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father-to-be:
The father of an unborn child.See Also: Abraham, acknowledged father, babette, beating fantasies, bush child, Cogito, ergo sum, Disneyland daddy, father-to-be, love that dare not speak its name, the, skainsmate, thygatria, thygatrilagnia, trick baby, vitricophobia
Quotes Containing father-to-be:
''Al. Al Reardon. My father! My moral, uptight, coffee-slurping, status-seeking, putting-in-overtime, hard-day-at-the-office, early-rising early-bedding, make-your-own-way-in-life father had been screwing Joyce Fickett. (...) No wonder I was having so much trouble. It was hereditary.'' Jimmy Reardon (River Phoenix) after discovering that his father Al (Paul Koslo) has been having an affair with Joyce (Ann Magnuson) for years in A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)
''Al. Al Reardon. My father! My moral, uptight, coffee-slurping, status-seeking, putting-in-overtime, hard-day-at-the-office, early-rising early-bedding, make-your-own-way-in-life father had been screwing Joyce Fickett. (...) No wonder I was having so much trouble. It was hereditary.'' Jimmy Reardon (River Phoenix) after discovering that his father Al (Paul Koslo) has been having an affair with Joyce (Ann Magnuson) for years in A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)
Gene Garrison (Gene Hackman) about his father in I Never Sang for my Father (1971): 'Death ends a life but it does not end a relationship .'
Clarence Day (William Powell) having a father-to-son talk about women with Clarence, Jr. (Jimmy Lydon) in Life with Father (1947): - Clarence Sr.: 'All you have to do is be firm.' - Clarence Jr.: 'Yes, but Father, what can you do when they cry?' And later: 'You see Clarence, we men have to run this world and it's not an easy job . It takes work and it takes thinking. A man has to reason things out . Now, you take a woman . A woman thinks... No, I'm wrong right there. A woman doesn't think at all. She get's stirred up .'
Clarence Day (William Powell) having a father-to-son talk about women with Clarence, Jr. (Jimmy Lydon) in Life with Father (1947): - Clarence Sr.: ''All you have to do is be firm.'' - Clarence Jr.: ''Yes, but Father, what can you do when they cry?'' And later: ''You see Clarence, we men have to run this world and it''s not an easy job . It takes work and it takes thinking. A man has to reason things out . Now, you take a woman . A woman thinks... No, I''m wrong right there. A woman doesn''t think at all. She get''s stirred up .''
Clarence Day (William Powell) having a father-to-son talk about women with Clarence, Jr. (Jimmy Lydon) in Life with Father (1947): - Clarence Sr.: 'All you have to do is be firm.' - Clarence Jr.: 'Yes, but Father, what can you do when they cry?' And later: 'You see Clarence, we men have to run this world and it's not an easy job . It takes work and it takes thinking. A man has to reason things out . Now, you take a woman . A woman thinks... No, I'm wrong right there. A woman doesn't think at all. She get's stirred up .'
Colleen Sutton (Priscilla Presley) and Ford Fairlane (Andrew Dice Clay) in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1991): - Colleen: ''Nothing offends me. When I was eleven I walked in on my father with the Shetland pony he gave me for my tenth birthday . Does that excite you?'' - Fairlane: ''I don''t know . I never met your father.''
Julie Blair (Karen Sharpe) and Jerome Littlefield (Jerry Lewis) in The Disorderly Orderly (1964): - Julie: ''You loved your father, didn''t you?'' - Jerome: ''Love you can''t help, but I also respected and admired my father. Respect and admiration you have to earn.'' - Julie: ''Who else have you ever loved?'' - Jerome: ''Oh, well, I loved his wife . She was like a mother to me.''
Julie Blair (Karen Sharpe) and Jerome Littlefield (Jerry Lewis) in The Disorderly Orderly (1964): - Julie: ''You loved your father, didn''t you?'' - Jerome: ''Love you can''t help, but I also respected and admired my father. Respect and admiration you have to earn.'' - Julie: ''Who else have you ever loved?'' - Jerome: ''Oh, well, I loved his wife . She was like a mother to me.''
Colleen Sutton (Priscilla Presley) and Ford Fairlane (Andrew Dice Clay) in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1991): - Colleen: ''Nothing offends me. When I was eleven I walked in on my father With the Shetland pony he gave me for my tenth birthday . Does that excite you?'' - Fairlane: ''I don''t know . I never met your father.''
: ''It''s either me or your balls , Roger. You can''t have both.'' Peggy Schuyler (Madolyn Smith) to Roger Cobb (Steve Martin) in All of Me (1984). Roger is representing her father, his boss, in a divorce case : - Peggy:''Roger, you go to court tomorrow, we''re through!'' - Roger:''If I don''t, your father will have my balls .'' - Peggy:''Then it''s either me or your balls . You can''t have both!''
Colleen Sutton (Priscilla Presley) and Ford Fairlane (Andrew Dice Clay) in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1991): - Colleen Sutton: ''Nothing offends me. When I was eleven I walked in on my father with the Shetland pony he gave me for my tenth birthday . Does that excite you?'' - Ford Fairlane: ''I don''t know . I never met your father.''
Clarence (William Powell) having a man-to-man talk about women with his son Clarence, Jr. (Jimmy Lydon) in Life with Father (1947): - Clarence Day: ''All you have to do is be firm. (...)'' - Clarence. Jr.: ''Yes, but Father, what can you do when they cry?''
Clarence (William Powell) having a man-to-man talk about women with his son Clarence, Jr. (Jimmy Lydon) in Life with Father (1947): - Clarence Day: ''All you have to do is be firm. (...)'' - Clarence. Jr.: ''Yes, but Father, what can you do when they cry?''
Clarence (William Powell) having a man-to-man talk about women with his son Clarence, Jr. (Jimmy Lydon) in Life with Father (1947): - Clarence Day: ''All you have to do is be firm. (...)'' - Clarence. Jr.: ''Yes, but Father, what can you do when they cry?''
Colleen Sutton (Priscilla Presley) and Ford Fairlane (Andrew Dice Clay) in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1991): - Colleen: ''Nothing offends me. When I was eleven I walked in on my father with the Shetland pony he gave me for my tenth birthday . Does that excite you?'' - Fairlane: ''I don''t know . I never met your father.''
Jane Burnham (Thora Birch) to her father Lester (Kevin Spacey) in American Beauty (1999): ''I need a father who''s a role model, not some horny geek-boy who''s gonna spray his shorts every time I bring a girlfriend home from school.''
Monty Woolley (as himself) in Night and Day (1946): 'The only marriage I ever approved of was that of my father and mother .'
Chimene (Sophia Loren) to Rodrigo (Charlton Heston) who dueled and killed her father in El Cid (1961):''You bought your honor with my sorrow.''
Father MacLean (Tom Skerritt) in a sermon in A River Runs Through It (1993): 'We can love completely without complete understanding.'
Vinny Day (Irene Dunne) about her husband Clare (William Powell) in Life with Father (1947): 'You know , I don't believe Clare has come-out and told me he loves me since we been married . Of course I know he does because I keep reminding him of it . You have to keep reminding them, Cora.'
Peter Warne (Clark Gable) to Ellie's (Claudette Colbert) father Alexander Andrews (Walter Connelly) in It Happened One Night (1934): 'What she needs is a guy who'd take a sock at her once a day whether she deserves it or not.'
Peter Warne (Clark Gable) to Ellie's (Claudette Colbert) father Alexander Andrews (Walter Connelly) in It Happened One Night (1934): 'What she needs is a guy who'd take a sock at her once a day whether she deserves it or not.'
Peter Warne (Clark Gable) to Ellie''s (Claudette Colbert) father Alexander Andrews (Walter Connelly) in It Happened One Night (1934): ''What she needs is a guy who''d take a sock at her once a day whether she deserves it or not.''
Brick Pollit (Paul Newman) to his father Big Daddy (Burl Ives) in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958): ''You don''t know what love is. To you, it''s just another four-letter-word .''
Angela (Susan Fleming) and President of Klopskopia (W.C. Fields) in Million Dollar Legs (1932): - Angela: ''But father, isn''t he handsome?'' - President: ''Yeah, but I''ll fix that.''
Larry Burrows (James Belushi) and his father Harry (Pat Corley) watching a very beautiful girl go by in Mr. Destiny (1990): - Larry: ''Sometimes I get the distinct feeling I''m missing out on something.'' - Harry: ''Well, what she''s got she''s got plenty you don''t need.''
Larry Burrows (James Belushi) and his father Harry (Pat Corley) watching a very beautiful girl go by in Mr. Destiny (1990): - Larry: ''Sometimes I get the distinct feeling I''m missing out on something.'' - Harry: ''Well, what she''s got she''s got plenty you don''t need.''
Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening) and Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) in American Beauty (1999): - Carolyn: ''Your father seems to think this type of behavior is something to be proud of.'' - Lester: ''And your mother seems to prefer I go-through life like a fucking prisoner while she keeps my dick in a mason jar under the sink.''
P.I. Nick Charles (William Powell) and wife Nora (Myrna Loy) in The Thin Man (1934). - Nick:''What were you doing on the night of October 5th, 1902?'' - Nora:''I was just a gleam in my father''s eye .''
Tod (Keanu Reeves) in Parenthood (1989): ''You know , Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog or drive a car. Hell! you need a license to catch a fish but they''ll let any butt-mean asshole be a father.''
Franky/Francesca (Ione Skye) to her gay cousin who lied to his father about having a girlfriend in Dream for an Insomniac (1999): ''Is it a little stuffy in that closet there, Roberto?''
Franky/Francesca (Ione Skye) to her gay cousin who lied to his father about having a girlfriend in Dream for an Insomniac (1999): ''Is it a little stuffy in that closet there, Roberto?''
''I blame not Heather but rather a society that tells it''s youth that the answers can be found in the MTV video games. We must pray that the other teenagers of Sherwood, Ohio, know the name of that Righteous Dude who can solve their problems. It''s Jesus Christ and He''s in the book.'' Father Ripper (Glenn Shadix) at Heather Chandler''s (Kim Walker) funeral mass after her apparent suicide in Heathers (1989)
'But I ain't expecting much from him. Give you a kick when you're down . That's what all men do .' Anna (Greta Garbo) waiting to meet her father for the first time in Anna Christie (1930).
''My father, Chingachgook, warned me about people like you. (...) He said: Do not try to understand them. (...) Yes, and not try to make them understand you. That is because they are a breed apart and make no sense.'' Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) to Cora Munro (Madeleine Stowe) on the subject of women in The Last of the Mohicans (1993)
''My father, Chingachgook, warned me about people like you. (...) He said: Do not try to understand them. (...) Yes, and not try to make them understand you. That is because they are a breed apart and make no sense.'' Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) to Cora Munro (Madeleine Stowe) on the subject of women in The Last of the Mohicans (1993)
''My father, Chingachgook, warned me about people like you. (...) He said: Do not try to understand them. (...) Yes, and not try to make them understand you. That is because they are a breed apart and make no sense.'' Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) to Cora Munro (Madeleine Stowe) on the subject of women in The Last of the Mohicans (1993)
Finn (Winona Ryder) to Marianna (Alfre Woodard) in How to Make an American Quilt (1995): 'You see , what they don't tell us is that marriage is this anachronistic institution created for the sole convenience of the father who needs to pass off his daughters to the care of another man . Like 'here, here, she eats too much. Take her off my hands', you know? But now, now that we've gotten our independence, that we earn our own livings, there's no purpose to being someone's wife . Why can't we love as many people as we want in a lifetime?'
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