Dad Quotes

My father came from a very poor background, but I was very fortunate in the sense that we were never in need. My dad was determined to make sure that we didn't want for things. He wanted to give us more opportunity than he had, a better shot at a better life.

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.

My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.

My dad was so much fun growing up.

My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.

Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other.

My dad was just a big Joseph Campbell nut.

Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.

I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.

I was trying to make art that my son could look on in the future and would realize I was thinking about him very much during these times... that he can look and see my dad's thinking about me, but to also embed in these things something that is bigger than all of us.

I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.

My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related.

My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year.

Mom was 50 when my Dad died. She got on a bus every weekday for years, and rode 40 miles each morning to Madison. She earned a new degree and learned new skills to start her small business. It wasn't just a new livelihood. It was a new life.

I love being a dad. I just love it.

My dad believes in God, I think. I'm not sure if my mom does. I don't.

I went to my dad when I was 17 and said, 'I want to be a country music star.' Which every dad loves to hear. And he said, 'I want you to go to college.' So we had a discussion. And I'm pretty stubborn. I'm a lot like him. And he said, 'If you go to college and graduate, I'll pay your first six months of rent in Nashville.' So he bribed me.

I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship.

He was like a real dad, you know. We used to sit down with guitars and mess around.

I get that same queasy, nervous, thrilling feeling every time I go to work. That's never worn off since I was 12 years-old with my dad's 8-millimeter movie camera.

My dad says he likes to bask in my glow.

I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sounds horrible, but I don't even see him as part of my family, to be honest. If you want the truth, it doesn't bother me because I don't know any different. I just know that me and my mum, that was my family.

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

I watched Italia '90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact.

My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.

My father was never anti-anything in our house.

I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family.

Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position.

I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too.