Quotes about dad
dad lying kids
My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because he woke me up in the middle of the night. My heart was beating; I didn't know what he wanted to do. He wouldn't tell me, and he put me in the car and we went off, and I saw all these people lying on blankets, looking up at the sky. Steven Spielberg
dad growing-up together
I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working.
dad determined building
I was always determined to make it as a footballer, but if things hadn't worked out, I'd have maybe followed my dad into the building industry. Steven Gerrard
dad moving kids
A mate owned a Bryan Robson top. We were kicking about, and I asked if I could be Robbo for a while. My dad looked out and went ballistic. He wasn’t having his kid dragging the Gerrard name through the gutter. I thought we’d have to move!
dad growing-up school
I don't think my kids have to worry too much about me embarrassing them because that's not how I would want to grow up, with wacky dad showing up at school and performing for everyone. Steve Carell
dad drinking wine
The kids accepted my drinking as a part of life. Not a particularly pernicious part. I didn't beat up on them. Basically I don't think I was so different from a lot of dads who have three or four martinis when they get in from work, wine with dinner and so on. Stephen King
dad believe thinking
I think my dad [ Stephen Hawking] would have been pleased if I had turned out a scientist because he truly believes that is the most interesting career open to anyone. But he also believes that you have to follow your own path in life and so he certainly wasn't going to push me toward theoretical physics when it didn't look like I was going in that direction naturally. Stephen Hawking
dad live-life passion
My dad has an incredible passion for living life, and hes really, really funny, so he definitely encourages me to enjoy all aspects of life. Hes very proud of me and definitely encourages my career path, and we have a good time talking about work. Spencer Grammer
dad son thinking
I look at him [son Eric] and I think of my dad all the time.... I was born to be a dad. Simon Cowell
dad hard-work advice
My dad said to me, 'Work hard and be patient.' It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.
dad business thinking
On one level, going bust didn't bother me. It was the 80s, and there wasn't the stigma about bankruptcy that you might think. My mates weren't bothered. My dad was in business.. he knew that it happened, too. He loaned me the money to bail me out, and I got a loan from the bank to pay him back.
dad people important
My dad did teach me a very important lesson about people when he explained to me that everybody around you will have an invisible sign on their head, which says, "Make me feel important."
dad taken kids
I have very good advice to give to kids this age, which is, you shouldn't listen to your mum or dad and you just have to work it out for yourself. And the reason I've taken the age range down this year, and I never would have done it 10 years ago, is what I've seen with the success of Willow Smith. You don't have to be so cutesy anymore.
dad cheer writing
Dad and I did not care at all for your story in The New Yorker … [I]t does seem, dear, that this gloomy kind of story is what all you young people think about these days. Why don't you write something to cheer people up? Shirley Jackson
dad want
I don't want to be an old dad. Shemar Moore
dad littles faces
My dad got me a huge board when I was little. He loves to surf. He suited me up and sent me out on this huge wave. I went under, and when I came out and the board hit me in the face. So I said, I never wanted to do this again. I stayed away until I was 13. Shaun White
dad inspiration hero
My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my idol, my hero. I wanted to be just like him. Shakira
dad thinking unsuccessful
I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
dad thinking race
When it came to spankings, my dad never used a belt. One time he grabbed a piece of my Hot Wheels race car track. In my mind I'm thinking, 'Great, now I'm being beaten with my own toys...' Thank God I didn't get that wood burning set I wanted. Scott Wood
dad swimming thinking
I grew up in northern California, where it was consistently in the hundreds in the summertime. My dad didn't think he should have to turn on the air conditioning when we had a swimming pool in our backyard; it was our built-in air conditioner. Summer Sanders
dad cows rooms
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. Stuart Appleby
dad marine culture
I got a little bit of the Marine mentality from my dad, I guess. You can't but help absorb the culture you're around. Robbie Lawler
daddy mouths reason
When Daddy goes to work, there's a mouth to feed, a point to life and a reason to do things Robbie Williams
dad father moving
I want to be a dad, first and foremost. I want to be a good father. I've spent so much of my life on the move and travelling around the world that just to set up a home for my family and be a good dad is something that motivates me. Ricky Ponting
dad school army
I think I was really bored at school. I was quietly clock watching for years. I went to 10 schools because my dad was in the Army and we moved around a lot. Ridley Scott
dad talking people
When I see David Attenborough talking about how chimps live, big apes, I just remember my dad and the way he'd look at you. He couldn't speak, but everything else about him was, 'This is us, a family.' Relationships are just as intense as they are for people who can speak. Probably more so. Richard Griffiths
dad children mean
How do they find out with the experiments?''...one way they can find out a whole lot is to make an animal ill and then try different ways to make it better until they find one that works.''But isn't that unkind to the animal?''Well, I suppose it is...but I mean, there isn't a dad anywhere who would hesitate, is there, if he knew it was going to make [his child] better? It's changed the whole world during the last hundred years, and that's no exaggeration. Richard Adams
dad voice instruments
My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music. T-Pain
dad way my-dad
My dad always told me that the best way to get somebody to get at you is to talk bad about them to somebody else.
dad thinking would-be
I think I'd be a good dad; it would be a pleasure. Taylor Kinney
dad stupid simple
Dear Hilde, if the human brain was simple enough for us to understand, we would still be so stupid that we couldn't understand it. Love, Dad. Jostein Gaarder
dad important genocide
It was always so important to my dad for us to understand about the Genocide and to know about our family history. Kim Kardashian
dad like-her shy
I would say she's definitely not shy, like her dad