Famous Quotes
- In a school where everyone is famous or rich or whatever, you have a culture, 'What does your dad do?' 'What does your mom do?'
- Cynthia Nixon on Dad
- In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.
- J. C. Watts on Dad
- In fact, I had the idea because of Peter Falk. I saw my dad watching a Peter Falk movie and something clicked in my head. I gotta go make a movie for Peter Falk and me.
- Paul Reiser on Dad
- In Heaven, I believe my dad is somewhere doing something nice. I feel I've been too lucky to travel this far without somebody guiding me.
- Katherine Jenkins on Dad
- In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'
- Sherman Alexie on Dad
- In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school.
- Gillian Anderson on Dad
- In the 'Garnethill' trilogy, people always forget that Maureen O'Donnell's dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did law, but no-one ever thinks they're middle-class - they're just working class because they speak with accents.
- Denise Mina on Dad
- In the original draft I was 27 and Peter was 55 in the script. That's not the same as a guy in his 40s and a dad in the end of his 70s. It's a different point in both our lives.
- Paul Reiser on Dad
- Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad.
- Aravind Adiga on Dad
- It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.
- Abigail Van Buren on Dad
- It is because my dad died suddenly that I became an actor. I thought, I'm going to make money doing this thing I enjoy.
- Paul Giamatti on Dad
- It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.
- Pope John XXIII on Dad
- It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
- Jean De La Fontaine on Dad
- It is much easier to become a father than to be one.
- Kent Nerburn on Dad
- It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people.
- Stevie Nicks on Dad
- It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.
- Dawn French on Dad
- It was sort of just a family sport. My mom and dad were pretty keen golfers when I was young and so were my grandparents, and I just sort of tagged along with them.
- Karrie Webb on Dad
- It was tough at the time but when I was younger, my Dad. I would say my Dad, because without him I wouldn't have been here. I mean it was tough for me because he was really demanding. With him, it was never enough, you know, anything I did was never enough.
- Thierry Henry on Dad
- It was, you know, probably 80 degrees out in L.A., and my dad took me outside and there was snow. At the time, I thought, 'Every kid doesn't have snow in their backyard on Christmas?'
- Tori Spelling on Dad
- It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
- Venus Williams on Dad
- It would be nice if I did have a good relationship with my family, and yes, part of me longs to have a mum and dad who love and accept me for who I am. But if they never do, it's OK.
- Heather Graham on Dad
- It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations.
- It's always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there.
- Haley Reinhart on Dad
- It's an ongoing joy being a dad.
- Liam Neeson on Dad
- It's just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job.
- Tony Dungy on Dad
- It's not like he called me up and asked me. They've never wanted to throw us into that world, and I think our decision probably shocked them. But I love my dad, and I think I'd regret it if I didn't do this.
- Jenna Bush on Dad
- Jenna's traveled with me they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
- Laura Bush on Dad
- Joanna points her camera at a section of society unused to having cameras pointed at it. But I don't know about categorizing them in terms of class I'm a bit wary of that. My dad is the son of a shipbuilder.
- Tom Hiddleston on Dad
- Keep in my mind my dad didn't become a huge, huge mega actor until I was halfway through high school - so right around the time he's going through his big renaissance is right when I'm starting to do my high school revolting.
- Colin Hanks on Dad
- Life is different than it was in the Nineties. I'm a dad, and there are other things I have to get done in an afternoon than just being an artist.
- Chris Robinson on Dad
- Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible.
- Lauren Graham on Dad
- Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts.
- Lee Westwood on Dad
- Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just happily talk about my daughter endlessly.
- Christian Bale on Dad
- Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.
- Paul McCartney on Dad
- Losing my parents was the most crushing thing that ever happened to me. I lost my dad when I was 26, and it changed my life entirely.
- Harlan Coben on Dad
- Many forms, sizes and colors, I think there are heroes in sports, in life... It would be cliche to say my dad, my granddad. I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes.
- George Eads on Dad
- Me and my dad are friends. We're cool. I'll never be disappointed again, because I don't expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that's how we get along.
- Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position.
- Bill Gates on Dad
- Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.
- Frank Bruno on Dad
- Mom and Dad were married 64 years. And if you wondered what their secret was, you could have asked the local florist - because every day Dad gave Mom a rose, which he put on her bedside table. That's how she found out what happened on the day my father died - she went looking for him because that morning, there was no rose.
- Mitt Romney on Dad
- Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.
- Lynn Johnston on Dad
- Mom was 50 when my Dad died. She got on a bus every weekday for years, and rode 40 miles each morning to Madison. She earned a new degree and learned new skills to start her small business. It wasn't just a new livelihood. It was a new life.
- Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship.
- Greg Louganis on Dad
- Money stress is what used to remind me of my Dad most.
- More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom's got to be the one who stays home, not dad.
- James Levine on Dad
- Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad.
- Maurice Sendak on Dad
- Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar.
- Maurice Sendak on Dad
- Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.
- Peter Guber on Dad
- Mum and dad thought I was going to say I was pregnant. I said oh no, no, I've just been nominated for a Golden Globe. They were like, oh that's lovely, love.
- Melissa George on Dad
- Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do, that way it wouldn't feel like a job. So I did that.
- Jason Mraz on Dad
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