Your Dad Quotes - Page 3

• Humans are born, weak and helpless. We're cursed with natural predators called parents. That's why the grandma was created. To protect us. Oh sure, she's old and frail. But she can kick your dad's ass.

  Christopher Titus

  Dad, Grandma, Parent

  "Titus", www.imdb.com. 2000-2002.

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• From quite early on, I had this idea of compartmentalized identities - 'this is how you are when you are with your mum, and this is how you are when you are with your dad' - so it seemed like I could never absolutely be myself. And the image of myself as compromised and inconsistent made me want to withdraw from the world even further. I had a sense of formulating a paper-mache version of myself to send out in the world, while I sat controlling it remotely from some smug suburban barracks.

  Russell Brand

  Dad, Ideas, Identity

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• I didn’t want to know that the monster that lived under your bed when you were a kid not only really is there but used to have a few beers with your dad.

  Robin McKinley

  Dad, Kids, Beer

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• Did you work for the money to buy those earrings? Or did your Daddy buy those for you?

  Molly Ringwald

  Money, Daddy, Earrings

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• One of the scary things is that, when you're a kid, you look at your dad as the man who has no fear. When you're an adult, you realize your father had fear, and that you have it, too.

  David Duchovny

  Dad, Father, Kids

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• I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'

  Melissa Etheridge

  Stars, Dad, Self Esteem

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• You get to a certain age and you can't judge yourself on your dad or your parents.

  Ellie Goulding

  Dad, Judging, Parent

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

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• If you do something for the first time, you will always remember it. If your Dad has something to do with it, you write about it.

  Billy Crystal

  Respect, Dad, Father

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• When we passed a Catholic church, I recalled, he said, "You think your dad's a good chemist? They're turning soda crackers into meat in there. Can your dad do that?

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Dad, Thinking, Catholic

  Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.71, Penguin

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• When you're growing up, your dad is your superhero. Once you've let yourself fall that in love with someone, once you put him on such a high pedestal and he lets you down, you never want to experience that pain again.

  Jay-Z

  Growing Up, Pain, Dad

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. October 2009.

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• Your dad didn't die, so I won't be able to explain it to you.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Dad, Able, Dies

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.50, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You will find that if you really try to be a father, your child will meet you halfway.

  Robert Breault

  Children, Dad, Father

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• When your dad's a cop, calling 911 is really just like calling Dad at work.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Dad, Calling, Cop

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• After a long time, I cleared my throat. “So anyway, when we get to Nevada...I think we should rethink your dad’s rule.” Alex glanced down at me and smiled – the first real smile I’d seen on his face in a long time. “You know what? It’s already been rethought and completely ditched,” he said. And he wrapped his arms around me and we stood looking up at the mountains, with the rising rays of the sun lighting them from the east.

  L.A. Weatherly

  Dad, Real, Thinking

  L.A. Weatherly (2011). “Angel Fire: The Angel Trilogy”, p.345, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• But Hale didn't follow. For a second he just stood and stared out over his empire. It was like he was lost in a dream when he said, "So, your dad broke into the patent office." "Yep," Kat told him. "How many goats am I going to owe him for that?" "More than you've got, big guy. Way more than you've got.

  Ally Carter

  Dream, Dad, Office

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• Oh, I forgot to tell you," Cookie said. "Amber wants your dad to get a teriyaki machine so she can sing for all the lonely barflies." "I'm a good singer, mom." Only a twelve-year-old could make the word mom sound blasphemous. I leaned into Cookie, "Does she know its not called--?" "No," she whispered. "Are you gonna tell her?" "No. It's much funnier this way.

  Darynda Jones

  Mom, Lonely, Dad

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• And that's when I realized that there's really two ways people cry. You cry when you're sorry for yourself, and then you cry when you are really sad. The tears you cry for yourself? Those are kid tears. You're crying because you want somebody to help you or pick you up. Your mom, your dad, the old lady next door... anyone.

  Fuyumi Ono

  Mom, Sorry, Dad

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• His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul. And, although, she's... wait... your mom's still... your mom's still alive. Your dad passed. God bless her soul.

  Joe Biden

  Mom, Dad, Crazy

  "Only ABC Highlights Biden's Gaffe About 'Dead' Mother of Irish PM, Stephanopoulos Lauds VP's 'Smile'". www.newsbusters.org. March 18, 2010.

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• The script changed so much over seven months and just had loads and loads of re-writes. I tried to tailor things to what I was interested in, like the relationship with the dad changed quite a lot because I thought one of the things when you're a young guy one of your biggest fears is this irrational fear of walking in your dad's footsteps and living the same life as him. I thought, even if your dad's a good guy, you just want to assert your independence on everything and it causes these irrational sort of rages.

  Robert Pattinson

  Dad, Writing, Seven Months

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• So, your dad's hot." "Thanks. He was that way when I met him, so I can't really take credit.

  Ally Carter

  Dad, Hot, Credit

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• Remember when you're young and you think your dad is Superman? And then you grow up and realized he's just a drunk who wears a cape.

  Dave Attell

  Funny, Growing Up, Dad

  "Skanks for the Memories". Comedy album, February 4, 2003.

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• Sorry to hear about your Dad." He shrugged. "He was seventy, and we always told him fast food would kill him." "Heart attack?" "He was hit by a Pizza Express truck.

  J.A. Konrath

  Sorry, Dad, Heart

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• That wasn't your mom in you—that was your dad.

  Ally Carter

  Mom, Dad, Your Mom

  Ally Carter (2007). “I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You”, Hyperion

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• You be as angry as you need to be,” she said. “Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Not your grandma, not your dad, no one. And if you need to break things, then by God, you break them good and hard.

  Patrick Ness

  Dad, Grandma, Needs

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• You didn't see him watching you dance with your dad. His eyes got all shiny. I thought he was going to cry. And on the way up here, in the elevator, he tried to play it off, but I could totally tell he was nervous.

  Sylvia Day

  Dad, Eye, Play

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