Dad Quotes

• My dad was a Buddhist when I was young. So, at a point when I begging become Catholic he was saying "no" and imparting Buddhist precepts.

  

  Sean Astin
  • Dad
  • Catholic
  • Buddhist

• I asked my dad what afflicted meant and he said 'Sickness son, and things that don't fit.'

  

  Frank McCourt
  • Dad
  • Son

• Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state.

  

  Gerald McRaney
  • State
  • Moved
  • Houses

• My mom lost her dad at a very young age, and has this sort of belief system of, you know, "If there's something that you want to do, if there's something that means a lot to you, do it now."

  

  Emma Stone
  • Lost
  • Dad
  • Mom

• My dad was very influential with the music he exposed me to. He was really into blues and folk, so he'd play me guys like Muddy Waters and T-Bone Walker and Richie Havens - a lot of very emotional players.

  

  Frank Iero My Chemical Romance
  • Music
  • Exposed
  • Influential

• I always wanted what Mom and Dad had.

  

  Kim Kardashian
  • Dad
  • Mom

• I didnt know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didnt know any arty types.

  

  Stephen Mangan
  • Actors
  • Growing Up
  • Builder

• The things I care about are the most pedestrian things in the world. I care about good ice cream and being a good dad and a decent husband.

  

  Michael Ian Black
  • World
  • Care
  • Husband

• I grew up in a family of piano players. Both my sisters were serious players, and they both, as they became more accomplished, aspired to buy a Steinway and asked my dad to buy a Steinway.

  

  John Paulson
  • Up
  • Family
  • Serious

• It was actually what my dad did and with the Muppets, the years with the Muppets, it was really all targeted to adults. It was in a time when everything had to be safe for the whole family. But he was targeting adults.

  

  Brian Henson
  • Dad
  • Adults
  • Muppets

• I do have a natural sense for business, which I think I get from my Dad.

  

  Dolly Parton
  • Thinking
  • Dad
  • Natural

• My dad was a dentist but I wasn't a hygienist. I assisted my dad.

  

  Bill Burr
  • Dad
  • Dentist

• All I want to do is be a good dad, but I'm pretty bad at it.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Pretty

• Our shows have always been sort of an all-generations thing, people from 6 to 60. The other night, we played a show and we had a woman who was probably 70 to 75 years old, and she was there alone and she was singing every song. On the other end of the spectrum, there was a 7-year-old on his dad's shoulders and the dad is singing along.

  

  Andy Biersack Black Veil Brides
  • People
  • Song
  • Night

• My dad actually makes the best cookies. My mum is great baker, too, but doesn't share them - it's tantalising! Luckily for me though, my dad shares his!

  

  Blake Lively
  • Great
  • Dad

• And like my dad always said, the first step is always the hardest.

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Said
  • Step
  • Hardest

• I lost my dad. He lost his tomorrows and I lost all the tomorrows with him. You could say that now, I appreciate them when they come. Now, I want to make them the best they can possibly be.

  

  Cecelia Ahern
  • Dad
  • Tomorrow
  • Appreciate

• I spent my teenage years in Paris when my dad was stationed there, and I'd look at women in their forties and think, 'That's the age I want to be.'

  

  Helen McCrory
  • Age
  • Looks
  • Paris

• I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.

  

  Rod Stewart
  • Dad
  • Husband
  • Definitely

• Who ever he is, I agree with your mother," said Dad as he entered the kitchen. "Stay away from him. Stay away from them all until you're of marrying age. Once you reach a nice, mature fifty-four, gentlemen callers will be welcomed here.

  

  Sarah Rees Brennan
  • Mother
  • Age
  • Nice

• And the odd think in Dad's voice was the sound truth makes being said.

  

  Ray Bradbury
  • Voice
  • Said
  • Sound

• I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an innate calling.

  

  Nina Conti
  • Dad
  • Actor
  • Calling

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

  

  Serena Williams
  • Guy
  • Dad

• Dad played with me a great deal, as dads should do, and our chief sport was baseball. He bought me a hardball when I was three years old, and he used to sit in a rocker on the front porch while I sat on the grass in the yard, and we'd play catch by the hour.

  

  Mordecai Brown
  • Dad
  • Baseball
  • Catch

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