Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Lee

My dad had the idea in 1963. As a promotion, it's been a gold mine ever since.

Domhnall Gleeson

I'd seen my dad on stage, and that was fine, but the real excitement was - that was my dad. Even now, when I see his films, he's always my favourite person in the movie.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Whatever I did would be something they'd already done. I mean, my Dad would welcome it if I got a nose ring.

Wayne Gretzky

Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, 'This is what we're going to do,' and bought an annuity with it.

Tracey Ullman

Great pressure is put on kids who don't have dads to get out and make money, and make life easier for everybody. It was always, 'Hurry up, grow up, make money, there's no man to do it for us.'

Wyclef Jean

I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.

Cheryl Peters

Our 17-year-old has never seen his dad without MS.

John Schneider

I had a working mother. She worked for IBM. My dad lived in another town - not very far away, but another town. So food was - I guess food was my friend.

David Lambert

I know Spanish pretty well. I'm half-Puerto Rican - my mom is from Puerto Rico - so I have a lot of family there, and my mom's first language is Spanish. But growing up in the States, and with my dad being from the States, I'm kind of just like this white kid.

Michael Jackson

the proceedings have been a nightmare for my family

Anne Tyler

It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.

Ambrose Bierce

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Anna Quindlen

I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society.

Amy Tan

My mother imparted her daily truths so she could help my older brothers and me rise above our circumstances. We lived in San Francisco's Chinatown. Like most of the other Chinese children who played in the back alleys of restaurants and curio shops, I didn't think we were poor. My bowl was always full, three five-course meals every day, beginning with a soup full of mysterious things I didn't want to know the names of.

Anthony Anderson

I realized my family was funny, because nobody ever wanted to leave our house.

Anais Nin

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.

Anne Hathaway

I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of children.

Robert Kiyosaki

My family wasn't rich, so when it comes to money, I tend to think, 'Err on the side of caution.'

Barack Obama

I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

Douglas Conant

Learning to celebrate success is a key component of learning how to win in the market.

Dontrelle Willis

Whatever I can do to win, I'll do it, even if I have to get hit by a pitch, whatever it takes.

Ami Ayalon

Once we agree on the future, the present will be much easier. A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there. We have first to decide where we want to go, where we want to sail.

Matt Mullenweg

I drive a Prius and drink $10k bottles of wine. The wine isnt on Instagram. The Prius is.

Mark Martin

I've turned over a new leaf. On TV, Kenny Wallace said I was a pessimist after Charlotte, so I got mad. Now I am so excited about coming back that I just can't stand it. I wish we were starting tomorrow and I'm going to win! That's the new me.

Mark Brunell

If we don't win this one, we're done.

Satchel Paige

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you get rained out.

Mark Gorman

Marriage isn't about winning. It's about lasting.