My Dad Quotes - Page 25

• People always want to ask me about my dad. Which I get because he's a phenomenal actor, and that's for the world, that's out there. But my mother is every bit as impressive and as important for the world as my dad is. It's just that she's not an actor.

  Domhnall Gleeson

  Mother, Dad, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• My mother was born in the city, my dad was an immigrant. Probably from Germany. Could have been Austria, could have been Poland. The borders were changing. My dad brought over a large family of Shatners when he was very young. Scraped together the money, got 11 brothers and sisters a passage on the boat. There's a lot of Shatners in Montreal.

  William Shatner

  Mother, Brother, Dad

  Source: www.esquire.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesnt work hard enough.

  Katee Sackhoff

  Dad, Hard Work, Talent

  10 Copy quote

• I grew up in a broken home. My dad was out of the home when I was five years old. I never knew him very well.

  Thomas Kinkade

  Dad, Home, Years

  7 Copy quote

• My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.

  Amy Sedaris

  Boyfriend, Dad, Father

  4 Copy quote

• I remember in the fifth grade my dad would take me to Manhattan to shop for clothes.

  Theophilus London

  Dad, Clothes, Manhattan

  4 Copy quote

• My dad's cool with that kind of stuff. He always wanted me to do my best. I'm quite dyslexic in school. My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. My parents never really lecture me.

  Georgia May Jagger

  Dad, School, Parent

  4 Copy quote

• My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather was classically trained, military trained. He was an orphan who ended up in the Military School of Music in Kneller Hall.

  Elvis Costello

  Stars, Dad, Father

  "Elvis Costello: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 17, 2013.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that he wanted to play different music; it was just that he came off the dots.

  Elvis Costello

  Dad, Father, Play

  "Elvis Costello: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 17, 2013.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• When I found out I got this job, I cried, of course - I'm a girly-girl - and then I called my dad, and he cried, too. On so many levels, this is a thrill for me.

  Lisa Guerrero

  Girl, Jobs, Dad

  16 Copy quote

• My dad had this thing - everyone in Canada wants to play hockey; that's all they want to do. So when I was a kid, whenever we skated my dad would not let us on the ice without hockey sticks, because of this insane fear we would become figure skaters!

  Norm MacDonald

  Funny, Dad, Kids

  10 Copy quote

• I was a coin collector.I didn't know I was nerdy at the time until I felt my 16-D Mercury Dime that was in uncirculated condition might be a panty dropper, and it turned out not to be. Then I stumbled into skateboarding, which kind of was cooler. But I wasn't aware of what was cool. My dad wasn't around so he couldn't shake me and say, 'Drop the coin collecting bit. It's not where you want to go.' So, that and the spelling bee and the chess, I think I had it figured out for myself.

  Adam Sandler

  Dad, Thinking, Skateboarding

  9 Copy quote

• [On charity] I try to pick subjects that I can learn about and then focus on and then do as much as I can. If you have a tremendous amount of heat from the spotlight, then you're able to shine a little bit more of your light in a different direction. It's just deflecting. My dad calls it a celebrity credit card that you can cash in. I think if you're in this position you should do it.

  George Clooney

  Dad, Thinking, Light

  "George Clooney Dishes on Brad Pitt and John Krasinski in the Emmy Press Room". Pop Sugar Interview, www.popsugar.com. August 29, 2010.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• My dad is a very snappy dresser; he gets all his stuff tailored. He's an architect, so he's a little more artistically minded.

  Mindy Kaling

  Dad, Littles, Stuff

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• One day my dad said, "If you guys ever stop singing, I'll drop you like a hot potato." That's what he said. It hurt me. You don't say that to children and I never forgot it.

  Michael Jackson

  Hurt, Children, Dad

  8 Copy quote

• I always ask my dad why wasn't I a lefty? Even when I was younger I wanted to be lefty. I could have been really good.

  Serena Williams

  Dad, Lefties, Wanted

  Serena Williams' US Open Press Conference, www.asapsports.com. September 3, 2014.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Man, if it weren't for Bill's Records and Tapes I would've been an accountant like my dad. I love my dad, but thank God for Bill's.

  Ryan Miller

  Dad, Men, Thank God

  4 Copy quote

• For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.

  Rafe Spall

  Dad, Father, Responsibility

  5 Copy quote

• 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

  Dad, Son, Talking

  4 Copy quote

• I saw The Empire Strikes Back the week that it came out. My father was a huge Star Wars fan. And so when it came out, my dad took me.

  Donald Faison

  Stars, Dad, Father

  7 Copy quote

• My first car was a Chevy Cavalier. My dad somehow convinced me that it was a hot sports car because it was red.

  Katheryn Winnick

  Sports, Dad, Car

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• My worldview comes from a collection of the books I have read, the people I have met, and my conversations with my dad.

  Brian Kilmeade

  Dad, Book, People

  4 Copy quote

• Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that.

  Damon Wayans, Jr.

  Dad, House, Stuff

  4 Copy quote

• I get a lot of my inspiration from my family, but I never got to meet my dad's dad.

  Guy Fieri

  Dad, Inspiration, My Family

  Interview with Rachael Ray, www.rachaelraymag.com. November 1, 2005.

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm lucky to have my dad in my life. He's very brilliant, I think he's really a smart man, and he's a kind guy.

  Cody Horn

  Dad, Smart, Men

  4 Copy quote