Father quotes

“I owe you nothing! If you carried that bag a million miles, you did what you were supposed to do because you brought me into this world, and from that day you owed me everything you could ever do for me, like I will owe my son if I ever have another.”

Sir Sidney Poitier - John Prentice

“If this is a dream, then there's a very strong chance that my dad's gonna come up to us naked and offer us some pecan pie. But don't take any. It is not pecan pie!”
Thomas Middleditch - Duncan

“You're not my son. You're just a little piece of competition.”

Daniel Day-Lewis - Daniel Plainview

“- Clark Griswold: That's a very special guitar. It was given to me by Bob Dylan.
- James Griswold: The Bob Dylan?
- Clark Griswold: No, a Bob Dylan but it was given to him by Jimi Hendrix.
- James Griswold: The Jimi Hendrix?
- Clark Griswold: No.”
Chevy Chase - Clark Griswold
Skyler Gisondo - James Griswold

“- Samantha: So, Reacher... are you my father or not?
- Jack Reacher: I guess we'll see when your mother gets here.
- Samantha: Sure you'd recognize her?
- Jack Reacher: I tend to remember the women I sleep with.
- Samantha: But who says she'll remember you?
- Jack Reacher: Thanks a lot.”
Danika Yarosh - Samantha
Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher

“- Faramir: Boromir was always the soldier. They were so alike, he and my father. Proud... stubborn, even. But strong.
- Pippin: I think you have strength, of a different kind. And one day your father will see it.”
David Wenham - Faramir
Billy Boyd - Pippin

“- Todd: You're a terrible father. You let me eat cake and lollipops for breakfast every day.
- Donny: That's what you asked for!
- Todd: You are supposed to say no!”
Andy Samberg - Todd
Adam Sandler - Donny

“- Dill: I'd take a bullet for you, you know that. Right between the eyes. I would slit my throat rather than say something to someone that you didn't want me to say.
- Olive: That's not necessary, Dad, but that is comforting.”
Stanley Tucci - Dill
Emma Stone - Olive

“You know what defines a father? It's what he does, not what he promises.”
Marisa Tomei - Natalie Strout

“You can't let your father's mistakes define who you are. You get to decide what kind of king you are going to be.”

Lupita Nyong'o - Nakia

“- Violet Parr: You mean dad's in trouble, or dad is the trouble?
- Elastigirl: I mean, either he's in trouble, or he's going to be.”

Sarah Vowell - Violet Parr
Holly Hunter - Elastigirl

“- Danielle Bowden: Well, um, why do you hate my father?
- Max Cady: I don't hate him at all. Oh no, I pray for him. I'm here to help him. I mean, we all make mistakes, Danielle. You and I have. At least we try to admit it. Don't we?... But your daddy, he doesn't. Every man carries a circle of hell around his head like a halo. Your daddy too....” (continue)(continue reading)
Juliette Lewis - Danielle Bowden
Robert De Niro - Max Cady

“My father would've kicked the living crap out of me if I ended up where you are now, Junior.”

Josh Brolin - George H. W. Bush

“- Capt. Crewe: What are you doing? Memorizing me by heart?
- Sara Crewe: No... I already know you by heart.”

Liam Cunningham - Capt. Crewe
Liesel Matthews - Sara Crewe

“- Peter: If you're not a father to me, how come you're a grandfather to Will?
- Sully: 'cause you gotta start someplace.”
Dylan Walsh - Peter
Paul Newman - Sully

“I met a man yesterday with a grown son. He told me, looking back, he should have raised the placenta instead.”
Johnathon Schaech - Adam

“Time to get back on that old bi-polar pony ride.”

Evan Rachel Wood - Miranda

“- Lil' Pete: Where do babies come from?
- Frank Stockburn: Well, son, the mom just poops 'em out.”
Taylor Lautner - Lil pete
Nick Nolte - Frank Stockburn

“- Matt Prater: [about his father] All he does is boss me around. He doesn't even try to understand me.
- Grant Taylor: Matt, you can't judge your father by his actions and then judge yourself by your intentions. It doesn't work that way. You're not responsible for him. You're responsible for you.”
James Blackwell - Matt Prater
Alex Kendrick - Grant Taylor

“You told me my father died of disappointment the day I was born!”

Steve Carrell - Gru

“Take it easy; my tiger brother from another tiger mother.”

Adam Devine - Julian

“Dad's dying. He's been doing it for about twenty years so I don't miss anything.”
Diane Keaton - Bessie

“You shot me. I got a daughter.”
Micheal B. Jordan - Oscar Grant

“- Valerie Stowe: Anthony, I'm pregnant.
- Anthony Stowe: How could you forget to...
- Valerie Stowe: The baby isn't yours.”
Selina Giles - Valerie Stowe
Jean-Claude Van Damme - Anthony Stowe

- Cornelia: My dad likes saying, "The more, the more."
- Josh: That's because your dad has everything and then he gets more.
Naomi Watts - Cornelia
Ben Stiller - Josh