Dad Quotes - Page 32

• I'm just constantly trying to be a good dad.

  David Charvet

  Trying, Good Dad

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• My dad was in the military. It was difficult sometimes, because he would have to be away a lot, and we would have to move around a lot. Trying to adapt to new schools and new places can be really tough.

  Nolan Gould

  Military, Moving, School

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• I saw The Empire Strikes Back the week that it came out. My father was a huge Star Wars fan. And so when it came out, my dad took me.

  Donald Faison

  Stars, Father, War

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• My first car was a Chevy Cavalier. My dad somehow convinced me that it was a hot sports car because it was red.

  Katheryn Winnick

  Sports, Car, Hot

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

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• My worldview comes from a collection of the books I have read, the people I have met, and my conversations with my dad.

  Brian Kilmeade

  Book, People, Mets

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• Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that.

  Damon Wayans, Jr.

  House, Stuff, My Dad

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• My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesnt work hard enough.

  Katee Sackhoff

  Hard Work, Talent, Enough

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• When I was a kid, Blade Runner was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad.

  Tahmoh Penikett

  Kids, Boys, Blade Runner

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• As a person, when I was seven or eight, my dad would try very hard to tutor me through school because I had learning difficulties or whatever. I would wish that they could just plant a chip in my brain so that I would know everything and not have to study.

  Dichen Lachman

  School, Eight, Brain

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

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• When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.

  Odeya Rush

  America, Actresses, Wanted

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

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• I'm lucky to have my dad in my life. He's very brilliant, I think he's really a smart man, and he's a kind guy.

  Cody Horn

  Smart, Men, Thinking

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• My dad was a doctor and surgeon. He was the fifth generation of his family to become a doctor.

  Ken Kercheval

  Doctors, Generations, Fifth

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• Christmas was always a big holiday in our family. Every Christmas Eve before wed go to bed, my mom and dad would read to us two or three stories and they would always be The Happy Prince, The Gift of the Magi and Twas the Night Before Christmas, and I would like to keep that alive.

  Cameron Mathison

  Mom, Holiday, Night

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• I originally wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to be Kylie Minogue. My dad thought that was a very silly ambition and introduced me to drama classes. Once I became fixated on that, there was no stopping me.

  Ashley Madekwe

  Stars, Drama, Silly

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

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• Dad always told me that if you're going to work on something, it might as well be something you're proud of.

  Jaime Winstone

  Proud, Might, Going To Work

  "Ready for our close-up" by Jason Solomons and Liz Hoggard, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2006.

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• My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their first language is Yoruba, and their second language is English.

  John Boyega

  Firsts, Language, Ministers

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

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• Acting careers dont come out fully formed - not unless your name is Jaden Smith and your dad has done it all.

  John Boyega

  Names, Careers, Acting

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• My dad's a Pentecostal minister, meaning that he's full of charisma. If he's telling a story about Noah's ark, you best know each tiger is going to be having their own little conversation and narrative.

  John Boyega

  Ark, Stories, Littles

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

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• My dad has an incredible passion for living life, and he's really, really funny, so he definitely encourages me to enjoy all aspects of life. He's very proud of me and definitely encourages my career path, and we have a good time talking about work.

  Spencer Grammer

  Live Life, Passion, Talking

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

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• My mom is my heart. She was a rock for me even though she was not around as much as dad.

  Sunidhi Chauhan

  Mom, Heart, Rocks

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• I read a lot of research notes about the countries I visit, and my mum and dad bought me a Kindle, but I'm still getting to grips with it. I prefer paper books.

  Ross Kemp

  Country, Book, Research

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• I grew up in rural Arizona. My dad ran a general store. I grew up learning to do more with less. And I have been saying, you know, Washington needs to do the same.

  Ann Kirkpatrick

  Arizona, Grew Up, Stores

  "Democrats Split Over More Spending?". "Your World With Neil Cavuto", www.foxnews.com. September 8, 2010.

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• Dad could charm a dog off a meat wagon.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Dog, Meat, Wagons

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Bingo”, p.113, Bantam

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• I have the worst memory ever so no matter who comes up to me - they're just, like, 'I can't believe you don't remember me!" I'm like, 'Oh Dad I'm sorry!

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Sorry, Memories, Believe

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• When television families aren't gathered around the kitchen table exchanging wisecracks, they are experiencing brief but moving dilemmas, which are handily solved by the youngest child or by some cute extraterrestrial houseguest. Emerging from Family Ties or My Two Dads, we are forced to acknowledge that our own families are made up of slow-witted, emotionally crippled people who would be lucky to qualify for seats in the studio audience of JEOPARDY!

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Cute, Children, Moving

  Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon

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