Where would we be without our Dad’s? They may get on our nerves on a regular basis and drive us crazy more often than not, but there are few people in this world that are more dependable, wiser, or more loving than the old man back home. When we need advice, comfort, support, or even just a laugh and a good story, he is always there and happy to help out. He is a constant guide through life and when he is gone, one terrible day, it will leave a hole that will never be filled again. Such is the power of his warmth, protection and love.

So in honour of Fathers Day 2009 here is a small selection of pics and quotes, both amusing and poignant, that sum up why we celebrate this day. And to all of the Dad’s out there: have a good one guys, and have a drink on us. You’ve earned it.

P.S. Sorry about the inappropriate mood emote. Apparently dA are having some problems with them. [link]



To be a successful father…there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years.
Ernest Hemingway


One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.
George Herbert


It is much easier to become a father than to be one.
Kent Nerburn


My father had a profound influence on me; he was a lunatic.
Spike Milligan


The time not to become a father is 18 years before a war.
E. B. White


Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.
Unknown


I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich.
M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter


Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.
Dinah Craik


A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.
Helen Rowland


A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
Knights of Pythagoras


It is a wise father that knows his own child.
William Shakespeare


I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
Sigmund Freud


When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.
Jewish Proverb


There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
Samuel Johnson


By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
Charles Wadworth