Dad Quotes - Page 9

• I was thinking (when he hit his 500th home run) about my mother and dad, about all the people in the Chicago Cubs organization that helped me and about the wonderful Chicago fans who have come out all these years to cheer me on. They've been a great inspiration to me.

  Ernie Banks

  Running, Baseball, Mother

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• He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit.

  Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn

  Brother, Uncles, Boys

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• Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany.

  Marcia Gay Harden

  Moving, School, Kids

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• I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” I want to thank Harvard for this timely honor. I’ll be changing my job next year … and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume.

  Bill Gates

  Graduation, Jobs, Nice

  Bill Gates' Commencement Address at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, news.harvard.edu. June 7, 2007.

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• Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship.

  Greg Louganis

  Mom, Unconditional Love, Years

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• I got to grow up in a situation where drugs were demonic. To watch your dad go through heroin withdrawal is something that would keep you from doing any of that yourself.

  Shia LaBeouf

  Growing Up, Drug, Watches

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

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• My Dad always told me ‘Flowers mean I’m sorry, chocolates mean I love you.’

  Lauren Conrad

  Sorry, Flower, Love You

  "Lauren and Jason, Take 2 / The Hills". Drama, Reality-TV, 2006.

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• Why are people so fascinated by how to eat Valomilks?’ She said, ‘Well, Dad, they’re round and they’re messy. But that’s what makes them fun. Once we get older we’re not supposed to be messy anymore. But for one moment when you’re eating a Valomilk, it’s okay to be messy again.

  Steve Almond

  Fun, People, Moments

  Steve Almond (2004). “Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America”, p.190, Algonquin Books

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• And what is a stage dad, or a stage mom? It's someone who's protective. That's all.

  Nigel Lythgoe

  Mom, Stage, Protective

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• I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.

  Eric Shanteau

  Missing, Swim, Would Be

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• One of the things I am very aware of not having in my life is the love of my father. ...but I know now that it is hard to make up that loss in the life of a daughter.
  It's your dad who tells you that you are beautiful.
  Its your dad who picks you up over his head and carries you on his shoulders.
  It's your did who will fight the monsters under your bed.
  It's your dad who tells you that you are worth a lot, so don't settle for the first guy who tells you you're pretty.

  Sheila Walsh

  Beautiful, Daughter, Father

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• I know I'm never going to be as successful as my dad, but I get bored doing nothing. I couldn't go from vacation to vacation and have no motivation.

  Tamara Ecclestone

  Motivation, Successful, Vacation

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• My mum is Croatian, and obviously she's female and she's very emotional, very hot-blooded, very touchy-feely, whereas I think my dad's quite British.

  Tamara Ecclestone

  Emotional, Thinking, Hot

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• Dad somewhat enjoyed being called gay. He said it made women want to prove the assertion wrong.

  Jennifer Grant

  Gay, Want, Made

  Jennifer Grant (2011). “Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant”, p.87, Knopf

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• When it comes to Father's Day, I will remember my dad for both being there to nurture me and also for the times he gave me on my own to cultivate my own interests and to nurture my own spirit.

  Jennifer Grant

  Father, Spirit, Remember

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

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• My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.

  Alexandra Kosteniuk

  Army, Things In Life, Careers

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• I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't.

  Debby Boone

  Wall, Rock And Roll, Rocks

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• My dad has a great expression. He always says, 'Tell me a fact and I'll learn, tell me the truth and I believe, but tell me a story, and it will live in my heart forever.' Interestingly enough now, my dad's story is going to be in Canton and hopefully that will live forever, too.

  Steve Sabol

  Believe, Heart, Expression

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• My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us.

  Dennis Wilson

  Tyrants, Used, Beats

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• It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.

  Joe Orton

  Children, Reasonable, Conception

  'Entertaining Mr Sloane' (1964) act 3

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• But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can’t. Or won’t.

  Edward Bloor

  Mom, Tangerines, I Can

  Edward Bloor (2006). “Tangerine”, p.4, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen.

  Jonny Lang

  Good Friend, Player, Medicine

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• Because I was starting out in my 20's. I wanted to do it on my own. I didn't want to use my dad or have people say I was using him.

  Rosanne Cash

  People, Use, Want

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• I know that Dad was an idol to millions who grew up loving his music and his ideals. But to me he wasn't a musician or a peace icon, he was the father I loved and who let me down in so many ways. After the age of five, when my parents separated, I saw him only a handful of times, and when I did he was often remote and intimidating. I grew up longing for more contact with him but felt rejected and unimportant in his life.
  ... ... While Dad was fast becoming one of the wealthiest men in his field, Mum and I had very little and she was going out to work to support us.

  Julian Lennon

  Father, Men, Becoming One

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• Dad made me laugh a lot. He was a real comedian. He had a real sarcastic sense of humour, he could really make a fool out of people. I have to watch it a little bit, because I caught that habit from him. I was really fond of him. He was my idol.

  Julian Lennon

  Sarcastic, Real, Idols

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