. That was the extent of how much I loved him.
I have been working out the wrong problem. Thousands of words on the wrong problem. I have perfected a two-handed backhand to clobber the lob that is coming at me that is: the wrong problem. I have aced the wrong problem.
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
— Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight, Company B Soldier, Thatcher McMaster, imdb.com
You know what I heard once? I heard that a daughter is supposed to be a comfort and a blessing to her father.
— Patrick Massett, John Zinman, Eric Taylor, Kyle Chandler, imdb.com
John McCain was not defined by prison, by the Navy, by the Senate, by the Republican Party, or by any single one of the deeds in his absolutely extraordinary life. John McCain was defined by love.
I still remember my mother, who is Scottish by birth, sitting in front of the television set to watch Queen Elizabeth’s coronation and not budging for an entire day. She was just enthralled by the pomp and circumstance, the whole idea of royalty and glamour. I also remember my father that day, pacin…
My father is a wonderful man, but he is also very much a business guy and strong and tough as hell. He was also an unbelievably demanding taskmaster.
I would like to wish all the fathers, even the haters and losers, a very happy Fathers day.
My dad is living proof that behind every man that makes it is an older man, and that would be his father.
Maggie's father was a great man. And he told me all I had to do was believe, and that's what I'm gonna do.
— Channing Powell, Matthew Negrete, Glenn Rhee, Steven Yeun, imdb.com
My father didn't bother with comforting lies. He used his fist. He was a loveless, violent drunk and no good to anybody. He drove me from home when I was 15. Didn't lay eyes on this place again for many years. I was not at his deathbed, Rick. I would not grant him that and to this day do not regret…
None of us get to choose our fathers, but we do get to choose our father figures. I chose my mother. That set me back a bit.
— Keith Heisler, Mike Barker, Seth MacFarlane, Stan Smith (voice), Seth MacFarlane, imdb.com
There is a part of me that has always believed he is invincible, tethered to life by his own vibrancy and the eternal youth that feels locked in place by the strength of our family structure.
As our fathers said, you can tell a ripe corn by its look.
My father was a great man. He loved unconditionally. He gave of himself endlessly. Through out his life my father struggled with depression and thoughts of suicide. I was not aware at the time though that he was struggling, as the last time I saw him I was eight years old.
I just think it's really interesting, this sudden obedience you have to Dad. It's like, 'Oh, what would Dad want me to do?' Sam, you spent your entire life sluggin' it out with that man. I mean, hell, you picked a fight with him the last time you ever saw him, and now that he's dead, now you want to…
As the daughter of a father, I think the lot of you could do better.
My father never told me what was right or wrong. He guided me, but most of the things I learned came from watching him. He never told me that I had to be humble, I just watched him [being humble himself] and I said, ‘This is how I want to be in life.'
Few sons are the equals of their fathers, most fall short, all too few surpass them.