Dad Quotes

I stayed in Baghdad every summer until I was 14. My dad's sister is still there, but many of my relatives have managed to get out. People forget that there are still people there who are not radicalized in any particular direction, trying to live normal lives in a very difficult situation.

Andy Serkis

Your kids can say some cruel things to you at times. For example, Nicole, Miles and Sofie are standing there in the room and I'm dressed to kill in my own mind. They'll say to me, 'Dad, you're not going out there looking like that are you?' If that doesn't kill a star, I don't know what does!

Lionel Richie

'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.

Dhani Harrison

My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well.

Neil Cavuto

My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day.

Christopher Meloni

Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in this one I play a dad and I play a good guy, basically. He's the Secretary of the Treasury. I never had a job like that.

Christopher Walken

A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.

Michael Bergin

I didn't really get into golf until I was about 14. My mom and dad were taking lessons from a pro an hour and a half from our farm in Cohuna, Australia. When they got home, I'd ask my mom to explain everything they learned - drills and all.

Stuart Appleby

My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.

Dan Fogelberg

I haven't been baptised. My dad's not in the church and is not a religious person. My mum is more spiritual - she does Thai-chi and goes to Stonehenge and things like that. I'm proud to be pagan. Finland is not really a religious country. I'm still looking for my god.

Ville Valo

You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all comes from my dad.

Robert Griffin III

Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I said in my speech, my aunt and uncle really love golf, and we visited them, and she gave me two clubs. Like people think when they don't know who my dad is, they think he's my coach.

Lydia Ko

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

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

Mary Cheney

My dad was a musician and I traveled around with him, so it was something that I knew.

Taryn Manning

My dad is this very sensible guy who never let me feel that anything was beyond my station.

Mireille Enos

Usually a family is led through the mom or the dad and their career and for the family to be led by my career, even though God has led it, could be a lot of pressure.

Stacie Orrico

When I was a kid, my step dad started this business and would go out and get lost cows and stuff. He was part-time truck driver, farmer and cowboy. He taught me how to ride from an early age.

Tim McGraw

When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'

Rip Torn

As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.

David Crystal