"My father was an amazing man. The older I got, the smarter he got," so said the writer Mark Twain.
TV's hapless dad Homer Simpson had his own curious take saying: "Fatherhood isn't easy...like motherhood!"
Sometimes dads don't feel appreciated – but there's always the opportunity to make up for that.
To celebrate our dads, we've put together some of the funniest and warmest words ever written about fatherhood...
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"My father was an amazing man. The older I got, the smarter he got," so said the writer Mark Twain.Wise words on fatherhood
- <p> "When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent."</p> <p> <strong>Actor Ben Stiller</strong></p>
- <p> “I cannot understand how I managed to cope without getting cuddled this many times a day.”</p> <p> <strong>Actor Russell Crowe</strong></p> <p> </p>
- <p> “Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.”</p> <p> <strong>Actor Bill Cosby</strong></p>
- <p> “Father’s Day always worries me. I'm afraid I'll get something I can't afford.”</p> <p> <strong>Comedian Billy Connolly </strong></p>
- <p> “I’m preparing for the baby, I’m busy putting childproof caps on all the bottle of booze.”</p> <p> <strong>Talk show host David Letterman</strong></p>
- <p> “There's no pillow quite so soft as a father's strong shoulder.”</p> <p> <strong>Writer Richard L Evans</strong></p>
- <p> “A good father needs infinite patience, boundless enthusiasm, kindness, the ability to score a goal, take a wicket, and hit a winning serve, and the strength to say 'NO' every now and again.”</p> <p> <strong>TV star Piers Morgan</strong></p>
- <p> “A father is the guy who's quick to appear with the camera and just as quick to disappear when there's a nappy to be changed.”</p> <p> <strong>Comedienne Joan Rivers</strong></p> <p> </p>
- <p> “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it”</p> <p> <strong>President Harry S Truman</strong></p>
- <p> <em>“</em><em>Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.”</em></p> <p> <strong>Comedian and actor Red Buttons</strong></p>
- <p> “There's a time for being a rock star, on TV, and in the studio, but you've got to put time aside for being daddy, and getting chocolate rubbed in your face"</p> <p> <strong>Musician Noel Gallagher</strong></p>
- <p> “Fatherhood is great but there is one problem. She doesn't sleep. At night she seems to turn into a vampire. She wakes up every night five or ten times, asking for things, singing, calling out.”</p> <p> <strong>Tennis star Goran Ivanisevic </strong></p>
- <p> “When the kids have their friends round, I have to pretend to be Fun Dad so they won't go back to their parents and say: ‘He was really shouty’.” </p> <p> <strong>Chat show host Jonathan Ross</strong></p>
- <p> “I cannot reckon of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.”</p> <p> <strong>Psychologist Sigmund Freud</strong></p>
- <p> “For a father a home birth is preferable. That way you’re not missing anything on television.”</p> <p> <strong>Comedian Jeremy Hardy</strong></p> <p> </p>
- <p> </p> <p> “Is there any sound more terrifying on a Sunday afternoon than a child asking: ‘Daddy Can We Play Monopoly.”</p> <p> <strong>Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson</strong></p>
- <p> “<em>One father</em> is more than a <em>hundred schoolmasters</em>.”</p> <p> <strong>Poet George Herbert</strong></p>
- <p> “I cannot reckon of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.”</p> <p> <strong>Psychologist Sigmund Freud</strong></p> <p> </p>
- <p> "I like to dress up as the lead character in whatever story I am reading. This is a little weird because my daughter loves the Disney princesses. But you'd be surprised at how good I look in a ball gown.”</p> <p> <strong>Actor Adam Sandler</strong></p>
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