Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cormac McCarthy

My daddy used to tell me not to chew on something that was eatin you.

Dwyane Wade

I was probably a terrible husband, but I pride myself on being a good dad.

Dwyane Wade

I've been successful in different areas, but nothing brings a smile to my face more than my oldest son, Zaire, and my second son, Zion, saying the kind word of 'Dad.'

Alfie Allen

I've always known my dad is a one-off and his own person. But I feel that underneath he has always loved me.

Andy Samberg

I remember my dad turning to me - my dad loves to turn to me and explain why things are funny. He used to do that with Seinfeld all the time. He did it with Colombo, too, set the scene.

Andy Serkis

I'm working from home a lot. That's very unusual because I'm away a lot, sometimes working on the other side of the world for long periods of time. So, it's hard to manage in the sense that I want to be the best dad I can be but it's almost harder when you have your kids outside the door.

Andy Serkis

My dad was working abroad, in Iraq, and he was a doctor. We used to go and visit him, in Baghdad, off and on. For the first ten years of my life, we used to go backwards and forwards to Baghdad, so that was quite amazing. I spent a lot of time traveling around the Middle East.

Andre Dubus

One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I've had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and I've brought readers to my dad's work. I can't tell you the joy that gives me. Because my father's work was masterful.

Angela Ahrendts

My dad would always say, 'When you look at a photo do you see yourself last?'

Ang Lee

I'm just a pretty regular dad.

Anais Nin

The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created a child and then, by his absence, left the child fatherless and then Godless.

Amanda Seyfried

My dad, he is such a soft man. Even if he has these opinions about my boyfriends, he will be the sweetest guy. He will make you feel like you're fascinating and awesome, even if he doesn't like you that much.

Anne Frank

At any rate, Daddy usually comes to my defence. Without him I wouldn't be able to stick out here.

Brian Kilmeade

You can say that Mitt Romney started with nothing! He didn't get an inheritance from his dad.

Stephen Mangan

I didn't know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didn't know any arty types.

I'm quite dyslexic in school. My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. My parents never really lecture me.

Bindi Irwin

If I am able to pass on what I've learnt in my life, that's really wonderful, especially after losing Dad.

Bindi Irwin

I'm driving my dad's old ute. So it's a manual ute. It's massive, so when people see me coming, they just kind of run away!

Bindi Irwin

A lot of people don't know that Dad was quite a scientist, and he was so clever.

Imogen Poots

My dad moved to London in his early 20s and didn't really go back. So the irony is I've spent lots and lots of time in Ireland, but not with my dad. I've shot films in Belfast, where he's from. And I've shot in Dun Laoghaire. Which is great. And I've shot in Dublin.

Chris Rock

President of the United States is you know, our boss, so you know, the President and the First Lady are kinda like the Mom and the Dad of the country. And when your Dad says something you listen.

Maddie Hasson

I love being around my mom and my dad.

Angelina Jolie

After my last divorce, I said I was absolutely going to marry somebody in another field, an aid worker or something. Then I met Brad, everything I wasn't looking for, but the best man, the best father I could possibly wish for, you know? I don't see him as an actor. I see him very much as a dad, as somebody who loves travel and architecture more than being in movies.

Dave Brubeck

My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave to me when I graduated from grammar school, from the eighth grade. And those cows multiplied, and he kept track of them for years for me. And that was my herd.

Dave Attell

So, I travel a lot. I hate traveling, mostly 'cause my dad used to beat me with a globe.

David Spade

I talk to my dad all the time, he's more like my buddy than my father, and he's not happy that I use him in my act. But I tell him, I have to get something out of this.

David Spade

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

David Charvet

I'm just constantly trying to be a good dad.

The thing that shocks a lot of people is that these kids are just normal kids. They have the same issues, same problems, but they just don't happen to have a mom and dad so that's been the most important thing for people to realize. They're normal kids that just need a home.

Our defense won the game. Offense can win you games, but to win the Big Daddy you have to play defense.

Steve Schirripa

People get that dads have a place in the lives of their sons. But you have to be just as present with daughters, maybe even more so. You have to get in there and be part of the game.

Merry Clayton

Oh boy, I grew up hearing Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, sitting on Mahalia Jackson's lap in my dad's church.

Ashley Bell

After school, my mom would pick me up and I would just go to visit my dad in the recording studio, and I would see him working with Mark Hamill or hear him doing the 'Transformers' or a 'G.I. Joe' or the 'Rugrats.'