Famous Quotes

"Your kids can say some cruel things to you at times. For example, Nicole, Miles and Sofie are standing there in the room and I'm dressed to kill in my own mind. They'll say to me, 'Dad, you're not going out there looking like that are you?' If that doesn't kill a star, I don't know what does!"

Lionel Richie on Dad

More quotes about Dad

• "It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father."

  Pope John XXIII on Dad

• "When one has not had a good father, one must create one."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Dad

• "My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him."

  Eminem on Dad

• "I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much."

  Hedy Lamarr on Dad

• "Whoever does not have a good father should procure one."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Dad

More quotes by Lionel Richie

• "Kids will keep it real. If I've ever had in my life a great anchor, it's them. They get in your head, 'don't get too famous.' If you think you're really famous and think you're really hip, go hang out with your kids for an afternoon. That's about as earthbound as it's going to get."

• "Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it."

• "I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult."

• "I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult."

• "Taking time to sit back and watch and think about what you've seen is important. Traveling did a great deal to me. I found that when I travel and just sit in the corner and watch, a million ideas come to me."