Dad Quotes (408)
Quotes and Citations about dad
But all that having been said, you can't, in a city of a million people like Karbala, or 5 million like Baghdad, you can't be in all places at all times... view
By: John Abizaid
You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward... view
By: Andre Agassi
We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible... view
By: Peter Agre
Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom... view
By: Tim Allen
The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else... view
By: Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that they have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly... view
By: Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!.. view
By: Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
There is no presence of American infidels in the city of Baghdad... view
By: Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
They're not even within 100 miles of Baghdad. They are not in any place. They hold no place in Iraq. This is an illusion... they are trying to sell to the others an illusion... view
By: Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school... view
By: Gillian Anderson
I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason... view
By: Jon Lee Anderson
My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it... view
By: Kevin J. Anderson
My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related... view
By: Loni Anderson
If a cow walked into this room, I'd probably walk out. I could milk it, but my dad never forced me to do a lot of chores like that, mostly because he loved doing it himself... view
By: Stuart Appleby
I've brought my daughters all over the world-they travel with me. I drag them out of school just to keep the relationship. When I'm home I'm a big-time daddy... view
By: Armand Assante
My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true... view
By: John Astin
My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year... view
By: Tracy Austin
They have had such a crazy life living with me as their dad. Not crazy but different from their friends... view
By: Sebastian Bach
You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate... view
By: Dusty Baker
My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery store with eight or nine children - in the backroom all together - and my grandmother got the idea to go into the movie business... view
By: Bob Balaban
My dad was the baby. When he was born they were already successful. They sent him to business school - he probably would have loved to have been a poet or a writer or something, and he was very creative... view
By: Bob Balaban
My daddy died when I was two years old. My mother raised my two older brothers and me. And we couldn't have had a better situation. I mean, she was the - ran the concession stand at the Little League, and she was the first woman president of The Touchdown Club, the booster club for the high school football team. And so, I had a wonderful childhood... view
By: Haley Barbour
I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all... view
By: Theodore Bikel
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 - three people took a billion dollars. What were they gonna do, start their own space program? 'Let's send the monkey to Mars, Dad!'.. view
By: 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 keep track of them... view
By: Rod Blagojevich
My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing... view
By: Dan Blocker
Studies show that children best flourish when one mom and one dad are there to raise them... view
By: 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. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office... view
By: 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 special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right... view
By: Wade Boggs
As it has been told to me, my Dad had some kind of deal with Dick Clark. But when we got here, that fell through. So we were out here with no job, no furniture, no food... view
By: Danny Bonaduce
I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't... view
By: Debby Boone
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 going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan... view
By: David Bowie
You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win... view
By: Terry Bradshaw
If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore... view
By: Carol Moseley Braun
We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years... view
By: Beau Bridges
My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad... view
By: Beau Bridges
For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad... view
By: Jeff Bridges
Working with my dad was such a gas. We approached the work in a similar way. We only made two films together when I was an adult, Tucker, and Blown Away, but it was so much fun to play with your parent like that... view
By: Jeff Bridges
My dad was an Arsenal supporter and he used to take me there, but I've always been Chelsea... view
By: Eric Bristow
My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove... view
By: Poppy Z. Brite