Dad Quotes

Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing.

Every kid needs to say, 'I want what my mom and dad have.’

My hat was pulled down and this girl said 'Are you really him?' I whispered 'Yeah, I'm really him.' She screamed, 'Mom! Dad! It's Heath Ledger!

I'm just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living.

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

I couldn't walk down any street in Britain without being laughed at. It was a nightmare. My children were devastated because their dad was a figure of ridicule.

People see Archie Bunker everywhere. Particularly girls; poor girls, rich girls, all kinds of girls are always coming up to me and telling me that Archie is just like their dad.

Of course, we were not promoters, we Westons, let's face it. Dad had only $300 in the bank at the end, that's all he had.

I heard a rumor that your mom and dad ran away from home.

I always thought that dads in the old days where rather macho types who wouldn't get close to a baby, let alone change nappies.

Oh it's a pebble... But it's a really nice pebble Dad thanks.

I do want children. I study dads more. I watch what they go through. I admire my father more than I ever did and my brother and my sister.

Pro wrestling is what my dad did.

Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery.

We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know.

My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she was a Protestant from Ireland but wasn't especially religious.

I think I might get laid more...by my dad.

I've definitely done something that's made my mum and dad forever proud.

I had the best of both worlds when I was a kid. I'd spend a quiet week with my mum, then I'd go to my dad's property in the Adelaide Hills, where there were all these kids and animals running around.

My dad is adorably optimistic, positive, pie-in-the-sky. He thinks every new song I write is my best. He sells T-shirts at my merchandise stands and hands out guitar picks to fans.

Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me.

When I was a kid my Dad never let me sing Patsy Cline songs for one simple reason: they've already been done.

My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.

If a cow walked into this room, I'd probably walk out. I could milk it, but my dad never forced me to do a lot of chores like that, mostly because he loved doing it himself.

My sisters did ballet when we were younger and I remember sitting in the car with my dad and going 'can we hurry up and go surfing!?, I'm sick of waiting for my sisters and their ballet classes.'

American pop group N'SYNC's. I listened to it endlessly in my dad's car. This also made me wanna be a singer.

You know that family is going to be there for you no matter what. My dad gave me a freakin' kidney!

To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off.

The greatest thing my dad taught me came from when I called him from a phone booth and said, 'Hungry. No bus token. Please. Out of options.' He said, 'Pfft, get a job.

My dad died when I was 17. He had heart and other problems. He was a good father, lots of love. But he was affected by it. When he died, mom picked up the reins and raised six boys all on her own.

I like the wrestling and executing the throws. My dad was a wrestler and he showed me some of those techniques, too.

I got to sing with the Boss, Sting, Pink and John Legend and all of those people. It felt like the pinnacle, and then I got the call. I cried, actually and I called my dad, it was really cool.

My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.

My real name is Mica, spelled with a C. My dad is called Michael. He wanted me to be called Michael but my mother said over her dead body. She wasn't into the whole junior thing.

One day my dad said, "If you guys ever stop singing, I'll drop you like a hot potato." That's what he said. It hurt me. You don't say that to children and I never forgot it.

My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground.

My dad [...] sent me a text saying, 'You know who you should play? Columbo. That's your Academy Award.'

Parents don't understand kids and kids don't understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to live with my dad.

My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.

I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me

Dad is my best mate and I can tell Mum absolutely anything. I really appreciate Mum and Dad. Why are we so close? Young parents, I think. The rock business keeps their minds young.

My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.

I was taught very well. My mom raised me very well, and so did my dad. I've been very blessed to have great parents that cared about me.

I'm really, really lucky. I was given my dad's good genes.

You might be a redneck if you consider your license plate personalized because your dad made it in prison.

My dad liked how January went with Jones. My sisters' names are Jina and Jacey Jones.

My dad loves to cook. I'm half Thai, and growing up that's all we ate in my house. My dad was very big on the idea that dinnertime and cooking time was also family time.

My dad always said, If someone hands you a lemon, make lemonade. Plus that also works wonderfully as a metaphor.

I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing.

I never got into fights with kids about whose dad is bigger and who can beat up who. What am I going to say? My dad can kill your dad when he's asleep?