Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sam Shepard

My old man tried to force on me a notion of what it was to be a 'man.' And it destroyed my dad.

Billy Crystal

My dad, Jack, had a great sense of humour and had a strong impact on me and my humour.

Anna Chlumsky

When moms and dads put their kids in acting class, good luck. Because you're just filling them with stuff they don't need yet.

Apolo Ohno

My life has always been with my dad. Since I can remember, I was raised by my father my entire life. So he's kind of been that mom and father figure - always.

Chris Hillman

My dad founded the 'Rancho Santa Fe Times' and won a lot of journalism awards.

Charlie Puth

Marvin Gaye is an inspiration to me. He was one of the first Motown musicians that my mom and dad introduced me to, and I always thought it would be a good idea if I was ever an artist, and now I am, to make a record called 'Marvin Gaye.'

Catherine Tate

My mum left my dad when I was six months old, so I don't know him at all. I had no male figures in my life, really. I had my godfather, but he's more like a grandfather, so I was quite sheltered. I've never tried to find my father.

Dwyane Wade

Unless you sit down and talk to your dad and say, 'Why weren't you there?' and he says, 'I'm going to really tell you the truth,' then you won't know.

Louise Brown

When dad told me Mr Steptoe had passed away, I broke down.

Kid Cudi

These things were happening in my life where I was like, 'Man, I wish my pops was here to see this.' I never had those thoughts before fame, when my life was just a regular life. I wasn't saying, 'I wish my dad could be around and see me working at Applebee's.'

Ray Liotta

My dad said, 'Go to college and take whatever you want.' So, I went to the University of Miami. When I got up to the line at registration, I saw that you had to take math and history. I said, 'There's no way I'm taking math and history.' And right next to it was the line for the drama department.

Sean Maher

When my daughter was born, I was a stay-at-home dad for the first two years.

Scott Eastwood

My dad never took himself too seriously. He always treated everyone with respect, and he made sure I was like that, too. I show up, I hit my mark, and I say my lines.

Scott Stapp

My dad always said I was hard-headed, that it would take something like that to wake me up spiritually, and I guess it did. My heart had gotten so beat up that I didn't have anything left to give.

I'm from Iowa Falls, Iowa. My dad was a small-town lawyer, and my mom was a pharmacist. She worked at Swartz Drug. I have five older brothers.

When I was young, I didn't like going to school, but I loved my dad. He was my professor.

Rod Stewart

I shouldn't have got married. My dad told me. I was 35 and I got married. He said, 'You're too young to be married'. 'What? I'm 35'. Said, 'You're far too young. You haven't lived yet'. He was right, bless him, thanks, Dad.

Ryan Coogler

I kind of remember when I was young, I used to hang out with my dad sometimes. And I can remember just following him in and out of these domestic situations. Going to the grocery store, we'd go pick up my other brother, or we'd go here, go there.

My dad was actually against me being a photographer. He thought it was a dead-end job and that you end up doing baby pictures and weddings.

Magic Johnson

My dad worked two jobs his whole life, and so I told him he's the reason I have 20 jobs.

Magic Johnson

My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.

You know, everyone likes to talk about when they played for my father. And it's nice to hear that. My dad was a rock. He held our family together. He was unbelievable as a father and a coach. He did it all.

Honeysuckle Weeks

My dad had a small suitcase stuffed with photos, mementoes from wherever he'd traveled as a Royal Navy gunner. Not that he gunned very much, as it turned out. I'd haul it out and go through it time and time again.

Hannah Storm

It's no surprise that I ended up in sportscasting. I lived this world with my father, Mike Storen. Dad was a sports executive for most of my childhood.

Marvin Sapp

My father was a singer. So it just kind of happened that one Sunday while my dad was singing, I just walked out and stood next to him, and I started singing the song that he was leading, and I sang it in perfect pitch.

Jay Asher

I tried getting my dad to buy me a beeper for my birthday,” he says, “but he thinks only doctors and drug dealers need them.

Robert Kiyosaki

When my book 'Rich Dad's Prophecy' was released in 2002, most financial newspapers and magazines trashed it because I discussed a looming stock market crash.

Robert Kiyosaki

My dad seemed comfortable with his decision to be a 'have-not,' but I knew that I wasn't.

Mitt Romney

I love my dad. It's fair to say that I probably would not have thought of politics had I not seen my mom and dad involved in politics.

Vicky McClure

Oh, I love Nottingham. I know some people go, 'Oh God, there's not much going off there,' but I like staying in and going round to my mum and dad's for a Sunday roast.

Vicki Lawrence

I went to UCLA, my dad's alma mater, and that was his dream.

Bat for Lashes

When I was little, I grew up in a place called Hertfordshire, which is just near London, but out in the country, and I visited Pakistan in the summers to go and see my family on my dad's side.

Soledad O'Brien

I'm black. I'm Latina. My mom is Cuban. Afro-Cuban. My dad is white and Australian.