Father’s Day Sayings

I was full of ambition; accustomed to hear myself puffed and praised; and my father was always dinning into my ears the necessity of pushing myself forward — so be hailed this visit as the making of my fortune.

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked our butts off, and we made a lot of mistakes. But we learned a lot, and we got a lot done.

I'm not a politician. I'm a basketball player. I'm a Black man, an American citizen, a father, a husband, and a son. And the most important thing is for us to continue to use our platform to spread a lot of joy, a lot of love, and a lot of hope.

I believe in myself like a five-year-old believes in himself. They say look at me, look at me! Then they do a flip in the backyard. It won't even be that amazing, but everyone will be clapping for them.

I intend to be the greatest golfer in the world, the greatest film producer in the world, the greatest pilot in the world, and the greatest industrialist in the world.

My kids are still young, so they're at the age where they're like, 'Dad, we want to play football.' I'm like, 'No, we're not playing football. We're playing basketball, baseball, track and field, boxing.'

I was with all the kids and I said, 'Why are you crying?' My father said, 'Brazil lost the World Cup.' Then I made a joke and told him, 'Don't cry, I'm going to win a World Cup for you.'

If you end up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mother, your father, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.

I just owe my father everything. He brought me up to believe that I was always going to be able to do anything I wanted to do. He was a very remarkable man.

I had a dog named Nigger. I loved that dog. I just didn't like the word. I loved the dog. I loved him so much I named him after the last thing my daddy told me before he left: 'Nigger, if you don't get your ass in this house...'

I am not a dictator. I am a leader of the revolution. I am a symbol of the revolution. I am a guide for the revolution. I am a father for the revolution.

My father always would say, 'My daughter will go into politics? My daughter will become prime minister', but it's not what I wanted to do. I would say, 'No, Papa, I will never go into politics.' As I've said before, this is not the life I chose; it c…

I have pure thoughts. Even right now I will tell you that I just met on July 28th, at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, this lovely girl, Miss Eva. She is only fifteen and I talk to her every night. Her father knows she calls me. She wa…

I have been President of the United States. I have been a colonel of a regiment. I have been a police commissioner of New York. I have been a cattle ranchman. I have been a hunter of big game. I have been a historian. I have been a naturalist. I have…