Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lucinda Williams

I grew up around poets and novelists and my dad wrote poems about everything - from a cat sleeping in a window to a car wreck he passed on the highway. I learned not to censor myself: that was one of things I learned in my apprenticeship, my creative-writing apprenticeship with my dad.

Michael Jackson

I just wish I could understand my father.

Michael Jackson

My father was a management genius. But what I really wanted was a dad.

Michael Rosenbaum

I said, 'Ooh, Dad, I want the yellow ones.' He said, 'Where?' I said, 'Right there, Dad. I want the yellow ones.' Everybody goes, 'Those are green'. That's how I knew I was colorblind.

Michael Reagan

Dad sometimes patted me on the knee and called me his Little Schmuck.

Michael Reagan

You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son.

Michael Rapaport

I don't want to misrepresent who I am personally. I don't want my kids to see me on a talk show and say, "You're talking different" or "You look different, dad." I'm not gonna be an animal; I know how to conduct myself.

Markus Zusak

That was when the world wasn't so big and I could see everywhere. It was when my father was a hero and not a human.

Markus Zusak

As a child in Sydney, my German Mum and my Austrian Dad would spontaneously tell me stories about what they saw and what they did as children. It was like a piece of Europe coming into our house... Those stories led me to my writing.

Lorenzo thought of his dad as a superhero type. Unstoppable.

August Wilson

Many is the time I looked at my daddy and seen him staring off at his hands. I got a little older I know what he was thinking. He sitting there saying, "I got these big old hands but what I'm gonna do with them?

Scott Peterson was Laci's husband, Conner's daddy -- the one person that should have protected them.

So Mama would have to sneak out and meet Daddy and go jitterbugging.

She wants to prove to herself, her dad and Patrick that she is going to take her life in her hands and not do things so safely. So they fall into bed! But then they slow down and talk about it, and it doesn't go as far as he was hoping it would.

Laura Haddock

I remember taking my mom and dad to the premiere of 'The Inbetweeners Movie' and being really nervous. My mom was like, 'Laura, don't worry: I've watched all of the first series of the TV show, so I understand what this is going to be like.'

Kym Whitley

My parenting style is probably like that of my parents, because you do how you learn. My mother was very nurturing and loving, but very stern. She was a disciplinary. My dad was also very loving.

Alexandra Kosteniuk

My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.

Robert Osborne

My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I got my stories from films and books. I read a lot, and I love to read to this day.

Nothing in Dad is mass-produced. I think everything he does, he does because he loves the individual people of the church.

Imagination is something that sits up with Dad and Mom the first time their teenager stays out late.

Dominic Purcell

I'm a hands-on dad. I love my kids more than anything. It's very important to me. I'd give myself a 10 out of 10 for being a dad.

John Schneider

I'm a good dad and a fair husband, and I work quite a bit.

No one knows this, but my dad can sing his face off.

Mike Birbiglia

My dad goes through war novels like I go through boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

Kurt Browning

My dad gave up a vacation in Florida for this.Trust me, for him that's amazing.

Roy Barnes

My daddy used to say, 'Have you ever wondered why two stores sit side by side, and one makes money and the other doesn't?' And at 14 or 15 I didn't care, but he'd always tell me anyway. It was management. And what's true for a store is true for the governor.

Gin Wigmore

My dad dying was actually a reason for me to stop music properly for about a year, because he was a big supporter. All I wanted to do was write a song about him and, you know, when something's too fresh, you can't quite word it.

Freddy Sanchez

My dad dropped me off here yesterday, ... It gave me the chills.

Rob James-Collier

My dad doesn't watch 'Coronation Street.' But my mum is a massive fan. I'd like to think my dad will watch it for a few token episodes, as I'm in it.

My dad doesn't scare easily, so I sincerely doubt that he's going to stay away any longer than he has to.

P. J. O'Rourke

My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.

My dad didn't want to ruin the dinner for me, ... My life was turned upside down. I didn't know what I was going to do with the rest of my life.

Jim Crace

My dad didn't have a formal education, but he had a wonderful vocabulary. So in 'Harvest,' I wanted my main character to be an innately intelligent man who would have the vocabulary to say whatever he wanted in the same way as lots of working-class people can.