These 20+ Funny Father's Day Quotes Will Make Him Laugh Out Loud

We've put together a compilation of father jokes and inspiring quotes about amazing dads that are funny, touching, motivational, and sometimes just plain ridiculous for Father's Day this year.

It covers various funny Father's Day quotes from a variety of celebrities, athletes, writers, singers, comedians, politicians, and others. 

There are also some very well-known Father's Day proverbs that you have probably heard before, and then there are those that are a little less well-known.

But the joy of fatherhood and fatherhood binds them all together.

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Funny Father's Day Quotes

• “He has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch.” —Chelsea Clinton

• "Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad." —Anne Geddes

• “We wondered why when a child laughed, he belonged to Daddy, and when he had a sagging diaper that smelled like a landfill, ‘He wants his mother.'” —Erma Bombeck

• “Remember: What Dad really wants is a nap. Really.” —Dave Barry

• “Even though I’m proud my dad invented the rearview mirror, we’re not as close as we appear.” —Stewart Francis

• “The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, the second half by our children.” —Clarence Darrow

• “Me and my dad used to play tag. He’d drive.” —Rodney Dangerfiel

Funny Father Day quotes

• "My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work." —Steve Young

• “A father carries pictures where his money used to be.” —Steve Martin

• “Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.” —Jon Stewart

• “Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks.” —Jim Gaffigan

• “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” —Mark Twain

• "What makes Will the best father in the world to me is that he's there, not just there in a way that's traditional. The emotional support he offers his children is immeasurable." —Jada Pinkett Smith

• “You can tell what was the best year of your father's life because they seem to freeze that clothing style and ride it out.” — Jerry Seinfeld

• “The best fathers have the softest, sweetest hearts. In other words, great dads are real marshmallows.” —Richelle E. Goodrich

• “Having children is like living in a frat house. Nobody sleeps, everything’s broken and there’s a lot of throwing up.” —Ray Romano

• “When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, ‘Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?’ He answered, ‘If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you.'” —Jerry Lewis

• “Being a dad isn’t just about eating a huge bag of gummy bears as your wife gives birth. It means being comfortable with the word hero.” —Ryan Reynolds

• “By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” —Charles Wadsworth

• “I just sit there and make up songs and sing to [my son] in gibberish. I’m very good at gibberish now.” —Elton John

• “Life doesn’t come with an instruction book — that’s why we have fathers.” —H. Jackson Browne

Father's Day funny quotes

• "My father would lift me high / And dance with my mother and me and then / Spin me around til I fell asleep / Then up the stairs he would carry me / And I knew for sure I was loved." —Luther Vandross

• “The only way I can describe [fatherhood]—it sounds stupid, but—at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, you know how his heart grows like five times? Everything is full; It’s just full all the time.” —Matt Damon

• “A man knows he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.” —Gabriel Garcia Marquez

• “There should be a children’s song: ‘If you’re happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep.’” —Jim Gaffigan

• “Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.” —Reed Markham

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