Quotes about Dad

“My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.”

“My first outdoor cooking memories are full of erratic British summers, Dad swearing at a barbecue that he couldn't put together, and eventually eating charred sausages, feeling brilliant.”

“I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed.”

“My dad worked for the Fish and Wildlife Service, and he worked for the Department of Interior, you know, like the federal government. And consequently, I was outdoors a lot in my lifetime.”

“At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs. My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.”

“It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.”

“I told my grandma a long time ago that I was going to take my mom and dad out the hood.”

“My dad played rugby, so I used to watch a lot of rugby union and rugby league.”

“My father was something of a rainbow-chaser.”

“I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He's adopted, though we're still blood related - he's my cousin. My parents couldn't have any more children after me, so when Dad's brother died, they adopted John, then just a baby.”

“I can't remember what made my dad take us karting for the first time, I can't remember really. I was into motorsport by then and I knew everything, and every driver, it was around 2009, 2008. That's when I first properly knew about Formula One. Those were the days.”

“But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.”

“Every year of my life, my dad has sent me a Valentine's Day gift. Whether I was in the same house or across the country, he always sent something.”

“My dad was a serious alcoholic, and ultimately, that's why he died. When you're a child of someone who struggled with things like that, you look for the common thread. Is there a pattern? Is there an inheritance of pathology in some way? That haunts me.”

“Peter Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond is more of an insane Dad.”

“I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him.”

“My dad wanted me to have a better life than he had ever had. He wanted us to succeed so badly. And I never wanted to let him down.”

“My dad's name is Robert Stafford. His music name is R. L. Stafford; he makes gospel music.”

“Dad loved movies, and I grew up with British comedy. My ultimate favourite is Peter Sellers.”

“My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school. I liked the hymns bit, but apart from that, I can take it or leave it. So I had lots of different influences when I was younger.”

“One thing I've always loved and rated me dad for is that, because of him, I've never seen the Queen's Christmas speech.”