Dad Quotes

• I don't necessarily call myself a psychic, but since I was a little girl, I would dream about things, and then I would tell my dad, and it would happen the next day.

  

  Zoe McLellan
  • Dream
  • Girl
  • Day

• When my mom and dad got married, they lived in south Boston, which is where the first six of my brothers were born. After that, they moved to Minnesota, which is where the other five of us were born. So there's 11 of us.

  

  Denis McDonough
  • Dad
  • Mom

• I think it was at 16 when I forced myself because my dad had nagged me for an entire year. Like, 'Come on, sing for people. You have a nice voice,' and I just wouldn't do it. One evening, I just decided, 'Screw it, I'll do it.' I remember it was really bad. But I did it. So that was good.

  

  Charlie Puth
  • People
  • Good
  • Remember

• My dad was this Jack-of-all-trades, entrepreneur type. I secretly think he may be a spy, when I really think about it and I kind of connect the pieces. That's what led us to moving to Japan when I was four.

  

  Bishop Briggs
  • May
  • Moving
  • Entrepreneur

• My dad is truly the person who always made me believe in myself, to appreciate that I was smart.

  

  Wendy Davis
  • Believe
  • Myself
  • Smart

• I do my work and do the best I can. I'm quite happy with my anonymity. All I can ever hope for is that I continue to do great work that will be remembered, and I leave my imprint so that my son can say proudly, 'That's my dad!'

  

  Eamonn Walker
  • Work
  • Great
  • Happy

• Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.

  

  Randy Harrison
  • Me
  • Said
  • Out

• I think my love of music comes from my dad. I was born with an ear for music, like him, and started with the piano when I was 4 but fell in love with the drums. My dad always has music playing.

  

  Blake Michael
  • Music
  • Dad

• I didn't want to travel. I didn't want to leave my family. I heard all these stories from Dad about not having Edward around when he was young, and I didn't want that to happen.

  

  Kim Weston
  • Family
  • Dad
  • Travel

• I knew I really made it when my dad saw me in London and after the performance he had no notes to me and just said 'You are doing your own thing and I am proud of you.'

  

  Jason Ritter
  • Dad
  • Proud

• I was very down as a teenager, very upset because I had gotten hurt in a car accident. But my dad was a source of strength. He used to say, 'It's the character with strength that God gives the most challenges to.' I've thought about that so many times in my life when things didn't go right.

  

  Bonnie Hunt
  • Life
  • God
  • Character

• But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20.

  

  Mel Gibson
  • Remember
  • Dad

• I'm a good dad and a fair husband, and I work quite a bit.

  

  John Schneider
  • Good
  • Work
  • Husband

• I promised my dad before he passed away that I would take care of the family.

  

  Luis Coronel
  • Family
  • Dad

• I knew I wanted to be an actress, but I hadn't ever really told anyone. I'd always got quite good grades, so people assumed I would go and do a 'normal' job. My dad took me to my first audition for drama school and picked me up without anyone knowing, really.

  

  Kimberley Nixon
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• What did a kiss feel like, anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldn't be like the one I got from Mom or Dad at bedtime. The same species, maybe, but a radically different beast, to be sure. Like a wolf and a whippet-only science would put them on the same tree.

  

  Wendelin Van Draanen
  • Different
  • Science
  • Mom

• Even when I lost my job at CBS News, I set up shop in my youngest daughter's bedroom and started Brainstormin' Productions and the Hannah Storm Foundation. And guess who was there, visiting me and enthusiastically making business charts and graphs that covered my entire kitchen table? My dad, of course.

  

  Hannah Storm
  • Up
  • Business
  • Job

• I went to performing arts camp, secretly taking classes - I got the lead in the musical, and my dad was like, 'Wait, I thought you were going here for music and knitting'.

  

  Billie Lourd
  • Music
  • Dad

• My dad is into movies, and they let me watch movies. I was obsessed with Monty Python when I was in preschool - I don't know why.

  

  Charlie Tahan
  • Why
  • Dad

• Well, I am a lot like my dad, and the character of Ted is based on my dad.

  

  Max Cannon
  • Character
  • Dad

• My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.

  

  Zara Phillips
  • Pretty
  • Sometimes
  • Critical

• From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act.

  

  Kathleen Sebelius
  • Dad

• My dad played for a coal-mining team in eastern Ohio; he was a very good pitcher. If he hadn't hurt his arm, he probably would have got a shot somewhere. He hurt his arm one spring, didn't warm up good enough, couldn't throw a fastball anymore. Another coal miner taught him how to throw the knuckleball.

  

  Phil Niekro
  • Up
  • Good
  • Team

• My dad just imprinted in my mind from a very young age that you always do what you say you're gonna do when you say you're gonna do it.

  

  Bob Corker
  • Mind
  • Age
  • Dad

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