He would tell me how to live, he lived, and let me see how he does it. ~ Clarence Budington Kelland
My father played with his brother in the yard. His mother came and said: “You’re tearing up the grass.” We’re not raising grass, “Dad replied.” We are raising boys. ~ Harmon Killebrew
One father of more than 100 Schoolemasters. ~ George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
Paternity pretending present you love most soap-to-wire. ~ Bill Cosby
Father! – God Himself, we can not give the holy name. ~ William Wordsworth
Henry James once defined life as a predicament which precedes death, and, of course, no one owes you a debt of honor and gratitude for him in that position. But the child’s father owes his duty, if Dad, having got him into this trouble, takes off his jacket and take to work to show his son how best to break through it. ~ Clarence Budington Kelland
My father always makes it a child in the little woman. And when she was a woman whom he turns back. ~ Enid Bagnold
Blessed indeed the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~ Lydia M. Child, Philothea: Romance, 1836
It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons. ~ Johann Schiller
My father has pictures where his money sooner. ~ Author Unknown
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I have been amazed at how much he had learned in 7 years old. ~ Mark Twain, “Old times on the Mississippi” Atlantic Monthly, 1874
Dad, you’re someone to watch in any high I grew up. ~ Author Unknown
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~ Gloria Naylor
There’s something like a line of gold thread through the words of a man when he communicates with his daughter, and gradually over many years, it will be long enough for you to take into their own hands and weave in the fabric that feels like love itself. ~ John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a ruined cemetery, 1994
It kills you to see them grow. But I think he will kill you quicker if they did not. ~ Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
It would seem that that means poverty, disorder and violence every day should be completely avoided, but the desire to bear children naturally desire. ~ Phyllis Diller
Do we not like two volumes of one book? ~ Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
The greatest gift I ever
He came from God, I call him Dad!
~ Author Unknown
Deciding to have children is very important. It is to decide forever to your heart walk outside your body. ~ Elizabeth Stone
Never raise a hand to their children. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~ Red Buttons
I do not care how poor a man, if he has family, he is rich. ~ M * A * S * H, Colonel Potter
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~ Author Unknown
There’s a sad truth in life I found
Although we go to the east and west -
Only the people we really too early
Yes, we love best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We are please fleeting guest,
And the thing is full of many thoughtless blow
For those who love us best.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ah, comfort, convenience, a tremendous feeling safe with a person having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what that is worth keeping, and the spirit of kindness blow rest away. ~ Dinah Craik
Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later … that before him is not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as he could, out of a sense of duty, and perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child will have something mythical and infinitely important: a protector, which will keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life. ~ Tom Wolfe, Bonfire of the Vanities
Spread diaper position diamond with you at bat. Then a second time before the home base and establish child feeding. Put first base and third together, bring up home plate and pin 3 together. Of course, in case of rain, you should call the game and start all over again. ~ Jimmy Piersal, how to diaper, 1968
