Dad Quotes

I do love a bit of fashion. I grew up around a lot of it as my mum and dad had clothing stores so my mum was always designing a lot, and I definitely had that as an influence.

I may not be loud but that doesn't mean I'm not strong within myself. My mum and dad instilled in me to stand up for what I believe in - and I do.

To win the X Factor would mean the world to me and my family. I'd buy mum and dad a house and then I think I would buy myself a car and have a little shopping trip.

My dad has always been the bohemian.

My dad died when I was three so my mom had to raise four kids on her own, and I think there's a part of me that pulls upon having watched my mom do that our whole lives. She had to make it work.

My mother married three times. My dad is... I don't really have one. I mean, he does exist, but I have zero relationship with him.

I remember, as a kid, my dad always told me, "Getting older beats the alternative." Although, now my father actually is the alternative, so I don't know what he would say. He's completely dead.

My dad and I played music. He teaches me a song or two every time I'm home.

I watched a few of Warren Beatty films when I was growing up...my Dad loved 'Heaven Can Wait.'

Growing up with my dad being a musician, it seemed like a male centric world to me. I just didn't know many girls playing guitar.

My mom ate every piece of butter in the Midwest, she lived till she was 90. And my dad, he smoked, he drank - we finally just had to kill him.

I used to do my dad smoked, he drank, we finally had to kill him.

Watching TV mum said," Do you miss your dad?" And I said," Who?

We called my dad MacGyver when I was a kid, and I learned a lot from him. He just enjoys problem solving in that way. I do, too, which is something I inherited.

My dad was dead, so these streets had to raise me.

I used to help my dad with a stall selling eggs when I was about 12. People were so hard up they would ask for one egg. But mostly no one came by at all. It was very demoralising.

I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her.

My dad taught me at a very young age that I should work harder than everyone else: Be the first one in and the last one out.

My dad is actually a manic depressive, which is very exciting half the time.

I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes.

My dad was a bartender that worked banquets. So that meant holidays, weekends, nights.

I've got a record in Florida. I'm proud of my dad, and I'm certainly proud of my brother. In Florida, they called me Jeb, because I earned it.

My mom's Jewish and my dad's Irish Catholic alcoholic, so I whine on the inside.

As far as businesses, I was always hustling. I had to pay for my own school. I got 20 bucks every week or 2 from my dad and that was it. So I had a "whatever it took" attitude.

My dad was quite a forbidding figure. I realise now that that was mainly because he worked so hard. He wasn't unkind, but he was a presence.

I never got on the course with my dad, but to be playing golf with my kids - that's a dream.

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

Having a great dad probably permitted me to pal around with guys in a way that some women don't.

My dad was a college football coach, so we're a big athletic family. I was either going to be an athlete or an actor. As an actor, I hoped I would be able to bond the two.

The main thing is that the 'C' is silent, so it kind of starts with a 'Z.' Z-O-O-K-RIE. It's Ukrainian, on my dad's side.

I've got my dad's height and smoking habit. But I think I've got my mum's looks and sensibilities.

How my relationship with my parents influenced my writing, really not at all. My dad was a mechanic, my mom a nurse.

My dad calls me 'Mac' a lot, from 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' - Little Mac is the main character. I was obsessed. I can still beat Mike Tyson on 'Punch Out.'

My family, theyre story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we werent allowed to watch TV while we ate - we had to sit around the table and tell stories about our day.

I did not get a million-dollar or multimillion-dollar loan from my dad.

I'm Hitler and my dad is Mussolini!

My dad taught me my faith, and I believe what he taught me. The man never lied to me in his life.

Undoubtedly, the biggest influence on my life is my mom, followed pretty closely by my dad.

The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.

The things I care about are the most pedestrian things in the world. I care about good ice cream and being a good dad and a decent husband.

My Dad was briefly an Everton player and I used to follow them as a boy.

My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me.

Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad's lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis and others for their brilliance and perfection.

Not after all the time my dad spent teaching me to switch-hit.

I didn't realize how good I was with technology until I met my parents... my dad told me "You're good; you should be a computer programmer." I said, "You're bad... you should be a caveman."

My dad sold encyclopedias and my mom worked in a factory office.

My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. He'd often come out with this stuff.

My dad, like, he's the most trusting human in the world.

Every day after work, my mom and I go shopping. My dad is about to kill me. I say, We need it, daddy!

I think my dad is a lot cooler than other dads. He still acts like he's still 17.