Dad Quotes - Page 38

• I'm real good with math, with numbers, like my dad was. I'm pretty much dialed in.

  Hulk Hogan

  Real, Math, Numbers

  "The Hulk is back and ready if needed". Interview with Chris Varias, www.wtsp.com. December 31, 2014.

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• My dad was a big believer of having a golf club that fit me. Always have a golf club that fits you, so you don't have to make any swing compensations for that particular golf club.

  Tiger Woods

  Golf, Swings, Clubs

  "Online Extra: A Dream of a Driver for Tiger (extended)". Interview with Roger O. Crockett, www.bloomberg.com. May 31, 2004.

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• My dad worked every day. I didn't get into show business to work every day. So the fact that most days I get to like, spend really good time with my kids - that's what success is to me.

  Chris Rock

  Kids, Facts, Good Times

  "Chris Rock On Standup, Sellouts And Defining Success". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. December 5, 2014.

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• My mom and I had secret from my dad that we didn't think we were stupid, that we didn't think we needed feminism to be explained to us.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Mom, Stupid, Thinking

  Interview with Allston Pudding, allstonpudding.com. April 7, 2015.

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• My mom wasn't, like, she was reading all these historical romance novels the majority of the time. She read a feminist book and then my dad would sit down and explain it to her like she was an idiot.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Mom, Book, Reading

  Interview with Nina Corcoran, allstonpudding.com.

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• Twitter allowed me to talk about parenting in short snippets and find out what I really wanted to say about it, which is that I'm a dad who had no idea what he's doing.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Ideas, Wanted, No Idea

  "Jim Gaffigan Talks Family, Food And Dad Is Fat". Interview with Samantha Abernethy, chicagoist.com. May 10, 2013.

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• My daughter got me a 'World's Best Dad' mug. So we know she's sarcastic.

  Bob Odenkirk

  Sarcastic, Daughter, Funny Fathers Day

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• Remember: What dad really wants is a nap. Really.

  Dave Barry

  Naps, Funny Fathers Day, Want

  Twitter post from Jun 21, 2009

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• Having a great dad probably permitted me to pal around with guys in a way that some women don't.

  Mary Karr

  Guy, Pals, Way

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• My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape.

  Diego Corrales

  Boxing, Trouble, Wanted

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• Music just runs in my family. My dad and my uncles are a gospel quartet, Latimore Brothers. They've been doing their thing ever since I was a kid, so I just kind of grew up around that.

  Jacob Latimore

  Running, Brother, Uncles

  "World Faire". Interview with Tariq Johnson, theruss.net. May 22, 2015.

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• Cursing dads are terrifying, you know? Cursing dads are - I don't know why, but no. It just doesn't seem to me that that would be funny. I mean it might be - you could try it and see. I suppose anybody just losing it and sputtering curses is pretty funny. But I think it would be more of a challenge, much more of a challenge, to make a cursing dad funny.

  Ian Frazier

  Mean, Thinking, Challenges

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• Im from Connecticut. My Mom is an army brat, and my Dad is a navy brat. My childhood was fun. My parents are still together. My childhood was pretty carefree.

  Cassie Ventura

  Mom, Fun, Army

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• My dad always told me that the best way to get somebody to get at you is to talk bad about them to somebody else.

  T-Pain

  Way, My Dad, Best Way

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• My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.

  T-Pain

  Voice, Instruments, My Dad

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• My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of our family.

  Mark Teixeira

  Mom, Baseball, Brother

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• My greatest memories as a kid were playing sports with my dad and watching sports with my dad.

  Mark Teixeira

  Sports, Memories, Kids

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• I was the youngest of four kids, and Dad, who had a garden centre before he retired, came from a large Lancashire family. Every one of my uncles had their own business, including a post office, two fish and chip shops and a painting and decorating business.

  Rick Astley

  Uncles, Kids, Garden

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

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• I lost my dad when I was younger, and I know what its like to lose a beloved parent.

  Simone Elkeles

  Parent, Beloved, Lost

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• I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and my parents are really right wingers. My dad watches, like, five or six hours of Fox News every day and stuff like that.

  Jeffrey R. Immelt

  Cincinnati Ohio, Parent, Fox News

  "The Jobs Czar: General Electric's Jeffrey Immelt". "The Jobs Czar" with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. October 09, 2011.

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• To us, there was Bob Dylan, and there was dad. As for what he meant to other people, that was never glorified in our house. There were no accolades there, no gold records.

  Jakob Dylan

  People, House, Gold

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• My heroes always are mostly my parents - my father especially, and my mom, who's passed on already. My dad is a very strong man, and by him being educated, and a principal and school superintendent over 37 years, he plays such a big role in my life.

  Dikembe Mutombo

  Mom, Strong, Father

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• In reality, if he had lived, I would have had a dad. And that would have been an incredible experience.

  Frances Bean Cobain

  Incredibles, Has Beens

  "Frances Bean Cobain on Life After Kurt's Death: An Exclusive Q&A". Interview with David Fricke, www.rollingstone.com. April 08, 2015.

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• My dad was a really good surfer, and by the time I was 10, he was dragging me out on some good days at Bells. I'd reckon they were solid, 6-foot days, and he'd tell me to wait on the shoulder. I'd see him coming through the barrel, and he'd just scream at me to go. I'd drop in, and he'd give me a hoot from behind - I've always loved it.

  Xavier Rudd

  Good Day, Feet, Giving

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• Mom was a housewife; Dad was an accountant. They taught me a lot about the value of working hard.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Mom, Taught, Housewife

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