Quotes About Fatherhood

Some of my happiest childhood memories are going to the movies with my dad and seeing whatever was out that week. In 1977, when I was 7, it was 'Star Wars.' That was a life-changer.

He's got two. Different mamas, of course. Six months apart. They're the cutest little things. Spittin' image of their daddy. You should see them.

On Fathers Day, we again wish you all happy birthday.

But I want her to grow up knowing that I was the first man ever to fall in love with her. I'd always thought the father/daughter thing was overstated. But I can tell you, sometimes, she looks at me and I just become a puddle.

I'm aware that Chloe may have no memory of me at all. She's too young. But I want her to grow up knowing that I was the first man ever to fall in love with her.

Svjestan sam da Chloe ne?e imati nikakvih sje?anja na mene. Još je premala. Ali ja bih želio da odraste znaju?i da sam bio prvi muškarac koji se u nju zaljubio.

We only kill each other to see ourselves as heroes in our fathers' stories.

have always said, and always will say, that the studious perusal of the Sacred Volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands. 1743-1826 THIRD PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. AUTHOR OF THE U.S. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow.

My dad had already retired by the time I was born.

My father was a man's man and was always respected for being a straight shooter. My dad always had an amazing sense of calm about him.

When I used to leave behind my wife and kids and go into training camp for nine weeks at a time, I felt it, especially if you're having young children and leaving them literally within weeks of them being born.

I had played on the police athletic league, but my father had a unique thing, he always said, 'Before you start going to basketball camp and doing all the things, you should learn about yourself first before somebody else starts telling you how to play.'

I've heard, 'You're not your father.' Well, you're right. I'm not. We've had two different careers.

My dad never forced me to do anything. But if I did it, if I decided to go play catch or basketball, he was hard on me. You had to do it the right way if you were going to do it. He never let me win.

I lost my biological father at nine, but up until then, we celebrated Christmas and Easter too.

I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.

I have been told for most of my life that the white man on my birth certificate is not my biological father and that my actual biological father is a light-skinned black man.

I'm still not good at changing nappies, but I do do it.

I was born with a shotgun in my hand, chasing pheasant through the cornfields. My dad probably started taking me out when I was 4, 5 or 6 years old.

I felt cheated because a lot of people wanted a relationship with my father, and they played me.

The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.

I grew up with a father who taught me chess at the age of 6 or 7. He'd always beat me. Of course. I was a kid of 6 or 7. After he won, he'd look at me and say, 'It's good to be king.' And then he'd say, 'But you know what's even better? To rule the world.'

My son Chris said he was 12 years old before he knew what I did for a living.