Quotes About Fatherhood

I read my father's books growing up. I thought then and I still think now that his writing is wonderful. It delights and infuriates me in equal measure that he's still that good.

I would describe my relationship with my daughters as 'loving.'

I am Quinn's father. I will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves.

I would read a lot about how to be a dad. I had never changed a diaper before we had Birdie.

I get to see my baby's development. I get to change diapers, I get to be a real father, something that I didn't have growing up.

Dickens had more energy than anyone in the world, and he expected his sons to be like him, and they couldn't be.

My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago.

My father died when I was five, but I grew up in a strong family.

My father died when I was 7. I was his favorite child, and he was my beloved father. I brought him along with me all through my life. Every elderly man has a bit of my father in him for me.

I would be involved in a show that was something like 'Run's House'... that's a different kind of show.

With every year that passes, I get further away from my target audience, and while I've been happy to think of myself as a father figure to these kids, I'd be a little distressed to be thought of as a grandfather figure.

With marriage and fatherhood, I've finally found two fixed points in my life. They've taught me patience. They've also taught me that I don't need to feel guilty about being happy. My emotional seasons are less extreme.

I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you can't run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies.

Steph's such a good dad for girls. He's super attentive, and he's, like, not too manly to get down on the floor and play with them and have a tea party.

I have a son, and I'm not going to teach him to back down from anybody.

I think a lot of African-American kids don't have fathers to teach them how to dress, so you end up being taught by pictures in magazine and movies. You see cowboys, Indians, old Hollywood films, Cary Grant. It has an effect on you.

It's a hard call, but I've no desire to live my children's lives. I think my job as a father is to protect them, to allow them a safe place to grow up and to teach them what I've learned.

My son, he is the reason I got involved. It's been a joy to be around him and teach him the stuff that I know, and to the other kids as well. When he started playing I wanted to be involved in his hockey career. It's a lot of fun for both of us.

I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.

Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.

At heart, 'Chef' is a daddy-daycare fable about an overextended man who teaches his 10-year-old son the family business and learns to love him.

When Dad passed away, grandpa took on that mantle of teaching me how to tackle at football or taking me and mum to cricket.

I want a brood, you know. I'd like to have a little soccer team and a minivan and all that stuff.

I think that every guy who has come through New England would say that he gained a lot of knowledge and experience that made him a better football player. But they also learned what it means to be a better teammate, a better husband and a better father. I think cultivating that kind of atmosphere is something we take a lot of pride in here.