“My dad was a great competitor in his own way. He would never let us win at anything, and we had to work our tails off to beat him.” WayWinningDadBeatsMy DadTailsCompetitors Author:Pete Carroll
“You can write songs about your comic books and the girl or boy you sort of know and your mom and dad and it's all right there in front of you.” KnowsWritingBookSongGirlBoysFrontsMomDadComicComic BookYour MomMom And Dad Author:Scott McClanahan
“There was a lot of tension between my dad and his mother and brothers. Sometimes when I was over there, I remember thinking, "I don't want to get shot."” ThinkingWantSometimesRememberMotherBrotherDadShotsMy DadTension Author:Scott McClanahan
“I grew up singing in Kansas. My dad had a band when I was growing up. So I sang in church and school and started singing with his band when I was seven. So I've been singing all my life.” SchoolChurchGrowing UpGrowingGrewDadBandGrew UpSingingSevenMy DadKansas Author:Martina McBride
“My most popular blogs end up being the ones where I talk about being a dad.” EndsDadBlogsBeing A Dad Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“Whatever backlash I was going to get, whatever consequence there was for stating my opinion, I was OK with. Because I look at my son's eyes, I look at the eyes of my daughter, and I would be a bad dad if my No. 1 goal wasn't always to put them in the best situation as possible.” IfsLooksWould BeEyeGoalSituationOpinionSonDadDaughterConsequenceMy DaughterMy SonBacklash Author:Andrew Hawkins
“Even the mood of a lot of people, my dad gets on me a lot because he's like people love answers but I'm more for questions, ask the right questions.” PeopleAsksAnswersDadMy DadMoodRight Questions Author:Asher Roth
“When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and started going to this folk club in Auckland. My dad [Barry Andrews] was in punk and post-punk bands, so I guess it was a side of music I hadn't really listened to before - the really narrative form of songwriting.” WantedFilmFormYoungSidesDadBandMy DadFolksClubsPostsNarrativeSongwritingPunkAndrewFolk Music Author:Finn Andrews
“I was 12 or 13, and I had seen a demo about origami at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. My dad, my step-mom, and I were at the Japan pavilion of Epcot, and my dad was going to get me an origami book. They had these really sick origami books with an overleaf, but those packs can sometimes blow, because they give you, like, eight sheets.” GivingBookSometimesStepsMomDadGardenSickMy DadBlowEightJapanPacksSheetsBrooklynDemosOrigamiEpcot Author:Adam Richman
“I love martial-arts movies. I grew up with my dad watching kung-fu theater every Sunday. So it was kind of my thing.” KindArtGrewDadGrew UpTheaterMy DadSundayMartial ArtsKung Fu Author:Milla Jovovich
“I really didn't know what I wanted to do. I went to art school and tried a bunch of different things, but I knew I wanted to do something in the visual arts. And I'd always been around my dad's film sets, so the interest was there. But I didn't have the guts to say, "I want to be a director," especially coming from that family.” KnowsWantArtDifferentWantedSchoolFilmInterestDadDirectorsMy DadBunchVisualsGutsDifferent ThingsArt SchoolVisual ArtFilm Set Author:Sofia Coppola
“It came time to go to college. My dad said, go wherever you want. Take whatever you want. He just really believed in getting out and being exposed to different things.” WantSaidDifferentCollegeDadMy DadDifferent ThingsExposed Author:Ray Liotta
“When you're growing up, your dad is your superhero. Once you've let yourself fall that in love with someone, once you put him on such a high pedestal and he lets you down, you never want to experience that pain again.” WantPainFallGrowing UpGrowingDadSuperheroPedestalYour Dad Author:Jay-Z
“Humans have real superpowers and when I see my dad, and saw my dad, work with communities and help people change viewpoints, and lead people in healing and guide them through troubled waters in their lives, that represents to me a real world wizard - if you want to look at it with prismatic eyes. That's what they're talking about you read about a magician.” PeopleIfsWorldWantHumansLooksRealHelpingEyeWaterCommunityHealingTalkingSawsDadMy DadGuidesReal WorldMagicianWizardsViewpointsSuperpowerTroubled Waters Author:Guillermo E. Brown
“Ironically, I come from a family of lawyers - my dad, my grandfather, and now my oldest son. And some of my very best friends are lawyers, though they don't resemble the ones that appear in my novels.” NovelSonDadMy DadLawyerGrandfatherMy GrandfatherOldest Son Author:Carl Hiaasen
“My drummer right now, who was also the first drummer in Weeping Tile, Jon McCann, told me that [Hip drummer] Johnny Fay took drum lessons from [McCann's] dad, who taught a lot of the drummers in Kingston. He said that when he was in Grade 9, the Hip were the model; the goal was to get an agent and gig as much as possible.” FirstsSaidGoalTaughtDadLessonsRight NowModelsAgentsHipsGradesWeepingGigsDrummerTiles Author:Sarah Harmer
“I grew up going to church. My dad was a pastor. I knew that God had a plan for my life. I knew that Jesus was the only way to Heaven. But I loved sin. The Bible says that sin is pleasurable for a season and I loved it.” WayJesusHeavenChurchSinPlansGrewDadGrew UpSeasonsMy DadPastorGoing To Church Author:Dominic Balli
“My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I came by all that honestly.” FirstsFatherDadMy DadHonestlyProtestActivistPhysicistStanford Author:Joan Baez
“I got into music because my Dad used to tell everyone I had the voice of an angel when I was two-years-old.” YearsTwoUsedVoiceDadMusic IsAngelMy DadTwo YearsTwo Year Olds Author:Janine and The Mixtape
“My Dad played the trombone and I think my Mom played the piano for about two years. It is very self-driven. They pushed me to do piano lessons, but they were never forceful about anything. They never pushed me to sing or anything, it was something that I did myself.” ThinkingYearsTwoSelfMomDadLessonsMy DadMy MomDrivenPianoTwo YearsPiano LessonTrombone Author:Thomston
“My dad is an engineer by trade but worked a lot with the people in the Indian film industry when I was growing up. He started out distributing films from India here in the '70s because there was no place to go for people to watch movies from the homeland. So he developed a network of actors, writers, directors, and musicians that became his friends and that he would tour around the country with, doing stage shows of the musical numbers from their films.” PeopleCountryShowsFilmActorsNumbersWatchesGrowing UpGrowingStageIndustryDadDirectorsMusicianIndiaTradeMusicalMy DadIndianEngineersHomelandFilm IndustryPlaces To GoWatch Movie Author:Meera Menon
“We called my dad MacGyver when I was a kid, and I learned a lot from him. He just enjoys problem solving in that way. I do, too, which is something I inherited.” WayProblemKidsEnjoyDadMy DadProblem SolvingMacgyver Author:Lucas Till
“Between my mom and dad, I would hear a lot of Earth, Wind, and Fire. My mom loved Chaka Khan, so that was on in the car a lot.” EarthFireCarWindMomDadMy MomMom And Dad Author:Jillian Hervey
“You know, you always want to just do your own thing - I mean some people want to be exactly like their parents - Ibut I wanted to do my own thing and I ended up doing a kind of mix of my mom and dad.” PeopleKnowsWantKindMeanWantedParentMy OwnMomDadMy MomMom And Dad Author:Jillian Hervey
“I feel like my dad was the more artistic one, creating his own thing, loving to be around people, and all this stuff, doing exciting things, and my mom was more of the performer.” PeopleFeelsStuffMomDadCreatingExcitingMy DadMy MomArtisticPerformersExciting Things Author:Jillian Hervey
“As we're growing and stuff, it's been amazing to feel so embraced and have them be so excited. I definitely leaned into my dad a little more starting out because once we actually started to get those people knocking on our doors and emailing.” PeopleFeelsLittlesStuffGrowingDoorsDadMy DadStartingExcitedKnockingStarting Out Author:Jillian Hervey
“My dad talked a good game. [I'm as a] child got only the World Series on the radio.” WorldChildrenGamesDadSeriesMy DadRadioWorld Series Author:W. P. Kinsella
“I think people couldn't really put me in [one race]. I wasn't Mexican, I wasn't white, I wasn't black, I wasn't Asian... I wasn't anything, and I didn't really fit into anybody's group. My dad is Mexican, and my mom is French and Danish.” PeopleThinkingBlackWhiteRaceGroupsMomDadFitMy DadMy MomAsianMexicanDanish Author:Jessica Alba
“When I grew up in Seattle, by the way, in the 70's, it was a fishing village. There were loggers and fishers and my dad had a sewer company and it wasn't the way Seattle is now. Culturally, it was very different back then.” WayDifferentCompanyGrewDadGrew UpMy DadFishingVillageSeattleSewers Author:Rainn Wilson
“When I was playing in a junior tournament one time, I missed a short putt and threw my putter into the trees. I went on to win the tournament and later, instead of my dad congratulating me, he told me that if I ever threw a club again, I'd never play in another golf tournament. I haven't thrown a club since.” IfsPlayWinningTreeHavensDadGolfMy DadClubsThrownOne TimeJuniorsTournamentsGolf Tournaments Author:Arnold Palmer
“Dad and Mom were frustrated artists - Dad wanted to study engineering or architecture and Mom wanted to be an actress - but the world was a different place when they were young so Dad became a public works foreman and Mom became a stay-at-home mom. When I said I wanted to be a writer, they were thrilled. They did everything in their power to support me.” WorldSaidDifferentHomeWantedYoungArtistSupportStudyMomDadActressesArchitectureEngineeringFrustratedDifferent PlaceStay At HomeSupport MeStay At Home Mom Author:Eden Robinson
“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!” HalfDadTwentiesMy DadExesOther HalfGood PlaceEx Boyfriend Author:Jenny Mollen
“I have met a lot of the people who were stiffed by you and your businesses, Donald [Trump]. I've met dishwashers, painters, architects, glass installers, marble installers, drapery installers, like my dad was, who you refused to pay when they finished the work that you asked them to do.” PeoplePayTrumpDadMetsMy DadGlassesFinishedPainterArchitectMarbleDishwashers Author:Hillary Clinton
“My mom moved up north to make more money to support the family, and I was left with my dad and I was just bounced around from one family to another.” LeftSupportMomDadMovedMy DadMy MomMore MoneyUp North Author:Diamond Dallas Page
“I don't really remember much before was eight, but I do remember that my dad brought me to drop me off at my grandmother's house, and he was a very emotional guy, but that was the first time I really saw him cry, cos I knew it killed him to have to give me up, but he knew I needed some family structure. That was the last time I'd see him or talk to him when he was sober for the next 10 years.” GivingYearsFirstsLastsRememberGuyNextHouseSawsCryEmotionalNeededDadFirst TimeGive MeStructureMy DadEightGrandmotherLast TimeSoberMy Grandmother Author:Diamond Dallas Page
“I took Jujitsu for four years, which has no striking. My dad had me in Taekwondo when I was a kid, but I didn't retain much of that.” YearsKidsFourDadMy DadFour YearsTaekwondo Author:Lucas Till
“There must be a reason that these bad things happen to me. I must be dysfunctional. So why would my dad leave? Why would he kill himself? Why would I be violated? And when you're 6-years-old, you can't comprehend that. But as you get much older in life, you begin to think what's wrong with me?” ThinkingYearsReasonHappensDadMy DadThings HappenBad ThingsOld YouBad Things Happen Author:Paula White
“I'm the granddaughter of a factory worker from Scranton, Pennsylvania. He went to work in the same lace mill every day for 50 years. He believed he passed it down to my dad, who passed it down to me, that if he did what he was supposed to do, he'd have a good life and his kids would have an even better life. That is the American dream. That is what we believe in, that's what we've got to keep going generation after generation.” IfsYearsBelieveDreamKidsGenerationsDadWorkersMy DadKeep GoingGood LifeFactoriesAmerican DreamBetter LifeMillsLacePennsylvaniaGranddaughterFactory Workers Author:Hillary Clinton
“I'm just grateful my dad never got a contract with Donald Trump, because I don't know what we would have done.” KnowsDoneTrumpDadGratefulMy DadContracts Author:Hillary Clinton
“I'm a small town boy from a place not too different from Farmville. I grew up with a corn field in my backyard. My grandfather had emigrated to this country when he was about my son's age. My mom and dad built everything that matters in a small town in southern Indiana. They built a family and a good name and a business, and they raised a family.” DifferentCountryMatterAgeNamesBoysFieldsSonGrewMomDadGrew UpBuiltTownsRaisedMy MomMy SonSouthernGrandfatherSmall TownCornMy GrandfatherBackyardsIndianaMom And Dad Author:Mike Pence
“A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.” LittlesTurnsFatherBabyDadDaughterMy DadMy DaughterDay To DayFatherhoodBack AgainFathers DayFather SonMother And FatherMother DaughterMother And DaughterFather And SonBeing A FatherLittle WomenGreat FatherFather DiedMom And DaughterMy Father DiedHappy First Fathers DayBest FatherDaughter To FatherFathers Day InspirationalFunny Fathers DayHappy Fathers DayHappy Fathers Day GodCute Fathers DayFather MotherGreat DadFunny FatherFunny Happy Fathers DayHappy Fathers Day MomInspirational FatherLove My DadFathers Day ImagesHappy Fathers Day GreetingsHappy Fathers Day ImagesNew FatherFather Daughter LoveFathers Day PoemsI Love My DadChristian Fathers DayFathers Day CardDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Enid Bagnold
“We played in an era where you were taught to hate your opponent. But life changes. I raise my kids differently than my mom and dad raised their kids.” KidsHateTaughtMomDadRaisesRaisedMy MomErasLife ChangingOpponentsHate YouMom And Dad Author:Wayne Gretzky
“Who I am is a dad and a family guy. When I look in the mirror and talk to myself, that's what I want to reflect.” WantLooksGuyDadMirrorsWho I AmFamily Guy Author:Michael Buble
“I was so lucky. I had a dad and a mom that loved me and my sisters so much. My Uncle Mike and Uncle Frank were married. They must be together for fortysomething years now. Long story short, there was never any stigma attached to that. At the youngest age, I remember my dad saying, "Sometimes men love men and women love women. It's nature.” MenYearsLongSometimesStoriesAgeTogetherRememberMomDadLuckyMarriedMen And WomenMy DadMy SisterFrankUnclesMikeStigmaSo LuckyLong Story Author:Michael Buble
“Eventually I had so many little melodies and ideas that, you know, that they were all songs to me and I threw in a few cover songs like Enya's "Watermark," Bach, and my dad's song, "Song for the Whales."” KnowsLittlesIdeasSongDadMy DadMelodyWhalesCover Songs Author:Petra Haden
“Our dad played us a lot of old country songs by The Carter Family and he would sing along to it. I loved listening to him sing.” CountrySongListeningDadCarter Author:Petra Haden
“My dad went to medical school, and when he studied he listened to music so he has a ridiculous CD collection. That was always something we had growing up from him; there was always good music playing at the house.” SchoolHouseGrowing UpGrowingDadMy DadMedicalRidiculousCollectionsCdsMedical School Author:William Clark Green
“Growing up with my dad being a musician, it seemed like a male centric world to me. I just didn't know many girls playing guitar.” KnowsWorldGirlGrowing UpGrowingDadMusicianMalesGuitarMy DadPlaying Guitar Author:Lola Kirke
“I'm an only child. My mum and dad are six in each family. They're both twins, and they only wanted one. I always say to them though that they're lucky - it could have all gone wrong.” ChildrenWantedGoneDadLuckySixMumTwinsOnly ChildMum And Dad Author:Luke Evans
“I'm very, very close to my mum and dad. My mum is only nineteen years older than me, so she could be my older sister, which is really nice.” YearsNiceDadMumReally NiceNineteenOlder SisterMum And Dad Author:Luke Evans