Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ryan McPartlin

I'm a huge fan of John Hughes and can say that 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' is easily a top 3 favorite. I'm also a huge fan of all the Second City talent, and I think my Dad and Bill Murray are long lost twins.

Russell Brand

From quite early on, I had this idea of compartmentalized identities - 'this is how you are when you are with your mum, and this is how you are when you are with your dad' - so it seemed like I could never absolutely be myself. And the image of myself as compromised and inconsistent made me want to withdraw from the world even further. I had a sense of formulating a paper-mache version of myself to send out in the world, while I sat controlling it remotely from some smug suburban barracks.

Ronnie Dunn

I get around OK with a toolbox. As a kid, I picked up skills following my dad through the oil fields of Oklahoma and West Texas. My wife Janine is hard to impress, but she does think it's cool when I fix things around the house.

Ronaldinho

I would like my Dad to be alive so he could see what I am.

Trick Daddy

If my mama and daddy would've stayed together, one of them would've been dead, and the other would have been locked up for it.

Tre Cool

I told my dad 'Yeah, I’m going to be a drummer', and he said 'Well, if you can rub your stomach at the same time as you pat your head at the same time you’re standing on one leg and kicking the other one out in a circle and say the pledge of allegiance'. And I did all that just like bam, you know?

Rick Riordan

I got the feeling Poseidon really didn't know what to think of me. He didn't know whether he was happy to have me as a son or not. In a strange way, I was glad that Poseidon was so distant. If he'd tried to apologize, or told me he love me, or even smiled. it would've felt fake. Like human dad, making some lame excuse for not being around. I could live with that. After all, I wasn't sure about him yet, either.

Rick Warren

A dad stands tallest when he kneels to pray with his children.

Rick Riordan

Is Tyson okay?' I asked. The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. 'He's fine. Doing much better than I expected. Though 'peanut butter' is a strange battle cry.

Rick Riordan

When he pulled away, he smiled kindly at me. I felt so good, I'll admit I teared up a little. I guess until that moment I hadn't allowed myself to realize just how terrified I had been the last few days. "Dad-" "Shhh," he said. "No hero is above fear, Percy. And you have risen above every hero. Not even Hercules-

Rick Riordan

I’ve met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Western Civilization? Not the kind of dad you invited to school for Career Day.

Rick Riordan

Daddy will explain. Come, he is blowing up monsters.

Rick Riordan

Um, dad?" I called "How's it going?" "Percy!" Annabeth whispered. "We're in a hurry!

Owen Hart

I owe a lot to my dad, just for having provided the wrestling business for us to get into.

Paul Lynde

Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics.

Paul Lynde

My dad was a ham, too. He could sell those women anything. Of all his sons, I was the only one he could trust to sell as well as he could. I was proud of that.

Paul McCartney

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.

Paul McCartney

There was one moment where they were riding their little ponies in Scotland, and Stella said to me: 'Dad! You're Paul McCartney, aren't you?' 'Yes darling, but I'm Daddy really'.

Paul McCartney

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.

Paul McCartney

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.

Paul McCartney

Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well.

Paul McCartney

Hamburg totally wrecked us. I remember getting home to England and my dad thought I was half-dead. I looked like a skeleton, I hadn't noticed the change, I'd been having such a ball!

Paul Young

My dad was very worried that I wasn't saving and didn't have a pension. I've never invested well.

Mel Gibson

But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20.

Mel Gibson

My dad taught me my faith, and I believe what he taught me. The man never lied to me in his life.

Pink

My dad raised me with some good advice: 'Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you'll never have enemies, because people will always know where you're coming from.'

Rachel Caine

Is it him?” Dad asked. “Did he get you into trouble?” “Not me,” Shane said. “I’ve just got that kind of face.

Rachel Caine

My dad used to say that life's a journey, but somebody screwed up and lost the map.

Rachel Caine

Shane: "Score," he said, and raised the crowbar in triumph. "Who's your daddy?" - Black Dawn

Pete Seeger

My dad, the old professor, used to say, 'Never get into an argument about what's folk music and what isn't.'

Pete Carroll

My dad was a great competitor in his own way. He would never let us win at anything, and we had to work our tails off to beat him.

Pete Carroll

My dad was a good competitor. I know he'd think I was a little off the charts.

Peter Shaffer

The Devil isn’t made by what Mommy says, or what Daddy says. The Devil is there.