Quotes about dad
dad teaching two
According to my parents, I just started drumming when I was two. I traveled with them from five to seven on the road, playing percussion. Between 8 and 12, my dad sort of prepared me by teaching me every aspect of road life. Questlove
daddy done tasks
Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.' Quincy Jones
dad children emotional
I think the last few weeks for me have been just a very different emotional experience. Something I never thought I would feel myself. And I find...a lot of things affect me differently now. As any new parent knows, you're only too happy to show off your new child and, you know, proclaim that he is the best looking or the best everything. Prince William
dad believe two
My dad told me something long before I was in politics, and when your dad gives you advice every single day, eventually one or two of the things stick in your mind. And he said, don't believe what people say, believe what they do. Mick Mulvaney
dad thinking ties
To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off. Robert Moog
dad television grew
I grew up with a dad who hated television, so we had to sneak television. It got ingrained in my head to never follow a show that religiously. Robert Knepper
dad matter kidneys
You know that family is going to be there for you no matter what. My dad gave me a freakin' kidney! Sarah Hyland
dad messengers care
Like so many before them, they didn't care that my dad was only the messenger. They still wanted to shoot him. Sarah Dessen
dad your-dad wanted
Eventually, it wasn't even your dad I wanted, just anybody. Anybody at all.
dad people stories
Despite my dad's assurances I was strangely nervous my stomach tight ever since we'd hung up. Maybe Deb had picked up on this and it was why she'd pretty much talked nonstop since I'd approached her and asked for a ride. I'd barely had time to explain the situation before she had launched into a dozen stories to illustrate the point that Things Happened But People Were Okay in the End.
dad firsts steps
And like my dad always said, the first step is always the hardest.
dad mexican my-dad
The border between the dead and the living, if you're Mexican, doesn't exist. The dead are part of your life. Like my dad, who's not here, but he's here.That's why there's the Day of the Dead. There's such a connection with the dead. Sandra Cisneros
dad comedian tvs
When I used to watch comedians with my dad, he laid it all out for me. He wanted to be a comedian himself, and he was so funny. We'd watch stand-up on TV, and he'd tell me the subtext of what they were saying. Roseanne Barr
dad people age
My dad taught me swears when I was a toddler, and I saw, at a really early age, that if I shocked people, I would get approval, and it made my arms itch with glee. I got addicted to it. It became this source of power in a totally powerless life.
dad believe two
We had no religion at all, but we were Jews in New Hampshire, and my sister - who is now a rabbi - said it best: We were, like, the only Jews in Bedford, New Hampshire, as well as the only Democrats, so we just kind of associated those two things together. My dad raised us to believe that paying taxes is an honor.
dad eye laughing
My family were hitters. If you made them laugh, they didn't hit you. My dad wouldn't hit me if I got him with humor right between the eyes.
dad husband being-a-dad
I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband. Rod Stewart
dad play guitar
My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play.
dad boys guitar
What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason.
dad kids beer
I didn’t want to know that the monster that lived under your bed when you were a kid not only really is there but used to have a few beers with your dad. Robin McKinley
dad lazy world
My dad is really just lazy. He has nothing, I feel, to offer this world. Sasha Grey
dad crazy stories
Dad? Um, listen. I have kind of a crazy story for you.... Sarah Mlynowski
dad issues dying
I have issues with inheritance tax, particularly coming from a migrant family. My dad has worked incredibly hard all his life, so it seems odd to me that someone who has gone through that experience and has managed to save then gets taxed for dying. Sanjeev Bhaskar
dad ease my-dad
I absolutely love working with my dad because there is such an ease about it, and I also love his company. Samuel West
dad keys different
Dad's tiny - his passport picture is a full-length shot. He looks like he just hopped off a key ring. Mum is a different matter, she's a bit of a handful to say the least. I love her more than anyone on this Earth. But she's a monster. Ricky Hatton
dad thank-god body
I'm just naturally quite toned. My dad was like a body builder, so I've got my dad's body. Not all of it, thank God. Rebecca Mader
dad book years
My dad had this rock hard body and would work 12- to 13-hour days. The guys he worked with were scrap-iron guys. Nobody on that road crew had read a book in 10 years, but there was something about the way they lived I really admired. Richard Russo
dad men thinking
If you paid me for work," continued Max, whose rhetoric was more sophisticated than you might expect from a man with food in his beard, "I wouldn't have to feel worthless. There's not law says old people have to feel worthless all the while, you know. You paid me, I'd have some dignity." Now it was Mile's turn to nod and smile agreeably. "I think the dignity ship set sail a long time ago, Dad.
dad father ideas
Whenever I'm in theatre situations I will go out of my way not to talk about my father, but in the film world I can be really proud of my family and say, 'You know what: my dad's a really, really famous theatre director,' because nobody has any idea. Rebecca Hall
dad rubbish financial
My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent. Robert Carlyle
dad nuts bigs
My dad was just a big Joseph Campbell nut. Trey Parker
dad son men
I deal with my sons like young men. If they have a problem with something, they come to me. I am the type of dad that will drop everything I am doing for them, and always tell them to talk to me about it. Tracy Morgan
dad mum strict
I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving. Tori Amos