Dad Quotes

My dad read the Bible ten times, and I want to do it in my lifetime. But it's definitely tough getting through.

It was sort of just a family sport. My mom and dad were pretty keen golfers when I was young and so were my grandparents, and I just sort of tagged along with them.

A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.

My dad bought a Beatles tape when I was in fifth grade, and that was the first time I ever really - I mean I was into music, but that was the first time it really blew my mind. When I heard the 'Red Compilation,' which wasn't like a proper album, I thought, 'music was more than I had ever thought it was before.'

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.

My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends.

My Dad was such an incredible person, and you have the option of just curling up in a dark corner and letting it all go or you have the option of standing strong, sticking together and carrying on what he lived and died for. And I think that's what's so important - to be able to carry on where he left off.

Well, my dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years.

Dad taught us about morals, values and goals. Having a tight-knit family was important to him.

I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest.

Father or stepfather - those are just titles to me. They don't mean anything.

Now my dad is with me, traveling with me and a big part of this whole thing is I like to mix it up a little bit, you know. Who gets to take their father on a private jet across the country and stay in first class hotels? So we're enjoying it, but I'd stop if it's not possible.

My father was Catholic, my mother was Protestant, and because of that I got Christened in both churches, so I've got all these names... but my Dad always called me Mick.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

My kids love it. I thought I was the coolest dad in the world when I got to be in a Bond film, but 'Harry Potter', too? Well, I think I qualify for a medal for exceptional parenting or something, don't you?

My dad is a marketing mastermind.

I didn't always want to be a dad.

My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.

'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad.

My dad used to flush my mother's head down the toilet. I was so screwed up.

The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.

It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people.

My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. He'd often come out with this stuff.

My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night.

It is much easier to become a father than to be one.

My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a guitar solo in it.

My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.

My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.