Paternal Relationship Quotes

My father wasn't too crazy about me. I loved him anyway. One of the things I regretted for a long time was that he died before he could see that he would be proud of me. I was actually more what he wished for than he thought.

Didn't you ever have a father yourself? You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.' So I figured it's because I never had a father that I don't want one now. A person can't miss something she never had.

I think my father had a certain degree of insecurity and need to achieve.

Growing up, I've enjoyed hunting with my father.

When I see daughters with their fathers I wonder what that would be like, although not in a way that immobilises me.

I was national amateur champion. I was 24 years old. My father was there, and I couldn't wait to see him, and my mother. I went up and was waiting for all the accolades, and my mom was teary and happy and my dad looked at me and said, "Well, boy, you did good," and that was it.

The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child.

I understood rage from my dad, who was an exquisite blend of rage and generosity of spirit.

For me, the relationship with my father is the most important thing that I have.

Boys are more likely to develop a masculine personality and acquire strong moral standards when they have a loving and nurturant rather than a threatening or fear-inspiring father.

I love getting up to my folks' house and playing golf with Dad. He's very involved with my off-course ventures, and I talk to him every third day.

Any son of a dictator, I'm sure, has major issues with their relationship with their father.

Most fathers don't see the war within the daughter, her struggles with conflicting images of the idealized and flawed father, her temptation both to retreat to Daddy's lap and protection and to push out of his embrace to that of beau and the world beyond home.

I've always had trouble with male authority figures because my father was such a martinet.

Every backstory involves my father. I remember hearing Gary Oldman talking about backstories and saying, 'I got to stop using my father...' And I feel the same way. I don't know. What I come up with always involves some element of this son trying to prove himself to his father.

In contrast to how my father treated me, I won't hit him, I won't call him evil, I'll give him affection, and I'll pay attention to him.

I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval.

I had a great bond with my father. Even when I was a kid, my bond with my dad made me want to be a father myself one day.

I just wanted my dad to be a part of my life, wanted him to continue to be there.