Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Ryan Lochte

My dad was my swim coach growing up, and I tried to get kicked out of practice every day. I was a little devil kid.

Ryan Lochte

I'm very competitive. I remember being 4 years old trying to out-chug my dad in a milk-chugging contest. It's been in my blood.

Michael Strahan

I started working out with my father the summer I was 13, which was incredible for our relationship. Those were my summers: working out with my dad, hanging out with my brothers, riding my bike. Pretty simple.

I spy on my dad when he's taking a shower just like everybody else.

Joel Kinnaman

I speak English with my dad and Swedish with my mom; it's quite schizophrenic.

I sort of made a deal with myself that if I was going to spend a year on a project, I wanted my kids to see it at the end so they know where Dad has been.

Vince Vaughn

I've been there a few times, ... I shot a Western there years ago ... and we would have some time to stop and I would go to Tucson. My dad lives out in Phoenix, so I go down to Tucson every now and then. The landscape in Tucson is just beautiful.

Terry Smith

I've been trying to get with my dad to talk with the Washington State Patrol.

I've been fishing ever since I could walk. Me and my dad go out all the time, go fishing. It's just something that I've always been doing.

Ben Roethlisberger

I've seen fathers criticizing their sons the moment a game's over. Not my dad. It doesn't matter if I threw an interception or a Hail Mary, he always says, 'Good job, son, I'm proud of you.' Then he shakes my hand and gives me a hug. Every time.

My dad was a high school teacher and made no money.

Brian Herbert

My grandfather was a police officer. He taught Dad about lie detectors and police interrogation methods, so Dad got this old World War II lie detector and used it on us regularly. He was obsessed with the truth.

Benmont Tench

I quit college and neglected to tell my dad.

Isaiah Washington

The whole time I was on 'Grey's,' I'm still reconciling myself to my 11-year-old son, because he never saw me during that time. By the time he got up, he'd see a dent in his pillow, but by the time I got home, he was already asleep. So for three years, he had a daddy that he never saw because I had to work.

Cameron Crowe

Tom and I have a similar sensibility and experience. You know his dad was from Kentucky where I set the film, and so was mine. That's where he died. His mom's really important in his life and so is mine,

Blair Underwood

Tonight, Daddy won't read you a story -- you can watch him in a story.

There is also a thread in the play about what it meant to be a son of a man from that generation. The quiet dad who never said much.

Penn Jillette

very puritanical parents in western Massachusetts. If my dad stubbed his toe, you might get 'hell' out of him.

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.

James Bay

There was a guitar that my uncle owned and never learnt to play. He sold it to my dad, and when I heard 'Layla', that was the tune that really grabbed me. I said to my dad, 'Wait, there's a guitar, right?'

There's a feeling of dependency that's uncomfortable, ... I would imagine for a stay-at-home dad it's even more so.

Melanie Fiona

My dad still calls me and makes sure I'm taking my vitamins.

Michelle Rodriguez

There was a lot of drama in school because, well, people have problems at home and they take it out on their friends in school. Trying to impress people, they became bullies. I hated it because I know what it's like to be picked on, and I never liked not fitting in, especially moving around so much as a kid because I was an Army brat. My dad was in the Army.

Michelle Rodriguez

My dad was more, "Let's play chess. Read a book, you're stupid." He's more the intellectual type.

Michael Shannon

My dad used to say, 'You have to become part of the machine to beat the machine,' and there's some validity in it. But honestly, even when I'm inside the machine, you still see me. I stick out a little bit.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Nick glowered at Ash. "Are we through now, Dad? Can I go play with my friends if I promise to be a good boy? I'll even try and make it home by curfew." Ash laughed evilly. "Oh, absolutely, son. In fact, here come your new playmates now.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Hey, Dad, you’ve got to taste what we just did. It’s actually good. (Omari) That is good. What did you two do? (Devyn) No idea. We just added spices until it didn’t suck anymore. (Omari)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

I agree, Dad. I was just explaining to the woman why we don’t look anything alike and why you would have been younger than me when I was born. It doesn’t mean I don’t love you ‘cause you know I do. Make one snotty comment in anger when you’re twelve years old going through puberty and getting grounded, and you pay for it for the rest of your life. Parents ain’t got no sense of humor. (Omari)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

To infinity then. (Bubba) What’s that mean? (Nick) It’s something my dad used to say when I was a kid. To infinity, meaning you’d see something through to the end. (Bubba) Infinity is never-ending. (Nick) That’s right, which means you keep going and going no matter what happens or what obstacles you meet. Over, under, around or through. There’s always a way. And if you have to chase something to infinity, strap on your big-boy pants, hiking boots, and go. (Bubba)

Nicolas Cage

My father used to say to me, "It doesn't matter what the profession is, but if they're the best in their field, it will always be fascinating to watch." And I said, "Really, dad? Even like someone who makes pencils?" "Even someone who makes pencils, it will be fascinating to watch."