My dad was a [Theodor] Roosevelt Democrat.

When [my dad] was at the University of Michigan, my mom was a social-worker. As he rose, he voted for [Adlai] Stevenson initially. Then…

— Bill Ayers

Hamburg totally wrecked us. I remember getting home to England and my dad thought I was half-dead. I looked like a skeleton, I hadn't…

— Paul McCartney

I caught the acting bug from my dad.

— Finn Wittrock

When I was very young my mother sang to me at bedtime and my dad would often play the banjo or fiddle in the…

— Rory Block

I turned to my mom and said, 'I'm going to be a martial arts movie star.' She didn't believe me, and neither did my…

— Scott Adkins

My dad died of a stroke.

— William Shatner

I have learned so much from my dad. Perhaps the biggest thing I've learned from my dad is how to be prepared at all…

— Jay Sekulow

My dad was proud of himself when he farted. He sounds like he's strangling a chicken when he farts.

— Carl Barron

My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan going in my dad's car,…

— St. Vincent

My dad's Israeli. He was born in Baghdad to Iraqi Jews. Then, at age two, his parents wanted to move to their homeland and…

— Elliott Yamin

My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring…

— Grace Jones

I talk to my dad all the time, he's more like my buddy than my father, and he's not happy that I use him…

— David Spade

Most people are sensitized to animals through their cats and dogs, but for me it was a flounder. I used to go fishing with…

— Dan Mathews

My father was the role model I looked up. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me…

— Tracy Morgan

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

— Mark Teixeira