Dad Quotes - Page 31

• Not after all the time my dad spent teaching me to switch-hit.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Teaching, My Dad

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• Stay away from drugs and alcohol. Listen to your moms and dads. In this great country of ours you do whatever you set your mind to. Make us proud of you.

  Mickey Mantle

  Mom, Baseball, Country

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• It's a different story because guess what, the kid is only 28 years old, 28. He's not his dad, not his grandpa. He's 28 years old.

  Dennis Rodman

  Kids, Years, Grandpa

  "Gene Sperling and Sen. Kelly Ayotte; Plus Dennis Rodman on His Trip to North Korea". 'This Week', abcnews.go.com. March 3, 2013.

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• He loves power. He loves control because others, you know, dad and stuff like that, but he's just a great guy. He's just a great guy.

  Dennis Rodman

  Guy, Politics, Stuff

  "Gene Sperling and Sen. Kelly Ayotte; Plus Dennis Rodman on His Trip to North Korea". 'This Week', March 3, 2013.

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• In junior high in Germany I fought kids all the time. I had such a bad temper, I almost got thrown out of school. A few lickings from my dad got me out of that scene. He wore me out with a paddle.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, School, Kids

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• The things that you did with parents, whether it was spending every Sunday morning with your dad and eating French toast and watching Popeye, or decorating the Christmas tree with our mother - these are memories that help you be happy.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Mother, Morning, Memories

  "New Again: Leonardo Dicaprio". Interview with Ingrid Sischy, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2012.

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• The kids accepted my drinking as a part of life. Not a particularly pernicious part. I didn't beat up on them. Basically I don't think I was so different from a lot of dads who have three or four martinis when they get in from work, wine with dinner and so on.

  Stephen King

  Drinking, Kids, Wine

  "Part two of the full Stephen King interview". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2000.

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• I was a coin collector.I didn't know I was nerdy at the time until I felt my 16-D Mercury Dime that was in uncirculated condition might be a panty dropper, and it turned out not to be. Then I stumbled into skateboarding, which kind of was cooler. But I wasn't aware of what was cool. My dad wasn't around so he couldn't shake me and say, 'Drop the coin collecting bit. It's not where you want to go.' So, that and the spelling bee and the chess, I think I had it figured out for myself.

  Adam Sandler

  Thinking, Skateboarding, Dimes

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• [On charity] I try to pick subjects that I can learn about and then focus on and then do as much as I can. If you have a tremendous amount of heat from the spotlight, then you're able to shine a little bit more of your light in a different direction. It's just deflecting. My dad calls it a celebrity credit card that you can cash in. I think if you're in this position you should do it.

  George Clooney

  Thinking, Light, Focus

  "George Clooney Dishes on Brad Pitt and John Krasinski in the Emmy Press Room". Pop Sugar Interview, www.popsugar.com. August 29, 2010.

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• My dad is funny in his own way, and so is my brother, but in terms of legitimately making a lot of people laugh, that's my mom. I inherit my sense of comedy from her.

  Mindy Kaling

  Mom, Brother, People

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com.

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• My dad is a very snappy dresser; he gets all his stuff tailored. He's an architect, so he's a little more artistically minded.

  Mindy Kaling

  Littles, Stuff, Architect

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com.

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• One day my dad said, "If you guys ever stop singing, I'll drop you like a hot potato." That's what he said. It hurt me. You don't say that to children and I never forgot it.

  Michael Jackson

  Hurt, Children, Guy

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• My dad was in the Navy, so we moved around a lot. That led to me seeing myriad cultures and cuisines. I have been excited about eating and cooking for as long as I can remember.

  Graham Elliot

  Long, Cooking, Navy

  "Culinary Kings-Turned TV Judges Cook Up Verdicts on Gordon Ramsay-Hosted MasterChef". The Daily Beast Interview, www.thedailybeast.com. July 27, 2010.

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• One thing my dad once said to me, "You either want to be right, or you want to be happy. To be happy, there's gotta be a conversation."

  Donald Glover

  Want, Conversation, Said

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• 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.

  Michael Rapaport

  Kids, Animal, Who I Am

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I always ask my dad why wasn't I a lefty? Even when I was younger I wanted to be lefty. I could have been really good.

  Serena Williams

  Lefties, Wanted, Could Have Been

  Serena Williams' US Open Press Conference, www.asapsports.com. September 3, 2014.

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• Nobody has said to men, It is OK if you want to be a full-time dad; find a woman who will support you.

  Warren Farrell

  Men, Support You, Want

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• Man, if it weren't for Bill's Records and Tapes I would've been an accountant like my dad. I love my dad, but thank God for Bill's.

  Ryan Miller

  Men, Thank God, Bills

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• Normally I play dads, good guys, and little animals.

  Frank Welker

  Animal, Play, Guy

  "Frank Welker Q&A". Interview with Cindy White, www.ign.com. September 15, 2009.

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• Dad has always been - and still is - a great influence on me. He has always stood up for spirit, staying true to his beliefs... and I like to do the same with regard to my own true beliefs, regardless of potential criticism or mockery.

  Linus Roache

  Criticism, Spirit, Belief

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My mum and dad have always enjoyed life, and it's something that's been instilled in me. I wake up in a good mood most mornings.

  Rafe Spall

  Morning, Wake Up, Good Mood

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• My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.

  Rafe Spall

  Men, Laughing, World

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• For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.

  Rafe Spall

  Father, Responsibility, Boys

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• I'll probably always be 'Timothy Spall's son' and it's something I'm proud of. Maybe one day as well as that, they'll say of Timothy Spall that 'He's Rafe Spall's dad'.

  Rafe Spall

  Son, One Day, Proud

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• I never mind talking about my dad. I'm proud of who he is, and being his son is one of the things I'm most proud of. To be constantly compared to someone so brilliant, who happens to be your dad, is cool.

  Rafe Spall

  Son, Talking, Mind

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