--- title: "1 Bad Dads Quotes By J. R. Moehringer" description: "1 Bad Dads quotes by J. R. Moehringer. Plus more from J. R. Moehringer and more Bad Dads sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/j-r-moehringer-22759_about_my-father-was-a-food-lover-and-a-deadbea_2024402.jpg" --- > [My father was a food lover and a deadbeat dad, and maybe a connection between good food and bad dads was forged early, in the deepest folds of my subconscious, where we make so many decisions about our parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/my-father-was-a-food-lover-and-a-deadbeat-dad-and-maybe-a-connection/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/j-r-moehringer-22759_about_my-father-was-a-food-lover-and-a-deadbea_2024402.jpg) ## More by J. R. Moehringer > [Long before it legally served me, the bar saved me. It restored my faith when I was a boy, tended me as a teenager,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/long-before-it-legally-served-me-the-bar-saved-me-it-restored-my/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [Your best is whatever you can do comfortably without having a breakdown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/your-best-is-whatever-you-can-do-comfortably-without-having-a/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [The greatest players use anger as fuel. Michael Jordan played every night with something like road rage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/the-greatest-players-use-anger-as-fuel-michael-jordan-played-every/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [In Manhasset you were either Yankees or Mets, rich or poor, sober or drunk...You were 'Gaelic' or 'garlic," as one schoolmate told me, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/in-manhasset-you-were-either-yankees-or-mets-rich-or-poor-sober-or/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [I'm a big fan of the poet Mary Jo Salter, and although she doesn't need to be discovered at all - she's widely admired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/i-m-a-big-fan-of-the-poet-mary-jo-salter-and-although-she-doesn-t/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [I've been trying to write a book since before I was old enough to vote, and I've collected many rejection slips from publishers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/i-ve-been-trying-to-write-a-book-since-before-i-was-old-enough-to/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [Baseball always gets credit for the foundational part of masculinity - the father thing. The eternal game of backyard catch, 'Field of Dreams', the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/baseball-always-gets-credit-for-the-foundational-part-of-masculinity/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [In Zurich, in a cafe overlooking the Limmat, I ate butter-drenched white asparagus pulled from the ground that morning; it had the aftertaste of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/in-zurich-in-a-cafe-overlooking-the-limmat-i-ate-butter-drenched/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [There's that old journalism rule that sunshine is the great disinfectant - which is how reporters bust their way into meetings and such all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/there-s-that-old-journalism-rule-that-sunshine-is-the-great/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [Some of football's gaudiest displays of manliness are purely aesthetic. It's not what players do, it's how they look doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/some-of-football-s-gaudiest-displays-of-manliness-are-purely/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/if-you-can-live-in-vegas-or-visit-vegas-and-leave-in-one-piece-still/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [“His current theory is that Sutton lived three separate lives. The one he remembered, the one he told people about, the one that really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/his-current-theory-is-that-sutton-lived-three-separate-lives-the-one/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [Basketball's eras are defined by teams - Celtics, Lakers, Bulls - and baseball's epochs are defined by players - Ruth, Robinson, Mantle - but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/basketball-s-eras-are-defined-by-teams-celtics-lakers-bulls-and/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/write-every-day-never-give-up-it-s-supposed-to-be-difficult-try-to/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) > [Like the Earth, the Web is a less appealing place than it used to be. If I want attitude and arguing and meanness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/like-the-earth-the-web-is-a-less-appealing-place-than-it-used-to-be/) [J. R. 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