Famous Quotes & Sayings

Louise Brown

When dad told me Mr Steptoe had passed away, I broke down.

Kid Cudi

These things were happening in my life where I was like, 'Man, I wish my pops was here to see this.' I never had those thoughts before fame, when my life was just a regular life. I wasn't saying, 'I wish my dad could be around and see me working at Applebee's.'

Those were the days when dads didn't get involved and our dad was involved.

Slash

My dad is a huge rock n' roll lead guitar fan.

My stage name is actually my nickname given to me by my dad when I was a baby.

Brandon Lee

I'd like to be able to show 'Rapid Fire' to my dad. I'm that proud of what we've accomplished within the framework of the action-adventure formula.

Greg Wise

I don't have any labels for myself, really. Sometimes, when I am out with my wife, I am just Mr. Thompson. Or at my daughter's school, I'm Gaia's dad. I don't think of myself as Greg Wise, actor.

Tom Vilsack

There are ways we can go do a better job of educating young moms and dads about the vital role they have as the child's first teacher. I think there are ways in which we can partner with local school districts and states to do a better job to provide nutrition options at school.

Tracy Morgan

My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me, he was still a rock star.

Terence

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

Sherri Shepherd

As the oldest I was a daddy's girl and loved him with all my heart. My daddy had holes in his shoes so that he could pay for my photography classes, you know what I mean.

Tamara Ecclestone

My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.

Seinabo Sey

We moved to Gambia from Sweden when I was six years old because my dad was from there. It was definitely a culture shock.

Skeet Ulrich

I think I'm extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like you're getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that.

Trip Adler

I was talking to my dad, who's a neurosurgeon. He had this academic paper he wanted to publish. Journals take about 18 months to publish a paper, and he just wanted to get things up there.

Tagg Romney

I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.

Ty Segall

My dad is a lawyer and my mom is an artist. So growing up was exactly what it sounds like - strict household but a lot of creativity. They are so psyched that I get to make music for a living. My parents rule.

Tinashe

My dad's from Zimbabwe, and my mom is Danish, Irish, and Norwegian, so I have influences from a lot of different places.

Ansel Elgort

My dad said to always do what I loved and not worry about the money or anything, because if I do what I love, then the money will come.

Ansel Elgort

My dad photographed a lot of beautiful dancers. My mom was a dancer.

Ansel Elgort

My dad grew up in Washington Heights. I grew up in New York in Manhattan. So we're purebred New Yorkers.

Bob Newhart

People have told me, 'My dad passed on, but I have great memories of watching your shows with him.' It doesn't get any better than that.

Dolly Wells

When Dad died in 1998, it really hit my confidence - he'd helped me write and he thought I was really funny, but since he'd died I didn't feel right. And it felt like no one but me even remembered him.

Vinessa Shaw

My dad's a surfer-psychologist, and my mother's an actress-fitness instructor, and we all practice Buddhism.

Zach Cregger

It is not weird for a dad to be doing the dishes, the laundry, and taking the kids to school, and read them stories for bed.

My dad and I watched 'Amadeus' when I was 6, and I knew I wasn't going to be an engineer.

Nicole Scherzinger

I'm going to take care of the man I'm with. I grew up in a household where my mum takes care of my dad - she cooks, she does everything - and that's the kind of girl I am.

Nico Mirallegro

My dad lives in Sicily, so I'm half Italian and half Irish - it's a fiery combination.

Natalie Morales

My dad was a big runner. Growing up, I watched him do half marathons, and he was always running six or seven miles.

Lloyd Blankfein

My - I grew up in - I grew up in public housing. My dad, for most of my life, worked for the post office, which was a terrific job to get because you couldn't lose your job.

Suresh Raina

I like to keep most of my bats. I think I have about 250 bats, including my first - which cost Rs 2000 - a gift from my dad in 1998, when I moved to the hostel.

Isaac Brock

The guy who kind of identified as my dad was my dad's brother, who was the second person my mom married.

Elizabeth Warren

I think I grew up with a profound sense of watching people who were good people, who were smart people, who were hardworking people - God, nobody on this Earth worked harder than my mom and dad - and they had very little.