Fathers

A father is a banker provided by nature.

- French proverb

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.

- Ogden Nash, American humorist

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

- Bertrand Russell

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.

- Margaret Mead

A man should have a child, plant a tree and write a book.

- Chinese proverb

It's what you listen to as a child that you always come back to.

- Al Cohn, New York Times

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice