Quotes about Dad

“Ten years ago, I went to visit my dad in Australia. I walked to the edge of a cliff and looked over and tripped. I righted myself but my head was over the edge. No one saw it.”

“Ron Mueck's 'Dead Dad' was fantastic. It was an almost exact replica of his dead dad's body, shrunk to be a third of the size, a very powerful sculpture.”

“My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.”

“My dad was a plumber. That's hard work. He never missed a day of work. I will never disrespect him by not showing up for an athletic competition that has a maximum duration of 25 minutes. There should be forfeiture if you have to pull out of a fight. If you don't show up, it should be a loss on your record.”

“There was one time during my busiest month when I went into school, and they were like, 'Sadie, where's your calculator? The PSAT is today.' I was like, 'The what?' Luckily, it was the practice one, but I still had to text my dad and get him to bring me my graphing calculator.”

“I loved playing cricket from my childhood. My dad made me play in the streets, and my interest grew. He put me in a club, seeing this. My habit grew from that point.”

“My dad knows how to tell a story. He'd make me laugh by doing all the different voices.”

“Father or stepfather - those are just titles to me. They don't mean anything.”

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

“My dad's cooking was magic in the kitchen. But eventually over the years, his personality changed and his ability to remember recipes failed. He became paranoid and thought people were stealing from him, when often he was just misplacing things.”

“All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.”

“I don't mind talking about dad and stuff, because that's part of my life, you know? For me to pretend to be like him, and do the same things he used to do is over. I can see past it now. It took me thirty-eight years and sobriety to realize who Jason Bonham is.”

“It took a lot of sacrifice from my dad. He managed to put cricket nets in our garden because he knew we had to practise every day. That would also keep us away from the streets.”

“A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, who've made it. They can come around, but they come around in a loving way because they've already made it to God. Most people make it.”

“Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.”

“I didn't always want to be a dad.”

“I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern.”

“I had no sympathy with my mum and dad.”

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

“My dad was a monster and I realized if the gospel could change that dude, the gospel can change anybody.”

“My mom and my dad are still together, but so many of my friends who got married just a few years ago aren't. Maybe it's that we compare ourselves to our parents' generation, thinking, 'Who's still together, and are they happy?'”