Quotes about Dad

“My dad is a Jack Nicholson lookalike and a frustrated performer, my mother's into reading and poetry. I suppose the thing I owe them most is my confidence.”

“My dad is from Nottingham - although I've only been there twice in my life, with one being when my friend was at university there. I've always found it a friendly place and has a good night life.”

“My dad says I was an extra in 'Die Hard.' I think it's true.”

“My dad is too cute. Every morning, he sends me one motivational quote. I have a folder full of all his quotes.”

“I'm my dad's kid, and I'm still, right or wrong, fighting that uphill battle, and I'm not saying that makes sense. I mean my dad didn't hire me at Fox... but it certainly gave me my start, and I think I'm always kind of fighting that.”

“My dad was a fighter pilot with the 210th Combat Aviation in Vietnam.”

“I watched Italia '90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact.”

“I saw my parents come over. They were immigrants, they had no money. My dad wore the same pair of shoes, I had some ugly clothes growing up, and I never had any privileges. In some ways, I think the person that I am now, I think it's good that I had that kind of tough upbringing.”

“I really love Linkin Park, and I loved Chester Bennington, and it is horrible what happened to him. I grew up listening to him because my dad would make these mixtapes with a lot of different artists - Linkin Park, Avril Lavigne, The Beatles, Sarah McLachlan, I just really loved Linkin Park, and their production is really sick.”

“Although becoming a singer was my plan A after first hearing Whitney Houston when I was 17, I started off with plan B by going to the teacher-training college that my dad went to. It was a slow coming of age.”

“It is much easier to become a father than to be one.”

“I have a weird sense of humour. My dad's the same. We love watching 'Monty Python' together.”

“My dad was a very unconventional Asian American man. He was very much not quiet, not shy, not passive. If he had to fart, he'd do it in the library. He did not care. He was like, 'I don't know these people. I'm uncomfortable, and I need to let it go.'”

“President of the United States is you know, our boss, so you know, the President and the First Lady are kinda like the Mom and the Dad of the country. And when your Dad says something you listen.”

“Being a dad comes with all of the love and all of the care and the protection that we're supposed to provide for kids.”

“I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.”

“My dad started taking me to Winnipeg games when I was 3 or 4. As a kid, I loved Wayne Gretzky, and I remember the first game I got to see him play against the Jets. The Kings beat the Jets, and I was happy that they did. Gretzky left the game after the first period, and I was upset about that.”

“It may take a village to raise a child, but not every villager needs to be a mom or dad. Some of us just need to be who we are.”

“I don't know where my romanticism comes from. My mom and dad would read to me a lot. 'Treasure Island,' 'Robinson Crusoe,' tales of chivalry and knights, things like that. Those are the stories I loved growing up.”

“The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.”

“I want to be a superhero dad to where my kid feel like everything I do is nothing wrong.”