Dad Quotes
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My dad's paternal grandparents were musically inclined. And I remember as a little kid going to visit them in their senior building, and they were, like, the stars of the building, especially hosting and performing in their senior talent show.
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In the '60s, I sat with my dad in frozen Wrigley Field at Bears games.
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My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.
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My greatest memories as a kid were playing sports with my dad and watching sports with my dad.
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My dad was a plumber, and my mom was on and off again, either a stay-at-home mom or working with the disabled as a visiting-nurse assistant.
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Yeah, my dad bought me a guitar when I was like 10, and I didn't really want it then.
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I had a somewhat frenetic childhood because my mum and dad split up when I was five, and then my mum remarried.
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I wrote a song called 'Here on Earth,' and the hook is, 'There's no answers here on earth.' Basically, searching for the 'why' when someone passes away, and I feel really fortunate that my dad lived as long as he did. But no matter what happens or how it happens, it's certainly a stinker.
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I know that my dad not being in my life made a huge impact on me.
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As a child, I didn't see my dad that much because he was always working at the restaurant. He became pretty jaded after working at the restaurant for so long.
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When my dad first started out in the police force, wearing the uniform was a sense of pride, and it was respected in the community for what the police force was all about. Unfortunately today, the uniform is a target.
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When I was 4, my dad let me 'help' him back out of the driveway, but I'm amazing at driving golf carts.
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My dad and my mom were big Nat King Cole fans, so they had everything he did.
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I vote for whoever will annoy my dad.
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I know people who have literally quit their jobs to spend more time with their children, and I go, 'Wow,' my dad used to go to work at 7 o'clock in the morning and he'd come back at 7:30 and we'd kind of see him walk in and then he'd go upstairs and suddenly he'd be in a T-shirt and grumpy. There wasn't much in the way of conversation that went on.
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My dad raised me with some good advice: 'Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you'll never have enemies, because people will always know where you're coming from.'
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There is no religionin our industry. My dad is a Muslim, my mother is a Hindu and i call myself insaan.
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My dad had a series of heart attacks when I was a little girl, and our world was shaped by these huge, traumatic events.
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I'm a big guy, but I play with a guard mentality. I got that from my dad, and it's always stayed with me.
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My dad works in finance, so he kept giving me the stats: only one in a hundred actors makes it. He'd ask, 'Have you thought about producing?'
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I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me.
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My first car was a Chevy Cavalier. My dad somehow convinced me that it was a hot sports car because it was red.
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My dad told me when I went into high school, 'It's not what you do when you walk in the door that matters. It's what you do when you walk out.' That's when you've made a lasting impression.
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When my parents were dating, they were very poor, so my dad couldn't take my mom out. They would go to the grocery store and pick out funny looking vegetables. When I grew up, we'd still go and find the ones with personality.
