Dad Quotes
3139 Dad quotes by 2033 unique authors
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I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met…
— will.i.am
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My dad spent his whole life getting into fights for telling what he believed to be the truth. Basically it comes from my dad-and he's…
— Thom Yorke
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My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City?
— Henny Youngman
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My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go places for six…
— Felicia Day
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I spent my teenage years in Paris when my dad was stationed there, and I'd look at women in their forties and think, 'That's the…
— Helen McCrory
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If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.
— Hanna Rosin
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My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
— Abraham Lincoln
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I finally understood that no matter what I did, or who I found, I-he-none of us-would ever be able to win over the memories she…
— Nicole Krauss
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Dad himself used to tell a story about one time when Mother went off to fill a lecture engagement and left him in charge at…
— Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
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Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?
— Bill Watterson
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[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It's me, Calvin! I was wondering if you'd like…
— Bill Watterson
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It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.
— Homer
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I wondered if the fire had been out to get me. I wondered if all fire was related, like Dad said all humans were related,…
— Jeannette Walls
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It wasn't a love story." -Tar's dad It was a love story. Me, Gemma, and junk." -Tar
— Melvin Burgess
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Barry, you're over thirty years old. You owe it to your mum and dad not to sing in a group called Sonic Death Monkey.
— Nick Hornby
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Dad claims that library science is the foundation of all sciences just as math is the key -- and we will survive or founder, depending…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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Dad," said Will, his voice very faint. "Are you a good person?" "To you and your mother, yes, I try. But no man's a hero…
— Ray Bradbury
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Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I can't stop thinking what I know. And I know that…
— Stephen Chbosky
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The Screaming flashed me back to a time when mom and dad were still together if you could call miles apart together.
— Ellen Hopkins
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Hee hee hee! You should've seen the look on your face!" "If mom and dad cared about me at all, they'd buy me some infra-red…
— Bill Watterson
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He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run. He…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Hey Dad, will you buy me a flame thrower? Of course not. Don't be silly. Even if I didn't use it in the house?
— Bill Watterson
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How're we getting to King's Cross tomorrow, Dad?" asked Fred as they dug into a sumptuous pudding. "The Ministry's providing a couple of cars," said…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I…
— Mark Twain
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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?
— Bill Watterson
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