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Dad said I would always be "high minded and low waged" from reading too much Ralph Waldo Emerson. Maybe he was right.
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.
I got a little bit of the Marine mentality from my dad, I guess. You can't but help absorb the culture you're around.
I'm a dad, and that's really important to me, and I realize now that I'm a dad that it's a major part of my identity.
My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.
I've been a dad since I was nineteen, so I think a lot about fatherhood and the power of that sacrifice in your life.
Before Dad passed, we talked so much about the Goldust character, what it grew into, and how much he was proud of it.
The confidence in my ability to be a performer, a steeliness about survival... I learnt all those things from my dad.
My dad is one of my favorite human beings in the world. He's just a good person, and he could entertain a brick wall.
My dad had a very difficult life, a hard struggle all the time at work. I've always felt like I'm seeking his revenge.
Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.
My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.
Being a father is sometimes my hardest but always my most rewarding job. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.
I always ask my dad why wasn't I a lefty? Even when I was younger I wanted to be lefty. I could have been really good.
From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act.
To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.
When I was 13, I opened my own business called The Awesome Pretzel Company, and my dad helped me build a pretzel cart.
It's not easy for you, Dad You seek your own space You slope off to watch telly But still see (Mom's Mum's Mam's) face
My dad encouraged anything I wanted to do, especially music. Actually he drove me around to places where I could play.
I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.
My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in our basement.
Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up.
Dad: someone who hopes his son will turn out just like him, and who is afraid his daughters will meet someone who did.
When my dad needed a shirt ironed, he would yell downstairs to my mother, who would drop everything and iron his shirt.
My worldview comes from a collection of the books I have read, the people I have met, and my conversations with my dad.
I never got along with my dad. Kids used to come up to me and say, 'My dad can beat up your dad.' I'd say 'Yeah? When?'
My family always spent the warm months bottling fruit for storage, which Dad said we'd need in the Days of Abomination.
When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching.
My dad is a natural-born encourager. The last person who will ever tell you to lower your sights or give up your dream.
Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.
Industrialization created the Father's Catch-22: a dad loving his children by being away from the love of his children.
My dad would tell me to, 'Play for those who couldn't play.' So my motivation is for people who struggle in life daily.
It is because my dad died suddenly that I became an actor. I thought, I'm going to make money doing this thing I enjoy.
Who's my hero? That's a great question... Well, I think my dad is my hero, because he's someone I look up to every day.
In my twenties, my dad was paying half my rent and my ex boyfriend was paying the other half. I wasn't in a good place!
Before a big acting competition, my dad sent me a note that said, 'Define the moment. Don't let the moment define you.'
My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There was a huge controversy about them getting together.
The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
I got a horse when I was eight or 10 years old. And dad used to take me to the rodeo back home. I got into it big time.
When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.
I don't shoot anything. I could never kill an animal. My dad does all the hunting, and he eats everything that he kills.
I love being a dad, it keeps me fit and inspired and children are so funny. They always supply you with acting material!
My dad died from pancreatic cancer at 54... I'm making sure I'm eating my vegetables and staying away from the red meat.
I'm the whitest guy you will ever meet. The first time I saw an African-American, my dad had to tell me to stop staring.
Point me to 50 people online who think I'm super sexy. I'll point you to 50 more who say he's old and looks like my dad.
My dad's mission for me has always been to be a man they would write about, somebody that can be respected in the world.
When your dad makes a living as a children's singer, you figure, 'I can do anything.' He made up his own job and did it.
My dad is a big extrovert - he's a doctor - but he always loved [William] Shakespeare and he took us to tons of theater.
Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery.
My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.