Famous Quotes & Sayings

The entry date was several weeks ago, before we knew we were going to the Super Bowl. Dad called the other day to see if I wanted a ticket, but I told him I couldn't go.

Joe Frazier

When I was a boy, I used to pull a big cross saw with my dad. He'd use his right hand, so I'd have to use my left.

Eric Shanteau

I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.

Eric Stoltz

My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a whole island for a backyard. I lived there until I was eight years old and we moved to Santa Barbara.

Eric Thomas

You might be smarter, your family might come from privilege, your daddy might own a company, but YOU WILL NOT OUT WORK ME!

Emma Stone

I think I was drawn to comedy originally because when I was really young, by the time I was eight I had seen movies like The Jerk, Animal House, and Planes, Trains & Automobiles with my dad, and I knew them by heart. I loved them and my dad loved them, and we would laugh together, and I would think, 'This is love.' I just wanted to make people feel like that.

The first time my mum and dad went to the theatre was at my drama school in third year.

Neal Shusterman

I'm tired of eating your family's lousy, tasteless recipes," Dad said. "Tasteless recipes? My grandmother's rolling in her grave!" "It's from indigestion.

Ralph Nader

I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'

Rae Dawn Chong

My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script.

Raf Simons

My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.

Shane MacGowan

My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.

Serena Williams

I always ask my dad, 'Why wasn't I a lefty?' Even when I was younger I wanted to be lefty. I could have been really good.

Serena Williams

My dad is the nicest guy you'll ever meet, and the easiest going.

Serena Williams

My dad is a marketing mastermind.

Sean Covey

My dad told me that when I was born my cheeks were so fat the doctors didn't know which end to spank.

Sean Covey

My dad is a good role model for me, and then I had a high school coach that really helped me out when I was struggling and made a big difference in my life.

Scott Adkins

I do find violence entertaining, but that doesn't make me a bad person. I grew up watching all these action films when I was a kid. My dad would bring back 'Rambo' and whatever, and we'd watch it together. It's not affected me in any way other than I just appreciate the entertainment value of violence on film

Michael Pena

I took a year and a half off, when my kid was born, because I didn't want to be one of those dads where the kid doesn't know who his dad is.

Sidney Poitier

But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.

Sidney Poitier

My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

Sidney Poitier

My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

Shooter Jennings

Being with my kids is really important to me, being a good dad and being around a lot.

John Grogan

Only then did I see. Something was amiss with Patrick's snap-on one piece, or "onesie" as we manly dads like to call it. His chubby thighs, I now realized, were squeezed into the armholes, which were so tight they must have been cutting off his circulation. The collared neck hung between his legs like an udder. Up top, Patrick's head stuck out through the unsnapped crotch, and his arms were lost somewhere in the billowing pant legs. It was quite a look.

John F. Kerry

My dad was a member of the Greatest Generation that achieved victory in World War II. This was the generation that saved the world from fascism, came home and built the great American middle class, led the way in the civil rights movement, protected our environment, and created great programs like Medicare.

John Mulaney

All my money is in a savings account. My dad has explained the stock market to me maybe 75 times. I still don't understand it.

John Denver

There's one piece of advice my dad gave me when he dropped me off at college. He said, "You've got the talent. You can sing and play guitar. That doesn't make you any better than anyone else.".

John Astin

My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true.

Joel Courtney

In my family, if I talk back to my dad, I get in trouble.

Joe Lando

My dad is a really honest, hardworking, straight guy.

Jimmy Fallon

Three of Donald Trump's kids have come forward to defend him, and called him 'an incredible dad and role model.' Donald was so moved that he wrote one of them back into his will. 'I'm not gonna tell you which one . . . it's Donald Jr.'

Jimmy Fallon

I was into the Mets because my Dad worked at IBM where he got free Mets tickets, so I was into the Mets... then I got to 'Saturday Night Live' where my boss has unbelievable N.Y. Yankees tickets, so he invites us to the games. I'm going to all the games, so I might as well root for the team I'm gonna go sit with.

Garry Shandling

I remember learning to drive on my dad's lap. Did you guys ever do that? He'd work the brakes. I'd work the wheel. Then I went to take the driver's test and sat on the examiner's lap. I failed the exam. But he still writes to me. That's the really nice part.