Quotes about dad
dad home involved landscape loved singing stuff work
I know when I'm not dancing, and I go home, I usually work with my dad, who's an electrician. So I do stuff like that. I used to be a landscape gardener. I loved that job. But I'd like to be involved with entertainment. Singing or something, I guess. Tristan MacManus
dad gave mom nickname
My real name is Alfonso. My grandfather and dad are also Alfonso, so I was the third. So my mom just gave me the nickname Trey because I was the third. Trey Burke
dad entire family grew love physically tree wife
My dad grew up with an avocado tree in his backyard. My entire family, my wife and daughters, they love avocado. I may well be allergic. It makes me physically sick. Ted Cruz
dad children son
A child should never even think about being a "good son." A parent decides that fate for the child. The parent encourages that. Not the child himself. And the "perfect dad"? I shudder at thinking what that may be. Bret Easton Ellis
dad mind age
My dad just imprinted in my mind from a very young age that you always do what you say you're gonna do when you say you're gonna do it. Bob Corker
dad grateful want
Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad) Bob Dylan
dad home style
Dad had a music store, and he'd often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy. Billy Crystal
dad world care
My dad always told me, 'I don't care what you do. Just aim to be the best at it. Even if it's the world's best window cleaner.' Bruce Dickinson
dad pay wheels
My dad gave me threepence to pay the fine but I spent it on a Wagon Wheel Brenda Blethyn
dad taken house
My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren't taken with the fact our dad was a musician. Branford Marsalis
dad games oklahoma
People come up to me all the time who saw Dad in 'Oklahoma!' or 'Pajama Game,' and they say they'll never forget it. Bonnie Raitt
dad today overcoming
Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today. Bono
dad kids thinking
We love the Stooges, and young kids today don't watch them. They think it's their dad's comedy. So we thought we could reintroduce them to a new audience. Bobby Farrelly
dad mind my-dad
My dad was Superman to me, and in my mind he always will be. Artie Lange
dad sleep passengers
I'd like to die like my old dad, peacefully in his sleep, not screaming like his passengers. Bob Monkhouse
dad numbers incredibles
I also turn down what's probably a good amount of coinage to be made out of playing dads, an incredible number of obnoxious dad. Bill Pullman
dad play new-orleans
My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument. Bill Kreutzmann
dad mind kind
My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem how do you approach the problem? Bill Keller
dad school class
I grew up upper-class. Private school. My dad had a Jaguar. We're African-American, and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation. Beyonce Knowles
dad growing-up real
Growing up working with my dad, I really had no interest in doing the actual work, so I was always like drawing on the wood, doing stuff like that. It just has a real hands-on approach. Eddie Martinez
dad boys men
When you're the youngest and the only boy, you get spoilt but you get told you're spoilt so you don't get to enjoy it very much. I was the only man in the house because my parents divorced and my dad moved away when I was 13. Eddie Marsan
dad day-care house
My life is nothing like the Daddy Day Care life. Me around the house is nothing like the Daddy Day Care dad. Eddie Murphy
dad ideas awards
I wanted to be an actor my whole young life. My dad was an actor, obviously - he won an Academy Award, but I had no idea what was involved. I had all the wrong ideas about acting. Ed Begley, Jr.
dad real golf
I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game. David Hyde Pierce
dad grandfather actors
My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?
dad father kids
One of the scary things is that, when you're a kid, you look at your dad as the man who has no fear. When you're an adult, you realize your father had fear, and that you have it, too. David Duchovny
dad book reading
My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had in my head from the written word. It gave me a passion for reading, thanks to my dad's performance of the book. Benedict Cumberbatch
dad mum mum-and-dad
My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
dad blessed years
We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years. Beau Bridges
dad thinking space
I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it. Bear Grylls
dad warrior men
I played with Mike Dunleavy Jr., and we got a great relationship on the Warriors. Knowing him and now knowing his dad, all I know is he's a man of his word. Anything that he's ever said to me has been honest and I respect that. Baron Davis
dad world losing
Losing dad (Bobby Bonds) was the worst thing in the world. Barry Bonds
dad supportive important
There was nothing more important I could do than be supportive as a dad. Arne Duncan