889 private quotes tagged dad

“When one has not had a good father, one must create one.”— Friedrich Nietzsche

“The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.”— Bertrand Russell

“Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.”— Friedrich Nietzsche

“I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.”— Chely Wright

“And of course I've got kids of my own now, and they love me being in the Harry Potter films. I'm now part of a phenomenon. You become incredibly cool to your kids, and you get a young fan base. So you became the cool dad at school. You're suddenly hip.”— Gary Oldman

“The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.”— E. B. White

“All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.”— George Eliot

“My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.”— Harry S. Truman

“I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.”— John Wooden

“My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.”— John F. Kennedy

“Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.”— Horace

“Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.”— Aldous Huxley

“The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.”— Bertrand Russell

“My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children they're beautiful and wonderful then they believe it, and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends.”— Emily Mortimer

“My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasn't bullied at school because my outward attitude was confident, and that helps.”— Warwick Davis

“I'm more like my father, personality-wise. But my mom and I get alone really well - obviously, because my mom and my dad get along so well.”— Jenna Bush

“In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'”— Sherman Alexie

“The satisfaction you get when you finally beat your dad is amazing, that rush of adrenaline.”— Lee Westwood

“I don't know much about only children. I was the middle one of three, and if ever I was alone with mum and dad, it was a rare moment.”— Elizabeth Hurley

“If you love somebody, you love them. My parents had a 25-year age gap between them and my mum was the breadwinner, my dad the house husband. I'm a strong believer that a good relationship can work, whatever the situation.”— Katherine Jenkins

“I had an amazing childhood, lots of love. But my dad worked his tail off, getting up at 4 in the morning and going off at 5, 6 o'clock, yet he always had time to spend with his kids and his wife.”— Criss Angel

“I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believed in me, and I think the last thing he said to me before he passed away was, 'I know you're gonna be OK. I'm not worried about you'.”— Kim Kardashian

“I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job.”— Eric Bana

“I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.”— Kid Rock

“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