Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lee Westwood

My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.'

William Clark

My dad said, 'Don't worry about it; we will figure something out.'

Ruchi Sanghvi

My dad owns a company that lends equipment to industrial projects. I've been obsessed with taking it over since I could talk. I'd follow him and repeat conversations about how many tons of cranes were arriving. He said it was a man's world, so I studied electrical engineering because it was related.

My dad noticed we could swim without lessons. It seemed to be something I had a talent for.

My dad was raised on the same farm and so was my grandfather too. We've been here a long time.

Damon Wayans, Jr.

My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

My dad was part of the Oriole way. I think he was there 14 years in the minor leagues; I think seven of those years, they had the same people in place. So it was about continuity. It was about stability.

Chandler Riggs

My dad was on 'Zombieland,' and I love that movie. So yeah, I think I like the horror genre!

Rand Paul

My dad was one of only four congressmen who supported Reagan.

My dad wasn't a Marine, he was a musician.

Chip Foose

My dad was my hero, ... Whatever he did, I did.

My dad was just tired of the arguing. He loved Nina with all his heart, but he didn't like the fighting and arguing.

Peter Coyote

My dad was a very violent, frightening and dangerous guy. Next to him, I was this vague kind of kid who walked around, as I still do, gathering impressions.

Chris Stapleton

My dad was a very straight arrow, prayed-at-every-meal kind of guy.

Joan Cusack

My dad was a very funny man - he's the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I'm sure his Irish wit in some way influenced my decision to become an actress.

My dad was a teacher in Waltham for 35 years, which was why I got into public education. My mom also worked in the public sector, so serving the public good is something my family has done for a long time.

Richard LaGravenese

My dad was a presence, of course, but he worked nights a lot, and I would only see him one day a week.

Libba Bray

My dad was a Presbyterian minister. Yes, I am one of those dreaded P.K.s - Preacher's Kids. Be afraid.

Jay Johnson

My dad was a poor farmer. We grew up around it.

Craig Thompson

My dad was a plumber, and my mom was on and off again, either a stay-at-home mom or working with the disabled as a visiting-nurse assistant.

James Mercer

My dad was a Navy munitions officer, and by the end of his career, he was a specialist in nuclear weapons.

Thom Browne

My dad was an attorney. The last thing he ever thought about was clothes, and yet somehow he always looked good.

Dolly Wells

My dad was an actor, so he would try and put me off and say, 'Come on, you've got to go to university first.'

Walter Dean Myers

My dad was a janitor for U.S. Radium Corporation, and he stayed there for 37 years. So he didn't read.

My dad was a hippie. I was really fortunate I went into marine science.... But then, my middle name is Wildflower, so I could have gone into botany.

Ricky Skaggs

My dad was a guitar player, and he sang. He knew what he liked about music. He had a great memory, and he could show me things.

My dad was a Buick guy and I followed in his footsteps. But I always liked the performance end.

My dad wanted me to name him after myself, but we really wanted to name him something that gave him some roots. We wanted something to tie him into where his family's from.

Lykke Li

Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums.

Kate Winslet

Mum and Dad were very much friends and up for life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was growing up; they just taught me to be me.

Melissa George

Mum and dad thought I was going to say I was pregnant. I said oh no, no, I've just been nominated for a Golden Globe. They were like, oh that's lovely, love.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

Mum and Dad split up when I was nine. We upped and moved from London to Sussex, and suddenly I went from an urban life to nothing in the countryside - with a new father and new life.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Music is something I couldn't live without. My dad was into music, he played for pleasure - guitar, piano. I started off doing jazz, singing with a lot of fabulous musicians here in London before I went to the States. And I still take piano lessons every Wednesday.