2824 Dad Quotes for You to Enjoy

Dad was convinced always that I was going to be a road sweeper. Peter Sellers

Road Always Going Convinced Dad

When I was 13, I told my dad I wanted to move to Florida to attend the IMG Academy. I wanted to be a golfer, and that's hard to do in New England where I could only practice half the year. Peter Uihlein

Half Practice Year Only Could Attend New Academy New England Move Where Wanted Golfer Hard England Dad Florida

I remember I was, like, 6 years old when I found out that I was having a little brother, and I was wishing and wishing for a sister. When my mom came out and my dad, and they're like, 'It's a boy,' Spencer, my twin brother, is cheering and jumping up and down, and then I burst into tears. I was so sad. I was crying. Peyton List

Sad Mom Remember Old Tears Sister Down Spencer Out Brother Having Like Wishing Crying Cheering Boy Came Years Up Up And Down Jumping Burst Little Little Brother Then Dad Found Twin

When I was younger, my dad would cook, and I would never really have it, unless it was something like spaghetti. I would only like what my mom made - macaroni and cheese or something like that. But after I reached a certain age, I think it was 11, I realized I liked his cooking. Peyton List

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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

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Religion was quite a thing in our house - we were Baptists. Some Sundays I went to church three times. If there was a talk on missionary work in the afternoon, I could be there all bloody day. But religion took its first big knock after Dad died. Philip Kerr

Work Day Religion Church Three First Big Took Our Sundays Some Could Knock Missionary Talk House Were Bloody Times Died Quite After Afternoon Baptist Dad Thing

In terms of my own experience, my dad is first-generation, so his parents were from China, and my mom was born and raised in southern Illinois, and she was involved in the arts. My dad's a doctor. Phillipa Soo

Mom Experience Doctor Parents Own Born My Own Involved Terms She Were His Southern Arts China Illinois Dad Raised

I have always been more of a joyous person than a sad person. But I was fortunate to have a mom and dad where my mom could look at my face and know what was going on and was able to get me to talk and draw it out. As a result, I didn't have to hide an emotion. I didn't have to worry about her telling me, 'That's silly.' Phyllis Smith

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I wish there were people who gave me roles like my dad did. Pooja Bhatt

Me People Wish Gave Like Were Roles Did Who Dad

I come from an artistic family. My dad's an actor, my mother's an actress, my sister's an actress. So I kind of grew up in that kind of environment. Oddly enough, I never really knew about my parents' work. I've seen small clips of it, but we never actually spoke about the business. Portia Doubleday

Work Family Business Mother Seen Parents Sister Enough Kind About Small Never Environment Knew Spoke Come Oddly Up Artistic Grew Really Dad Actor Actress Actually

When I first started swinging a bat, I swung righty. So one time, my dad came home, and he wanted to see my batting stance. So I showed him. He says, 'You don't hit right-handed. You hit left-handed.' At that age I didn't even really think about it. Just like 'all right,' and I switched hands. He said I'd thank him later. Prince Fielder

Time Home You Age First Think Bat Later Right-Handed Says Batting One Time See About He Like Him Said Came Left-Handed Hit Thank Hands Just Wanted Really Stance Even Dad Swinging Switched Right Swung Started

My dear dad always tried to introduce me to children of his friends, but I just never took to them. Those were the people we were shoved with at school dances, usually Eton boys because it was the cleverest boys' school, and ours was supposed to be the cleverest girls' school. Rachael Stirling

Me People School Girl Took Dances Those Ours Introduce Tried Never Supposed Cleverest Because Boy Always Dear Were His Friends Just Children Them Dad

My dad's Scottish, and I always used to say I was, too. Rachael Stirling

Too Say Always Scottish Used Dad

My dad, grew up poor in a copper-mining town in Arizona. The eleventh of 15 children, he learned to be resourceful and entrepreneurial at a young age, shining shoes at local bars and starting his own pinata business at the tender age of twelve. Rachel Campos-Duffy

Business Age Shoes Own Young Local Resourceful Entrepreneurial Tender He Arizona Town Learned His Shining Up Young Age Children Grew Poor Twelve Bars Dad Starting

My dad was always busy. You would pop round for a cup of tea, and within minutes you would see him walking past with a step-ladder. He was always fixing things. Rachel Joyce

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My dad had a Vincent Black Shadow, which was a quite particular thing: it was the fastest cycle of its era... It sparked a world for me; when I was old enough, I got a motorcycle. Rachel Kushner

Motorcycle Me World Old Black Enough Shadow Had Particular Got Era Quite Which Old Enough Cycle Dad Thing Fastest

I sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town, and I just figure-skated. My dad played hockey and I was surrounded by sports, but it wasn't quite doing it for me. I wasn't totally fulfilled, and I did a lot of skating. Rachel McAdams

Art Me Sports Kind Some Totally Small Had Small Town Towards Town Sort Always Doing Lot Art Form Surrounded Up Very Did Quite Just Hockey Form Grew Skating Fulfilled Dad Played

My dad, before he passed away, never understood what I did. What I say is that I'm responsible for translating the director's vision, hopefully turning an idea into something people can connect to and relate to. Rachel Morrison

'Sesame Street' is awesome - not only because they teach, edify and entertain kids but because they savvily make it possible to do so with parental engagement, because the show is loaded with references for Mom and Dad. Rachel Sklar

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My dad would pick me up every other Friday at 6 o'clock and drop me off every Sunday at 6 o'clock, and I remember those last couple hours, like around 4 o'clock, my dad would get kind of sad because he knew that he was about to not see me for two more weeks. RaeLynn

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By the age of 18, I was very fat. My dad would say there's a Spall fat gene. But I was fat because I ate loads. I used to go and buy six or seven chocolate bars and eat my way through them. Rafe Spall

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