Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Schirripa

People get that dads have a place in the lives of their sons. But you have to be just as present with daughters, maybe even more so. You have to get in there and be part of the game.

Mike Novosel

Thank you so much for coming. Dad loved the team and loved his time at Fort Bragg. I'm honored that the team would travel ... to pay their respects to my dad.

Juan Pablo Galavis

I would want to know if, at 15, if my daughter loves me the way she does right now. And if she's proud of me, just because I want to be a good example for her, and seeing her grow and how much she loves Daddy saying 'Daddy, te quiero mucho,' which means 'I like you a lot,' those are the things that melt my heart.

Janet Jackson

My dad taught us that there's no greater distance than that between first and second place.

Samantha Aldom

Ever since I was little I wanted to travel, and with my dad being a member of the Rotary, I thought the exchange program was the perfect opportunity.

Rick Kaplan

Did we want to show a different Tucker? We did talk about that. But he has been wearing one since he was 6 years old his dad wears one and I think Tucker wearing a regular tie would look silly.

Pam Ferris

My dad died when he was 60. I was only 17 and I think, psychologically, that had a huge impact on me, probably more than I realised.

Pat Burns

The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.

Sebastian Coe

I have always been very good at being able to structure my time. My mother had a huge influence on me. My dad was my coach. He was a hugely influential figure.

Kazuo Ishiguro

I used to think when I was in my teens I was very different from my father, but now I see that what we do is probably quite similar.

Alan Vega

It's easy for me to say that now, now I'm a father, I've got a four-and-a-half year old boy, I'm a different person. Well, I'm still the same person, but I'm different.

Denis Diderot

In order to get as much fame as one's father one has to much more able than he.

Joe Strummer

I only saw my father twice a year. If I'd seen him all the time I'd probably have murdered him by now. He was very strict.

Abraham Lincoln

In the way our Fathers originally left the slavery question, the institution was in the course of ultimate extinction, and the public mind rested in the belief that it was in the course of ultimate extinction . . . . All I have asked or desired anywhere, is that it should be placed back again upon the basis that the Fathers of our government originally placed it upon.

Anna Torv

I've been estranged from my father since I was eight.

Ani Difranco

I really have been enjoying performing more lately than I have in a long time and you know, it's all about that sort of centered feeling that I have now. You know, thanks to, not just my kid, but her father before her. You know, I have a kind of a grounding through them that I really relish, and I think is also good for my work, you know.

Alexander Pope

Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,Or gave his father grief but when he died.

Donny Osmond

Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Kirby Moses

Ten of our 14 wrestlers scored points which helped us today. There were 15 teams and we didn't know what to expect. We were the smallest school there.

Bruce Cunningham

This is special for him. He tried to stay with Shawn and that helped him stay focused.

Mike Condo

Those shows went over very well for us. That may have helped us get (the job opening for Duff).

David Anderson

She stepped up and did what she was supposed to do. It picked the morale of the team up also and just helped out a bunch.

John M. Smith

We had a lot of parental support and the PTA jumped in and helped out.

Chris McConnon

Having three lines has helped us out a lot." ()

Jessica Smith

I learned a lot from them and it has helped my offense and mainly my passing. I have made all-around improvement.

Willie Randolph

Any time you have to be helped off the field, you're not going to make your next start.

Miuccia Prada

When I was younger, shopping helped me discover many new places and many new things.

Sylvia Earle

Not only who am I, but who are we? And where are we going? It's the "we." It's the social connections that are special to human beings.

Avery Johnson

I still think this can be a special season, but right now we are sputtering.

Bruno Mars

Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.

Jaromir Jagr

For me, it is the worst kind of sacrilege if you are given some of special talent and you don't take advantage of this gift.

George C. Williams

Most evolving lineages, human or otherwise, when threatened with extinction, don't do anything special to avoid it.

Christopher Eccleston

Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects.

Chris Rock

It's weird with stand-up comedy. It doesn't really translate worldwide. I want to figure out how do I make it worldwide. Do a special in Africa. Can't beat that. Pull that off, then I will have done something.

Herman Cain

The 9-9-9 plan would resuscitate this economy because it replaces the outdated tax code that allows politicians to pick winners and losers, and to provide favors in the form of tax breaks, special exemptions and loopholes. It simplifies the code dramatically: 9% business flat tax, 9% personal flat tax, 9% sales tax.

Graham Chapman

In 1945, peace broke out. It was the end of the Joke. Joke warfare was banned at a special session of the Geneva Convention, and in 1950 the last remaining copy of the joke was laid to rest here in the Berkshire countryside, never to be told again.