Famous Quotes & Sayings

Now I go to the gym every opportunity I get. (I'm there so often), my dad tells me not to go to the gym.

Do you know where he got the idea? ... From a William Saroyan play, 'The Time of Your Life,' that he saw with my mother. Near the end of the play there is a pinball machine that goes off like crazy. Dad couldn't stop thinking about it.

As soon as Dad got a taste of it, that's all he could think of.

David Gallagher

A lot of it has to do with my dad. He was a mechanic my whole life. I grew up with cars. ... I have the utmost respect for American muscle cars.

They don't want to miss out again. They were here for the Patriot League tournament and they're staying for two weeks longer. My dad only has so much time off. If we get to the Final Four, hopefully he can work something out.

Cameron Crowe

The whimsical side of my dad really comes through in this movie.

Thirty years ago, on a lark, my dad took a seed from a grapefruit and planted it. I remember seeing it, a little twig sticking out of the ground. Amazingly, it grew. It's tall and huge now. It's turned into a monster.

It really hadn't hit him yet how sick his dad was. He's had a number of strokes and he always ended up going home.

It is what their dads would have wanted. The military doesn't have the resources, so we have to help on the outside.

This means a lot to me. My dad wrestled for Mahopac and finished third and then he coached, so to keep it in the family and win the section is great.

There was a train scene, and Dad was able to research schedules and even get the right number for the locomotive.

Dan Reynolds

There was nothing more I wanted to do than to see my dad react well to my music. I still do. I send him my demos all the time.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

There isn't a dude outside my dad who had greater influence on my life.

Damon Wayans, Jr.

You see people you identify with, and you take pieces of people you like and shape who you are. Like, I sound just like my dad. But that's literally my vocal chords. I can't sound like anything else... I sound like him, but I act like myself.

Dean Young

You see, my dad grew up on Hollywood two-reelers and screwball comedies, ... His humor was very surreal and fanciful at times. I grew up on a steady diet of TV sitcoms, so my humor is more-to-earth.

Tommy John

You're going to feel good. But no matter how much rehab you do, you can't speed up the healing process. I'd rather a guy come back in 14 months and pitch seven, eight, nine more years than come back in 10 months and get hurt again. You can't mess with mom and dad ? Mother Nature and Father Time. Nature will heal it if you give it time.

Brian Wilson

This is a song my dad and I wrote in the late '60s,

S. Robson Walton

I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.

Russell Wilson

With my dad passing away, he's always watching me-a big smile on his face, watching every snap on the 50-yard line.

Russell Wilson

I ended up getting drafted by the Colorado Rockies on June 8, 2010 and the next day, my dad passed away, in June 9, 2010. So I'm at the biggest high of my life on June 8th. And the next day, June 9th, he's gone.

Russell Peters

I love being a dad, and I'm a great dad.

Russell Peters

My dad was the funniest guy I ever knew.

Russell Simmons

That really is the best part of being a dad. You remember what's important in life.

Roger Federer

My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.

Sally Pearson

I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sounds horrible, but I don't even see him as part of my family, to be honest. If you want the truth, it doesn't bother me because I don't know any different. I just know that me and my mum, that was my family.

Sally Hawkins

I remember once giving my dad some drawings and writings and said, 'If you could just give these to the publisher, that would be great.' And I was about five!

Sally Phillips

I've got a great relationship with my dad, but I can imagine how annoying it would be if I had to move back into his house.

Rory McIlroy

My parent are very proud, but Dad ripped into me for throwing a club on the 11th. He's happy with the way I played, but he always has to have something to moan about!

Rory McIlroy

I wanted to make a point of basing myself at home, being close to my family. I'll never be able to repay Mum and Dad for what they did, but at least they know they'll never have to work another day. I'll do whatever it takes to look after them.

Rory McIlroy

My dad's a scratch golfer and I've got the knack of seeing something and then replicating it. I saw my dad swing a club and I worked out how to do the same thing. My backswing and follow-through have been basically the same since I was two.

Suraj Sharma

My ma is an economist. My dad is a software engineer.

Sufjan Stevens

My Dad used to say that the balance of the world relied on all of the monks who were living outside of society in creative isolation. I don't quite understand the ascetic life or the private life or the monastic private life. But I definitely understand privacy's value.

Stuart Scott

The most important thing I do is I'm a dad.