James Patterson Quotes

All I want to do is be a good dad, but I'm pretty bad at it.

That's the hardest thing about being a mom. You want to be cool, and you want them to like you all the time, but you can't always have that. You're gonna have times where you have to say no, and you won't be the most popular person in the house.

I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife.

I'm the fun dad, I am also the disciplinarian.

I think I'm a good dad. It's hard. Ultimately, it's our kids that have the final word. So we'll have to ask them.

You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.

Any man can be a father; not any man can be a dad.

For me, the battle is finding the balance between wanting to spend time with my boys and then having enough perspective to still be the disciplinarian and, like, not be in the best friend business.

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.

You can make sure your kids make their beds and hang up their clothes and put their dishes in the dishwasher when you're the one calling the shots. So, parenting alone, for me anyway, I think is almost easier, being single.

I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God's sake, not a television personality.

There is nothing better than being a parent. It is the most challenging job one could ever ask for. I love being a mom and I love being a friend to my children as well.

The great thing about having a bunch of kids is they just remind you that you're the person who takes them to go poop!

There was nothing more important I could do than be supportive as a dad.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

I'm gonna be the best dad that ever lived. I'll have a ranch with a race car track and a golf course.

My children see me being coach enough. I gotta make sure they see me being dad.

My dad was a longshoreman in the Port of Miami. Tough job. I worked down there in the summer once. One day. Never again. My dad was a no-nonsense guy. As a kid, I hated his rules, but as a man, I understand what he was teaching. He taught me you have to work hard for everything you get.

I have no doubt that I'd be a marvelous father. Maybe not when they're tiny, but when they're a little bit older, I think I'd be rather good.

You know, no matter what I am or what I do for a living, I'm still, you know, the husband and the dad and the protector of the house, and I have to be conscientious about that.

Sometimes being a dad is like watching a ping-pong match.

I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling.

Having kids certainly gets me to ask the question, 'Who is the adult here, and who is the kid?'

I say to my kids all the time - and this is absolutely true - I always say, 'Who's the boss?' and they go, 'You are.'