Dad Quotes

3139 quotes by 2131 authors

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. — Josh Billings
Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla. — Jim Bishop
A father and two sons run Adelphia. It's a cable company. And they took from that company a billion dollars. A billion. Three people -… — Lewis Black
Kids seem to get me when I play colleges - they like it because I go after them. They'll come up after and say I… — Lewis Black
One of the greatest challenges in collecting child support is that deadbeat dads move from job to job and state to state. it's hard to… — Rod Blagojevich
My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she was… — Tony Blair
My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would… — Sara Blakely
I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me to fail. I specifically remember coming home and saying, 'Dad, Dad,… — Sara Blakely
My mother taught public school, went to Harvard and then got her master's there and taught fifth and sixth grade in a public school. My… — Ben Affleck
My dad was in the Army. The Army's not great pay, but, you know, we moved from Army patch to Army patch wherever that was.… — James Blunt
Studies show that children best flourish when one mom and one dad are there to raise them. — John Boehner
I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts.… — John Boehner
My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables. — John Boehner
Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so… — Wade Boggs
Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today. — Bono
I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of… — David Bowie
And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm… — David Bowie
We all have experiences in our lives that change us, and we all learn from people, like my dad, but at the end of the… — Tom Brady
I have spoken honestly about being born into a home where there was discord and chaos. I saw my mom have a rough time with… — Christina Aguilera
My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that. — Jo Brand

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