Quotes about dad
dad parent classical-music
I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter - that I got from my dad. Marianne Faithfull
dad people bigs
My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well. Neil Cavuto
dad eye son
Dad nods, looks me dead in the eyes; slowly and regretfully, he banishes all the smiling and joking from his face, and for once he's just my dad, watching his son who has fallen so low. Ned Vizzini
dad teenage boys
Some article called me the most feared man in Silicon Valley. Good Lord! Why? My teenage boys got a kick out of it: 'Dad, how could this be true? You're not even the most feared person in this house.' Nathan Myhrvold
dad father mexican
My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution. Mitt Romney
dad stupid mean
My dad, as you probably know, was the governor of Michigan and was the head of a car company. But he was born in Mexico... and had he been born of, uh, Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot at winning this. But he was unfortunately born to Americans living in Mexico. He lived there for a number of years. I mean, I say that jokingly, but it would be helpful to be Latino.
dad winning chance
My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove. Poppy Z. Brite
dad women tired
I used to carry my dad's empty guitar case around the neighborhood because I wanted people to think I played the guitar. I would put flintstones vitamins in it in case I got tired, so I could pop some and keep walking. Kristen Wiig
dad guy disgusting
A lot of times, it gets weird when some guy is playing your dad. It feels weird to you. It feels like they're forcing sentiment. It's disgusting. Kristen Stewart
dad wanted
I've always wanted to be a dad. Kris Allen
daddy matter mama
You are responsible for your life. It doesn't matter what your Mama did. It doesn't matter what your Daddy didn't do. You are responsible for your life. Oprah Winfrey
dad cooking style
I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too. Olivia Thirlby
dad kids cowboy
When I was a kid, I was watching the movies my parents wanted to watch. I came from a working class family, not specifically educated, so we were watching popular movies. My dad liked cowboy movies, so we were watching cowboy movies. Some of them were amazing. It's a genre of movie I like very much. Olivier Martinez
dad america childhood
My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America. Olivia Wilde
dad war years
The lesson of Pearl Harbor ought never to be forgotten, and of course the motto that came from that, 69 years ago, the war which my dad fought, was 'Remember Pearl Harbor, never again.' We need to keep that to mind. Oliver North
dad america actresses
When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress. Odeya Rush
dad mind-your-own-business sausage
We came from a family where we ran our own small business. Our dad made his own products. We made our own sausages, our own meatloafs, our own pickles. Dad had to do everything himself. He had to figure out how to finance his business. Marcy Kaptur
dad father son
I think the father-son dynamic is interesting. I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their dad, and I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their son. Kiefer Sutherland
dad kids people
I'm in awe of people like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard; they're great musicians and people. But I'm most starstruck by people in the small town where I live. Especially single dads, like me, who are working five times as hard to raise their kids. Kid Rock
dad careers turning-50
My career was about to change radically, in turning 50 I had hit the age where my Dad made a big career and his life started to unravel. Kenny Loggins
dad sleep white
I envy my dad and his faith. I envy all people who have someone to beseech, who know where they're going, who sleep under the fluffy white comforter of belief. Kelly Corrigan
dad home scotland
I was born in Scotland and have lived there all my life. I speak conversational Cantonese with my dad when I'm at home, and very basic Mandarin. Katie Leung
dad competition acting
Before a big acting competition, my dad sent me a note that said, 'Define the moment. Don't let the moment define you.' Katie Leclerc
dad nice your-dad
It's nice when your dad can be your friend. Katie Cassidy
dad bohemian my-dad
My dad has always been the bohemian... Leonardo DiCaprio
dad people world
My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.
dad kids blue
When I was about five my dad built a stage for me in our basement. A full stage, with a curtain, a backdrop and a dressing room. There were three colored spotlights - a red one, a white one, and a blue one. Blue was for nighttime scenes, and red was for when we were in hell. If the neighborhood kids wanted to use the stage, they had to incorporate me into the play. Paul Reubens
dad challenges trying
The most challenging part of being a dad is trying to postpone the moment when they realize you don't know anything. I love any sentence that begins with Daddy...? because it's implied they're looking up to you - that you'll have the answer. The truth is, I don't have any answers. Paul Reiser
dad children orange-juice
The most rewarding part about being a dad is just looking at children who didn't exist at some point. The first time you saw them, they were the size of a quarter, in a sonogram, and now they can pour orange juice and yell at each other.
dad ideas saws
In fact, I had the idea because of Peter Falk. I saw my dad watching a Peter Falk movie and something clicked in my head. I gotta go make a movie for Peter Falk and me
dad kids parent
And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It was like, OK, I get it now. I know what fatherhood is all about. And you look at your parents differently
dad guy scripts
In the original draft I was 27 and Peter was 55 in the script. That's not the same as a guy in his 40s and a dad in the end of his 70s. It's a different point in both our lives.
dad actors making-money
It is because my dad died suddenly that I became an actor. I thought, I'm going to make money doing this thing I enjoy. Paul Giamatti