1,617 Quotes About Dad

If I have held a part of myself back from my children, I have obviously spent some time calculating the expense of being a father. And the fact is, a real father doesn't do that kind of math.

How do you small-talk your father when "dad" is a language so foreign that whenever you try to say it, it feels like you got a third lip and a second tongue?

Omar went to the funeral, but watched from afar. So distant that his brother, who hadn’t even come, seemed closer to his father’s final departure. Yaqub ordered a wreath to be delivered, along with an epitaph. “Fond memories of my father, who even from a distance, was always present.

Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventures, story-tellers, and singers of songs.

I feel for the father, for a feeling of father,I send out a cry, I am up when I hear my unclecome through the door of the family house,with the cherry tree out front, past midnight,he walks up the stairs, then down the stairs,and I’m the rock-a-bye baby in his arms.

Have you ever noticed? In cartoons, fathers are often useless loafs, incapable of even the least bit of kindness. Even though there's no more tender meat than a father's heart!

I think any dad who slices a large pickle in two for their kids' sandwich is always a good dad!

How I could ever establish a relationship with her father, though? His world was logical and mine was a morass of adolescent feelings. On television, we would grab a beer, replace a fan belt, and I would earn his begrudging respect. He might tell me to treat his daughter right while hitting the head of the wrench against his palm. In this world, I stood a better chance of connecting with the fan belt.

Fathers are the pillars of the home.Without them, the citadel of confidence crumbles.Without them, the tendrils of hope withers.Without them, sweet and great dreams turn to nightmares.