Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dean Koontz

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him.

Dana Carvey

I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.

Dan Stevens

I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me - they're completely incredible people. It was my dad who encouraged me to question everything, to forge my own path, to think, to read. I always felt it was my right to question everything.

Damon Wayans

My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone.

Damon Wayans, Jr.

Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that.

Dan Auerbach

I used to be really nervous when I sang. Like, when I was a kid starting young, 18 and 19, and my dad really had to sort of push me to start singing in front of people. Ever since I got out there and really started doing it, the only thing I've ever tried to do is just sort of is be myself, you know, never put on a voice. Sing naturally.

Dan Auerbach

Everybody always wants to rebel against their parents' music, but nobody listened to music louder than my dad.

Craig Ferguson

There's a commercial break coming and I'm very excited about it and you know why? Because that's what keeps daddy in suits.

Conor McGregor

I love money, and I love movement. I like what it has let me do for my family. I have paid off my mum and dad's mortgage, I've bought them two BMWs, they can have anything they want. I am buying a fleet of cars for myself. I have unemployed my sisters, they don't need to work, don't need to worry about a thing.

Coby Bell

My dad is a singer, so it was always either music or acting with me. All the way up through college I was doing both, and even after college I was in a reggae band. Then the acting really started taking off, so the music had to become a hobby.

Elizabeth Hurley

I don't know much about only children. I was the middle one of three, and if ever I was alone with mum and dad, it was a rare moment.

Ashlee Simpson

I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and he does what he does. And he does, you know, the press, and figuring out shows and whatnot. When it comes to my artistic freedom, he doesn't, like, step on my toes or anything.

Arabella Weir

My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.

Apolo Ohno

My dad's great. He's my biggest supporter. He's always told me that whatever I choose to do, I can do it. I just gotta put my mind to it.

Apolo Ohno

I had a ton of energy, ran around like crazy - more than a handful for my dad. I was crazy. Dad barely handled it. I was never diagnosed ADHD or anything like that, but I'm pretty sure I had it when I was younger. It's the only thing that would explain me getting into trouble all the time.

Apolo Ohno

My dad always used to tell me that sometimes you have to have a massive storm in order to clear the sky.

Ben Roethlisberger

I try to live my life like my father lives his. He always takes care of everyone else first. He won't even start eating until he's sure everyone else in the family has started eating. Another thing: My dad never judges me by whether I win or lose.

Ben Stein

When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, 'Just go to sleep.' Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I've grown older, I've realized just how smart Knight was.

Bat for Lashes

Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic.

Bat for Lashes

I had Halloween parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.

Jack Bruce

Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.

She couldn't stand it after Dad died. They were made for each other.

She didn't tell Dad about it until she had done it. She felt it was her duty, and she did it.

She had no gun, no weapon, she didn't threaten to shoot you or your dad,

She and my dad were great gardeners. They always had gardens. It was fantastic.

Since I've been here a long time, I forget. I can speak it, but sometimes I have to go to my mom and dad for a word.

Cameron Crowe

She loves Susan Sarandon and I know my dad (would have loved) being married to Susan Sarandon, ... Susan said she learned more about how to play the part from talking to my mom than to me.

Mom was the planner. She said, 'We're going to do this, we're going to do that,' and my dad would go along.

Kurt Cobain

Mom hates dad, Dad hates mom, it all makes you feel so sad.

Joey Cheek

Mom and Dad went there and maybe donated a building.

Mom and Dad liked it. I think his family really liked the area.

Jackie Jensen

MOM AND DAD didn't have any injuries from the fire, not even any smoke inhalation.

Bruce Willis

I think I'm even more open and more giving as a father now. I pay more attention now because I value it more and I'm less caught up with my career.