Your Dad Quotes - Page 3

• Your first leader is your dad. 'course he controls your food and shelter, so, he's not really a leader, he's more of a fascist dictator. But dictators have dreams too. Your dad doesn't. He gave them up when he had you. So remember that next time you say, I don't want to cut the lawn. Just shut up and mow the grass and save the lip for your teachers.

  Christopher Titus

  Dream, Teacher, Dad

  "Titus / The Pit". www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• I can't stop some idiot from crashing into a building or blowing up a bus, I can only be your dad and give you a few pure truths. Number one, duct tape will save your life. Number two, Tupac is alive, but I need you to keep that on the DL because of Suge. And number three, don't be afraid of anything - except the television news because they're lying to you every night.

  Christopher Titus

  Dad, Lying, Night

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

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• It's a funny thing. It's an odd thing to have your dad just come and work with you. But I think they all enjoyed working with him. It was a lot of fun. David loved teasing my dad, but I know respects him very much and when he gave him direction, David was always trying to do what he asked and we had a lot of fun.

  Emily Deschanel

  Dad, Fun, Thinking

  "Emily Deschanel Talks Bones: Season 2". Interview with Evan Jacobs, movieweb.com. September 26, 2007.

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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

  Dad, Son, Talking

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• The greatest gift I ever had
  Came from God; I call him Dad!

  John Walter Bratton

  Fathers Day, Dad, Father Son

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• The satisfaction you get when you finally beat your dad is amazing, that rush of adrenaline.

  Lee Westwood

  Dad, Satisfaction, Beats

  "Lee Westwood: the secret toughness of a natural No1". Interview with Anna Kessel, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2010.

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• My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents past your teens if you've been a difficult teenager.

  Robbie Coltraine

  Dad, Teenager, Past

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

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• Once you learn the idea of what a good guy is, you want your dad to be a good guy, and when your dad lets you down and doesn't act like a good guy, it's disappointing and can make you angry as you see it happen, which is beautiful and very believable.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Beautiful, Dad, Ideas

  Source: collider.com

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• It was my father who taught me to value myself.

  Dawn French

  Father, Taught, Being A Dad

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• Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam in the surf. It's a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad viewed you as a sissy, basically.

  Geoffrey Rush

  Dad, Reading, School

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• If things go our way, you might see why I'm a legend. And if your daddy has a problem with that, he'll find out why I'm the Legend Killer.

  Randy Orton

  Wwe, Daddy, Legends

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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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• Conservatives want to be your daddy, telling you what to do and what not to do. Liberals want to be your mommy, feeding you, tucking you in, and wiping your nose. Libertarians want to treat you as an adult.

  David Boaz

  Daddy, Adults, Noses

  David Boaz (2015). “The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom”, p.132, Simon and Schuster

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• We all understand genetics. You get your eyes from your dad, your mom's nose, there's nothing you can do about that. But your spiritual genetics you can choose, pick, embrace and commit to. That's what I did.

  Chris Gardner

  Mom, Spiritual, Dad

  "Chris Gardner | Survival Guide: extended interview". Interview with William Welsh, washingtontechnology.com. October 19, 2006.

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• If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts — but it’s not like you had a connection with something that was real. Not to say it’s any better — but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst. My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.

  Jay-Z

  Hurt, Dad, Real

  "Jay-Z: 'Of course' I'll change baby's diapers". www.today.com. November 14, 2011.

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• I wouldn't want to do a 'Maury Povich' show. Baby daddy! Who's your daddy? Who's your mama? I wouldn't want to do that kind of show.

  NeNe Leakes

  Baby, Daddy, Want

  "The next Bethenny". Interview with Sean Daly, nypost.com. September 11, 2012.

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• One day you will come to Montauk and see your dad playing the piano And see your other dad wearing glasses Hope that you will want to stay for a while Don't worry I know you'll have to go

  Rufus Wainwright

  Dad, Glasses, Piano

  Song: Montauk, Album: Out of the Game, 2012

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• Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually - well... if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. It's the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business.

  Dhani Harrison

  Dad, Trying, Playing Music

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

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• I never got into fights with kids about whose dad is bigger and who can beat up who. What am I going to say? My dad can kill your dad when he's asleep?

  Mary Brunner

  Children, Dad, Kids

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• [On being lesbian:] One pointer: don't come out to your dad in a moving vehicle.

  Kate Clinton

  Dad, Moving, Sexuality

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• I think that when young players really see their game rise next level, it's when practices are like competition and there's no separation there. Of course, there are adrenaline and the butterflies; you don't have that so much in practice. You want to fake yourself out and try to get them there because you want to be as close to that game mentality as you can when you step on that field every single day whether it's practice or in your backyard or down the street with your dad.

  Jennie Finch

  Dad, Butterfly, Player

  Source: fastpitch.tv

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• I always wished my dad was there to intimidate my boyfriends or something. It's supposed to be your dad giving your guys friends the stink-eye for sneaking beer through your house, not your mom.

  Iliza Shlesinger

  Mom, Dad, Eye

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• I am just here to support the President of the United States. President of the United States is our boss, but he is also... you know, the President and the First Lady are kinda like the Mom and the Dad of the country. And when your Dad says something you listen, and when you don't it will usually bite you on the ass later on. So, I'm here to support the President.

  Chris Rock

  Mom, Country, Dad

  "Chris Rock: President Obama Is 'Our Boss' And A 'Dad'". www.realclearpolitics.com. February 06, 2013.

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• It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations.

  Jeb Bush

  Dad, Motivation, People

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• My parents were not formally educated. Both were cognizant of the importance of education. The teachers and ministers were the role models, and they would say, you should want to be like Miss Gardiner, you should want to be like Mr. Freeman, or be like your dad. Shun the people who don't value education.

  David C. Driskell

  Teacher, Dad, People

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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