- Identity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Daughter Quotes
On fathers, daughters, and the roles a daughter is asked to play.
These quotes range from a father's plain statement that his daughter loves him for who he is, not his fame, to a boyhood fantasy of exploring South America and marrying a chief's daughter. For more, see Family quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I went to college, I went to a junior college. I wanted to go to the University of Alabama but had to go to junior college first to get my GPA up. I did a half-year of junior college, then dropped out and had my daughter. College was always an opportunity to go back. But she, my daughter, was my support. I gave up everything for her.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I bought my daughter a Chihuahua and I fell in love with it. So now I carry Coco around with me all the time.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't imagine myself not working. And I hope my daughter will work when she's older.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mothers subject their daughters to a level of scrutiny people usually reserve for themselves. A mother's gaze is like a magnifying glass held between the sun's rays and kindling. It concentrates the rays of imperfection on her daughter's yearning for approval. The result can be a conflagration - whoosh.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where the daughter sees power, the mother feels powerless. Daughters and mothers, I found, both overestimate the other's power - and underestimate their own.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
When evidence emerged that Clinton was a devoted mother, Margaret Carlson writing in 'TIME' found her guilty of 'yuppie overdoting on her daughter.'
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
People used to call her Debbie Reynolds' daughter. Now they call me Princess Leia's mother!
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had maybe 200 followers when I started. A bunch of radio stations were like, 'Uhhhhhh, my daughter has more followers than her'.
- Attempting
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many tough conversations, but one of the most difficult is between a parent and an adolescent daughter, partly because as a parent we are almost always attempting to relate to someone who is no longer there.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world is enormously dangerous and scary. I worry very much for my daughter. I'm not sure we're in control any more, and I think the Internet is partly responsible for that.
- Brand New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congratulations are in order for Woody Allen - he and Soon Yi have a brand new baby daughter. It's all part of Woody's plan to grow his own wives.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020