Dad Quotes

When I found out I got this job, I cried, of course - I'm a girly-girl - and then I called my dad, and he cried, too. On so many levels, this is a thrill for me.

Anytime I was in Memphis with my dad and at the house, I was happy. That was, like, a given. It was what I lived for. And I still feel the same excitement and warmth.

I learned that from my dad: you put your heart into something, you have to protect it, what you're making.

What are the origins of dressage? Did just, one day, some young horse say to his dad, 'Dad, I don't want to charge into battle...I just wanna dance'?

I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

My dad was this sort of avant-garde guy who did all kinds of weird things. He was a true original and anybody who met him never forgot him.

Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful.

My father was a lesson. He had his own bakery, and it was closed one day a week, but he would go anyway. He did it because he really loved his bakery. It wasn't a job.

If a dad does his job, we don't need prisons, we don't need jails. That's what I saw growing up.

I retired at age 40 because my daughters looked at me one day and said: 'Dad, being bald and wearing shorts doesn't look good together'.

My dad has a weird hobby; he collects empty bottles... which sounds so much better than "alcoholic."

My father was a management genius. But what I really wanted was a dad.

And above all, children need our unconditional love - whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life is tough.

It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.

A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes. He'd be a good film professor.

Direct sales offers the education my rich dad taught: build your own network rather than working for a network.

What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason.

Fatherhood is the unending imperfect task of turning yourself into your dad while secretly maintaining the unbridled elation of your boyhood

I've seen women who don't have great relationships with their dads, and it all comes down to this: You have to tell girls you love them every day.

Dad never ceased to remind my mother of his love for her.

My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything you need to know about hard work. My dad is the most decent man you could come across.

I spent many years not knowing where my dad was... Not knowing if my dad was alive, even. He turned up when I was 16 out of the blue.

You know the drill. 18 is legal. 17 with consent. 16 with a note. 15 if her dad's in the room. Low five!

When I'm done playing football, I just might be the couch potato dad.

Few sons are like their fathers - many are worse, few better.

You see another side of Draco when he's with his dad. When Draco is with his dad, he doesn't say anything. He keeps his mouth shut. He's sort of bullied by his dad, so he acts very different.

Anyone must remember that dad left when I was 3 years old. Mom and I lived out of the limelight. We lived a totally different life.

Dad, I left my heart up there.

Wearing that? Wouldn't you fancy a shapeless cardigan instead? You rock a shapeless cardigan, honey.

My dad always said he wanted to be remembered for his body of work, and he's made more than 75 pictures, some good, some bad, and they will be his legacy to the world of acting.

My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

My dad is my biggest source of inspiration. He's a lawyer, and when he'd get home, we always sat down and listened to music.

My dad and I hunted and fished together. How could I get angry at this man who took the time to be with me?

I promise you, anybody given the choice of that kind of money or having to make a phone call to tell your dad that something like that has happened, it’s not worth it.

My dad told me if I was ever intimidated by anyone, just picture them with their clothes off. He said that's how he dealt with my mom.

Every day my mother had tea. My dad has his ritual cigar. They had their evening cocktail. Those rituals were done nicely, with flair and feeling.

There seems to be a lot of name-calling going on, but I want to remind you what our good dad told me one time. Labels are for soup cans.

My dad worked in a very typical first-generation immigrant fashion - 24 hours a day for years.

A dad stands tallest when he kneels to pray with his children.

I don't play games. I ran away from home because my Dad brought me an Xbox.

Which brings us to the least sexy word in the English language, kids," Dad said, kicking back in his chair. "Inbreeding. Avoid it.

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week.

My legacy to me is-when I drop dead and they're at my funeral - I want my three kids to get up and say, 'He's an awesome dad'.

One of the greatest challenges in collecting child support is that deadbeat dads move from job to job and state to state. it's hard to keep track of them.

I definitely want to go and do some more research. My dad used to make me sit outside on the steps all night long, looking for a UFO flying by and I had to do that for years.

My dad was my hero, my best friend.

As a kid, I had this ultimate goal to be a teacher. I wanted to be a history teacher like my dad.

Yesterday, my son was out in the yard playing with his friend, and he hit his friend. I walked up to him, and I said, "Hey... We don't hit". He looked at me like, "Here's your sign, Dad".

I'm a polygamist. I can afford to have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has four wives.