Dad Quote by Virgil Abloh Download Open image “My dad is a Ghanaian immigrant, and he wanted a son who was an engineer.” — Virgil Abloh ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dad Engineer Immigrant Immigration Son Who
I was one of the only children having an immigrant father in my elementary school. — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Copy Share Image
Like every father who wants his son to be either an engineer or a doctor, my father wanted me to become a doctor. I… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
My father is Nigerian; my mother is from Texas and African-American. My father was the first in his family to go to university. He flew from Nigeria to Los Angeles in the '70s to go to UCLA, where he met my mother. They broke up before I was born, and he returned to Nigeria. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share
My father was a construction engineer, and my mother was a production engineer. — Mikhail Khodorkovsky Copy Share Image
My parents were engineers. In the 1970s, they came to the United States as refugees from Uganda. Seeing everything this country did for my… — Reshma Saujani Copy Share Image
I'm Colombian-American. My father wanted me to have American citizenship, but he wanted to raise me in Colombia. — Kali Uchis Copy Share Image
My mother was born in Ghana, but she moved to the U.K. when my sisters and I were born. — Philomena Kwao Copy Share Image
I came to America when I was six. In true African form, my parents wanted me to be a doctor or lawyer or engineer. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic. — Dayo Okeniyi Copy Share Image
In my case, everything starts from Marcel Duchamp and the new expressive possibilities he gave us with his ready-mades. I transferred his artistic language… — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
My lifestyle doesn't really account for movies. I can't even remember what I last saw. — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
The blue-collar culture, it's not really a buttoned-up aesthetic. It's a heavy-labor thing because you're, like, sweating. — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
For me, just as a social recorder of 2016, there's a new girl that emerged that can shop in between Zara and designer and… — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
My first degree was in structural engineering, which is super-boring. — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
All the skateboarding brands that I was into had graphic T-shirts. In the '90s, there were different styles that went along with the different… — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
The most important message is to let me just focus on making the most beautiful normcore clothes, but as luxurious as possible. — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
Grandma, please. It’s okay. Dad’s doing a great job. I give him kudos for at least being calm and rational, and not losing his… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
As a family, we all loved the Flyers. To me, rooting for the Flyers were how I bonded with my dad especially. — Adam F. Goldberg Copy Share Image
My greatest memories as a kid were playing sports with my dad and watching sports with my dad. — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
Here I am, 11 years old, and these grown men have to give it everything they have to beat me. In one part of… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I always remember what my dad told me when I decided to turn into an actor. He was emphatic that whatever I do, I… — Karthi Copy Share Image
My mom and dad had the relationship that I want, and they were teammates. They were always equal 50/50. — Becca Kufrin Copy Share Image
The child who ran weeping to you with a cut finger is now brought home, smiling gamely, with a broken collarbone and incredible contusions-… — Pam Brown Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I saw this anti-drug commercial that showed a kid smoking pot in his dad's room with his friend. This kid finds a gun, the… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
It's something he used to say when he was happy. It could be a very, very simple day. We might be sitting out on… — Jennifer Grant Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
