Dad Quotes
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Dad couldn't train me. He was too high-strung, like, 'Throw your jab!' and I'd start crying.
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Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent.
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I grew up in west London, but my dad wouldn't let me go to school there, so I went in south London.
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My father was so good-natured and had such a happy disposition. I've always confused him with Jimmy Stewart. So, think Jimmy Stewart. That's my dad.
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I came from a working-class family. My dad was in a union. I never forgot what it was like to be a private.
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My dad was a big Frank Zappa fan, so I remember listening to a lot of Frank Zappa. Girls do not like Frank Zappa.
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I've always known my dad is a one-off and his own person. But I feel that underneath he has always loved me.
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I had an amazing childhood, lots of love. But my dad worked his tail off, getting up at 4 in the morning and going off at 5, 6 o'clock, yet he always had time to spend with his kids and his wife.
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I recall my dad saying about me once that the only time he'd ever heard me say 'never' was when I was asked if I'd had enough.
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My parents believed in exposing each of their children to an abundance of varied activities in the hope they would find something they loved. They each had found a passion - Dad with his music and Mom with her horses - so it was natural for them to encourage experimentation.
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Being a husband and a dad are the two most important things in my life.
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My dad is very down to earth, and I view him as a creative genius, and I am very proud of that.
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My dad was a great dad.
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I'm a soccer dad at heart. I want five kids, and I want to get married. I want to coach Little League.
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I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads.
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My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape.
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My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School. After they got married, all they wanted to do was have four children, and they did.
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There's Tommy, Tommy Lee the rock star, and Tommy the dad. I'm wearing several hats these days.
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Out of all my friends, I believe I'm the only kid whose dad made us work to cut rebars; we laid bricks in construction sites and did other real work every summer for minimum wage. Our dad said that it's important in the future that when we tell people to dig a hole, that you personally know how long it will take to dig that hole.
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I worked at this place called Water World; it was a waterslide park. My brother and my dad framed my first paycheck from this place - which was for $0.00 dollars - because I didn't even make enough to cover the cost of my uniform!
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I promised my daughter I'd name my first restaurant after her, but now the other kids are like, 'Dad, what about us?' I'm gonna have to open four restaurants!
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I love getting up to my folks' house and playing golf with Dad. He's very involved with my off-course ventures, and I talk to him every third day.
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My dad was not happy about my not becoming an architect like him.
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When I was 14, my dad came home one day and told us he had cancer. It was looking pretty bad. And I remember him saying how afraid he was that he hadn't gotten to do the things he wanted to do during his life. He had surgery and survived. And he's still alive today, thank God. But it made a big impact on me.
