Dad Quotes

• My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Children
  • Loved
  • Three

• My dad was a huge big band and jazz fan, and we both sort of enjoyed be-bop, but man, it required so much skill to play it. And then there was cool jazz, the era that Miles, Coltrane, and Ornette ushered in, and that found a home in me. It turns out that that music was just really where I breathed.

  

  J. D. Souther
  • Music
  • Home
  • Man

• My dad is a gentle and brilliant Iranian violinist.

  

  Ottessa Moshfegh
  • Brilliant
  • Gentle
  • Iranian

• Mum and Dad were very much friends and up for life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was growing up; they just taught me to be me.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Life
  • Friends
  • Anxiety

• I have a massive Samoan family. And the Samoan culture has always played a massive part of my life. I've got hundreds of family on my dad's side that live in Samoa and in New Zealand. I've just been surrounded by the culture ever since I was a kid.

  

  KJ Apa
  • Life
  • Live
  • Family

• If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to get sober a lot younger than he did. He first tried to get sober when he was like 32, I believe.

  

  Jack Osbourne
  • Believe
  • Problem
  • Feel

• If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Home
  • Me
  • Husband

• I think I had kind of an advantage. When I was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail and he had a great record collection. He had - it was all - these were the songs. So I heard a lot of these songs, like, my whole life, so for me it was easy. I already knew what I was going to sing.

  

  Chris Isaak
  • Life
  • Up
  • Great

• My dad founded the 'Rancho Santa Fe Times' and won a lot of journalism awards.

  

  Chris Hillman The Byrds
  • Dad

• My dad was an actor, and he always said that work was work; you can't turn your nose up at it. We didn't have much money when I was growing up, and he had this real work ethic, which I inherited.

  

  Johnny Flynn
  • Up
  • Work
  • Real

• I was inspired by my dad; he played trumpet in high school.

  

  Bria Skonberg
  • School
  • High
  • Inspired

• My dad always believed in me. He was always kind of, 'All right, buddy, if that's what you want to do...' My mom was always more of a realist.

  

  Cole Swindell
  • Dad
  • Mom
  • Realist

• I have this complex. I don't like too much exposure. I don't know why it is. Maybe it's bred in me, because my dad always told me to be humble and don't think you're too good.

  

  Mark Viduka
  • Good
  • Why
  • Humble

• I don't know where my romanticism comes from. My mom and dad would read to me a lot. 'Treasure Island,' 'Robinson Crusoe,' tales of chivalry and knights, things like that. Those are the stories I loved growing up.

  

  Daniel Radcliffe
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Mom

• My dad used to work at IBM, so we used to get discounts on computers and stuff, and I did have a ThinkPad.

  

  Jimmy Fallon
  • Work
  • Dad

• I never mind talking about my dad. I'm proud of who he is, and being his son is one of the things I'm most proud of. To be constantly compared to someone so brilliant, who happens to be your dad, is cool.

  

  Rafe Spall
  • Mind
  • Proud
  • Cool

• I always told my dad I'd play professional football.

  

  Anthony Doerr
  • Dad
  • Football
  • Professional

• When I was a kid, 'Blade Runner' was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad.

  

  Tahmoh Penikett
  • Remember
  • Movie
  • Boy

• I learned that from my dad: you put your heart into something, you have to protect it, what you're making.

  

  Sofia Coppola
  • Heart
  • Dad
  • Protect

• My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'

  

  Daisy Donovan
  • People
  • Change
  • Worry

• I am the first one to go to university in my family. I am the first writer as well. My dad is a retired policeman, and my mom works for a glass-processing company. She is health-and-safety manager, and my stepfather is a plumber. I have four half siblings, one from my mom's marriage and three from my dad's marriage, so we are kind of scattered.

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • Family
  • Health
  • Mom

• I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Good
  • Job
  • Sister

• I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.

  

  Imelda May
  • Good
  • Money
  • Mom

• In 'Rocky' and 'Paradise Alley,' my dad played very expressive characters, and he was out there.

  

  Sage Stallone
  • Paradise
  • Rocky
  • Expressive

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