Daddy Quotes

My wife is so analytical with raising kids, and I am not. My feeling is if they turn out good, then that means I was a good daddy and put a lot of effort into it. If they turn out bad, it means they took after her side of the family.

I'm very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I'm not perfect. But you have to make sure that your children will know that daddy makes mistakes.

The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.

The best sex education for kids is when Daddy pats Mommy on the fanny when he comes home from work.

There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.

My Daddy was my hero. He was always there for me when I needed him. He listened to me and taught me so many things. But most of all he was fun.

Most fathers don't see the war within the daughter, her struggles with conflicting images of the idealized and flawed father, her temptation both to retreat to Daddy's lap and protection and to push out of his embrace to that of beau and the world beyond home.

I used to practice my speeches on my tractor while I plowed my daddy's field.

I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'.

My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress.

Mommy, why does daddy cuss the TV and call it Howard?

I probably only cried five or six times in my life and I think four of those times was from my daddy kicking my butt.

I didn't know who my daddy was until I was 10 or 12. Surprising as it may seem, he was living right across the street.

Now, of course, cold fusion is the daddy of them all in a way, in terms of value, so I think that viewed in a social way, from the point of social considerations and economics, it will tell you that this thing will stay around.

They'd rather see Scooby Doo or Spongebob than Daddy talking about the latest Wall Street Journal editorial. You do what you have to do to get your kids ready for school.