Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.

Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of.

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.