Fathers Quotes

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. - Abraham Lincoln

A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station. - Bill Cosby

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, you've had a great life. - Elbert Hubbard

The father of a daughter is nothig but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, 'Daddy, I need to ask you something,' he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan. - Garrison Keillor

Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards. - Robert Orben

My father said, 'Politics asks the question: Is it expedient? Vanity asks: Is it popular? But conscience asks: Is it right?' - Dexter Scott King

My father always told me, 'Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.' - Jim Fox

When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, 'Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?' He answered, 'If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you.' - Jerry Lewis

The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle It took such months to get. - Phyllis McGinley