Quotes about Dad

“I don't crush the kids. But I do want them to know that they have to earn what they get. I'm not like Jimmy Piersall's dad or anything. I mean, I tell them I'm happy if they just do the best they can. My parents were that way with me.”

“Mum stayed home to look after us, and Dad was an electrician, working long hours to support us. We never went without, but we did have to be careful.”

“Our dad was a singer and keyboardist and was in bands throughout his whole life. He was in a band called Sweathog that opened for Black Sabbath and eventually was the lead singer of Tower of Power for a few years.”

“Cricket's in the blood - my dad loves it and my brother Simon played for Middlesex before becoming a radio and TV cricket commentator.”

“Who's my hero? That's a great question... Well, I think my dad is my hero, because he's someone I look up to every day.”

“My mum, Jennie Buckman, was a north London Jew who, with my dad, proudly chose to raise me and my two brothers in Hackney.”

“I am proud to be their child. It is very inspiring for me. I am inspired by my mom and dad.”

“My dad would always ask, 'How's the money?' but I was never interested. Millions came and went, stolen by the robbers in the music industry. But as someone said, 'You'll never be poor as long as you can pick up a guitar.'”

“I always wanted what Mom and Dad had.”

“As a dad, he thinks that his philosophy is morally correct. He has no conscience whatsoever about letting his kids put a penny in a light socket to find out electricity is not so good for you, and if you want to learn how to swim, you have to be thrown into the deep end.”

“Growing up without a dad and not having a father figure - I noticed a hole in my life. For the longest time, I would run away from my problems instead of confronting them. I felt empty at one point. Not depressed, but empty.”

“Listening to my dad playing guitar along to 'Sleepwalk' by the Shadows was probably the first time I discovered emotion in music.”

“Don't force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It's the child's desire to play that matters, not the parent's desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun.”

“Dad is and always will be my living, breathing superhero.”

“My father loved people, children and pets.”

“Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.”

“My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.”

“My dad being a DJ, I heard all the hits, no matter what. My mom always had on the radio because my dad was on it.”

“My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City?”

“You've got to take the road you need to take, and only you can make that calculation. Not your dad, not your friend. You have to take it if you feel it instinctively.”

“Fathers in today's modern families can be so many things.”