“Somebody under 30, if the name Frank Zappa came up, they would just say, "Who?" To me that didn't sit well, because I felt my dad's accomplishments in music should be better known, not just in a popular way, but better understood.” IfsWayShouldWellsNamesFeltKnownDadUnderstoodMy DadAccomplishmentFrankZappa Author:Dweezil Zappa
“I was given all of my dad's guitars when he passed, and they were being stored at the house. My mother decided they were hers again, and she took them all back, and now they're going up for auction.” MotherHouseGivenDadDecidedGuitarMy DadAuctions Author:Dweezil Zappa
“My mom and dad have had a huge impact on my life, so I look up to them. As a actor, I would say Hugh Jackman.” LooksActorsHugeMomDadImpactMy MomLook UpMom And Dad Author:Jacob Hopkins
“My dad died when I was a kid, so I think it became a place for me to go where my mom knew that I was safe and taken care of and looked after.” ThinkingCareKidsTakenMomDadSafeDiedMy DadMy MomDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Zachary Quinto
“My parents, the effect that [Frank Sinatra] had on the Italian community, in terms of all our friends at the house were multicultural. We weren't just Italians. My dad's close friend was a black gentleman - this was back in the early 50s when Tony Bennett was reprimanded for having lunch, when he was in the military, with a black man.” MenHouseParentBlackTermCommunityEffectsMilitaryDadMy DadGentlemanItalianLunchFrankClose FriendsMulticultural Author:Robert Davi
“I had a different upbringing - my dad worked three jobs. You know, it wasn't as easy as they had it.” KnowsDifferentJobsThreeEasyDadMy DadUpbringing Author:Robert Davi
“I first learnt to program a computer when I was nine, when my dad got a ZX80, but I think I would have had to be a particularly perspicacious child to have foreseen the iPad or Twitter!” ThinkingFirstsChildrenDadComputerProgramMy DadNineIpadsForeseen Author:Suw Charman-Anderson
“I remember when I was maybe 27 years old and kind of at the height of my movie stardom - it was around the time of the Oscar and this and that. I think I was very much believing my own hype, which how could you not? I was sitting with my dad, feeling great about my life and everything that was happening, and he was like, "You know, you're getting a little weird...You're kind of an asshole." And I was like, "What the hell?" I was totally devastated. But it turned out to be basically the best thing that ever happened to me.” ThinkingKnowsYearsBelieveKindLittlesFeelingsRememberMy OwnHellHappenedLike YouDadHappeningsSittingMy DadBest ThingsHeightOscarsRemember WhenMovie StarHypeDevastatedStardomBest Thing That Ever Happened To MeFeeling Great Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“It's the difference between someone who loves you more than anything in the world giving you criticism and getting it from some bitter stranger on the Internet. What my dad said to me was the kind of criticism where I was like, "Oh, my God, I'm on the wrong track." I'm so grateful to him for doing that. He was such a no-nonsense guy in that sense.” WorldGivingKindSaidGuyDifferencesLove YouInternetDadCriticismGratefulMy DadTrackStrangerBitterNonsenseSo GratefulLove You MoreNo Nonsense Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“I never followed a band, I never followed a - nothing. I think maybe it's because my mom and dad were not like that, and it was just me and mom and dad. We were very close; we spent a lot of time just together, just enjoying each other's company.” ThinkingTogetherEnjoyCompanyMomDadBandMy MomMom And Dad Author:Luke Evans
“I never had a magazine, I never listened to a certain band. Actually, I was listening to bands from the '60s and '70s with my dad, so I knew more about The Beatles than I did about what was topical in my life.” CertainListeningDadBandMy DadMagazines Author:Luke Evans
“In fact, I told our dear friends, the Burrell boys, five boys lived next door to us. "Why, we don't see your dad anymore?" "Oh, yeah. Yeah. He" - I lied. I said, "He comes home at night when you guys are in bed. He gets us up and we play." I said it so much that I started to believe it myself, you know?” KnowsBelieveSaidPlayFactsHomeNightGuyNextBoysFiveDoorsDadBedYeahDearComing HomeLiedDear FriendYour Dad Author:Bryan Cranston
“My dad was a dentist but I wasn't a hygienist. I assisted my dad.” DadMy DadDentist Author:Bill Burr
“My mom is really great with me and for me, because I think she makes an effort to make sure there is some normalcy in my life, and her and my dad don't really treat me any differently.” ThinkingEffortMomDadTreatsMy DadMy MomReally GreatNormalcy Author:Ashley Greene
“My Dad took a workshop from a photographer who worked at the Toledo Blade, a newspaper I delivered. I knew this photographer's work. My Dad took a night class from him at the University of Toledo. Without that class, I wouldn't have become a photographer, because my Dad came home and taught me what he learned in class.” HomeNightClassTaughtDadPhotographerUniversityMy DadNewspapersBladesWorkshopsToledo Author:Sam Abell
“People say to me, "Who's your favorite kind of photographer?" Or "Who would be your favorite photographer to have in a workshop?" And I always say, "My Dad."” PeopleKindWould BeDadPhotographerMy DadWorkshopsYour Favorite Author:Sam Abell
“I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believed in me, and I think the last thing he said to me before he passed away was, 'I know you're gonna be OK. I'm not worried about you.'” ThinkingKnowsFeelsSaidLastsBusinessRelationshipDadMy DadWorriedLazyPassed AwayBusiness Sense Author:Kim Kardashian
“We're our kids' first and best role models. So the first question is, what are you as a mom or a dad doing every day, or every week, to start getting into the good habits?” FirstsKidsRolesWeekMomHabitDadModelsRole ModelsGood Habits Author:Michelle Obama
“I wanted to be a jockey. I'm serious. First time I got on a horse, I loved it. That's what I wanted to be, but my dad asked me to start performing with my family.” FirstsWantedSeriousDadFirst TimeMy FamilyHorseMy DadPerformingJockeys Author:Janet Jackson
“How my relationship with my parents influenced my writing, really not at all. My dad was a mechanic, my mom a nurse.” WritingParentMomDadMy DadMy MomNurseMechanic Author:Max Lucado
“I got into comics about the same time as music. By 12 years old, I had discovered my dad's killer comic book collection filled with Silver Age books from his youth...early Spider-Man, Thor, Fantastic Four, The Hulk, Detective Comics, Action Comics, you name it. Seeing those old books got me interested in new comics, so my friends and I would hit the local comic shop every Saturday to pick up the cool titles of my generation.” MenYearsBookAgeActionNamesFourSeeingGenerationsYouthDadPicksMy FriendsFilledMy DadLocalsComicFantasticTitlesCollectionsShopsSilverKillersComic BookSaturdaySpidersDetectivesMy GenerationSpider ManOld BooksFantastic Four Author:Alan Robert
“Baseball I played literally from the time I can remember. My dad had played, my older brother played, so I always wanted to be like my older brother. That just kind of was a natural thing that I fell into.” KindI CanWantedRememberNaturalBrotherDadBaseballMy DadNatural ThingsOlder Brother Author:Tyler Hoechlin
“My dad was very worried that I wasn't saving and didn't have a pension. I've never invested well.” WellsDadMy DadSavingWorriedPension Author:Paul Young
“My dad fought in Korea. It was one of the first stories I remember hearing about.” FirstsStoriesRememberDadMy DadHearingKorea Author:Paul Beatty
“The turmoil that my dad went through, and then by extension, the kids went though, was profound and disastrous for the marriage, for the family.” KidsDadProfoundMy DadExtensionsTurmoil Author:Bryan Cranston
“We need our Dads right now, we need strong fathers. I really want fathers to get close to their children.” WantNeedsChildrenFatherStrongDadRight Now Author:Cory Hardrict
“It's a different world for those of us who are doing this for a living. Certainly a lot different than my dad had to deal with when he was calling games on a national level for CBS. It's just a different world. I'm not saying it's better or worse, there's just a lot more access.” WorldDifferentGamesLevelsDealsDadCallingMy DadAccessDifferent Worlds Author:Joe Buck
“With all the new technology, DVD's, Blu-Ray's, NetFlex, everyone has access to older movies. There is a new generation now of Freddy fans. Fathers that saw the movie originally, these guys are dads now, and they let their kids watch them.” KidsGuyFatherWatchesTechnologySawsGenerationsFansDadAccessRaysNew TechnologyNew GenerationDvds Author:Robert Englund
“I used to have to come home and write and then record work tapes of those new songs. So now I can do it all on the road and that has been a huge difference that has happened in 2016. It is the only way for me to really balance. There is a lot of overhead, but it's a big investment towards being a dad and a husband, which is ultimately my number one goal.” WayWritingHas BeensI CanHomeBigsUsedSongGoalCan DoDifferencesNumbersRecordsHappenedHugeBalanceDadHusbandInvestmentComing HomeTapeI Can Do ItOverheadNew SongsBeing A Dad Author:Granger Smith
“Knowing that I am out here, with a full open heart, travelling and living my dream with my guys playing music, that allows me to come home and be a better man, a better dad, knowing that I am fulfilling what I have always wanted to do.” MenHeartHomeDreamWantedGuyKnowingDadComing HomeFulfillingPlaying MusicOpen HeartBetter Man Author:Granger Smith
“It's this amazing combination to play, really, of somebody who's actually very fragile and hasn't really grown up properly yet - at least in a healthy environment - and has suffered immense loss with her dad - like that line where she says, [in the words of her father [King George VI], "Yes, 'Elizabeth is my pride but Margaret's my joy." She holds onto it!” PlayJoyFatherLinesLossEnvironmentPrideKingsDadHealthyCombinationFragileImmenseHealthy Environment Author:Vanessa Kirby
“My dad is a big extrovert - he's a doctor - but he always loved [William] Shakespeare and he took us to tons of theater.” BigsDadDoctorsTheaterMy DadExtroverts Author:Vanessa Kirby
“I think the macho mystique was far more a guiding principle in our Dad's generation than ours, the 'strong silent type' was much more common.” ThinkingStrongCommonPrinciplesGenerationsTypeDadSilentMachoMystiqueGuiding Principles Author:James Redford
“I come from a liberal tradition. I'm Jewish. My dad was a liberal. What I've found is that people who see themselves as thoughtful, caring, educated and informed have swallowed psychiatry as the way.” PeopleWayFoundDadTraditionMy DadCaringEducatedThoughtfulPsychiatry Author:Peter Breggin
“When [my dad] was at the University of Michigan, my mom was a social-worker. As he rose, he voted for [Adlai] Stevenson initially. Then he voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. Then he kept voting Republican until he voted for Barack Obama. So that's kind of amazing. But he was offered a cabinet post by Eisenhower in his second term. So he was moderate Republican. But if you asked him, he would've said, "I don't have any politics. I'm a business person." Mainstream, the American view, as he understood it.” IfsKindPersonsSaidSocialTermViewsMomDadRepublicanUnderstoodRoseWorkersUniversityMy DadMy MomBarackPostsVotingMainstreamModeratesCabinetsMichiganSocial WorkerBusiness PersonDwightDwight EisenhowerUniversity Of MichiganVoting Republican Author:Bill Ayers
“My dad told me at the very beginning of my career, basically, "If you're gonna have a megaphone, you're gonna need to use it to do some kind of good." He has always been aggravated by any kind of celebrities that don't have any charities or love or passion or something they're trying to help.” IfsNeedsTryingKindHelpingUsePassionCareersDadCharityMy DadAggravated Author:Ben Feldman
“I hate that blacks and Hispanics are pitted against each other I really do, call me naive, I grew up in an adopted family where my mom is Christian and Caucasian, my dad is Jewish, my sister is Mexican and I don't know, I don't tan so well. I think I'm mostly Irish.” ThinkingKnowsWellsChristianHateGrewMomDadGrew UpI HateMy DadMy MomCall MeMy SisterAdoptedNaiveMexicanCaucasian Author:Andrew Breitbart
“Usually the beginning of a story that people hear a lot. For example, "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut" or "My dad keeps losing his car keys." And then I just think of different ways the story could end. "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut. I don't understand why she's crying. I'm the one who has to get a new girlfriend." Then I try it out on stage. I don't do a lot of re-writing. My jokes either work or they don't. The trick is just to write a ton of jokes.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingTryingDifferentEndsStoriesStageCarCryExampleKeysDadLosingJokesMy DadTricksUpsetDifferent WaysGirlfriendMy GirlfriendHaircutsCar KeysNew GirlfriendNew Haircut Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“The Tiger Rising is, again, about a motherless child. His name is Rob Horton. He is dealing with the death of his mother, when he and his father move to a new town. And two things happen the same day that Rob gets sent home. One is he meets a girl named Sistine Bailey, who is what my mother would call "a piece of work," and he finds a real tiger in a cage in the woods behind the motel where he lives with his dad. And that's the story: what happens with the Sistine tiger, the real tiger and Rob's grief.” ChildrenTwoRealStoriesHomeHappensMovingMotherGirlFatherNamesGriefBehindsPiecesDadTownsWoodsThings HappenRisingTwo ThingsTigersCagesMotels Author:Kate DiCamillo
“I was known for being a bit of a clown. I remember my dad got me aside and said, "Just remember, everybody likes a clown, but nobody pays him." I've often been tempted to call him and say, "Remember how you told me...?" "Yeah?" "Yes, they do."” SaidRememberBitsPayKnownDadYeahMy DadLikesTemptedClown Author:Mel Gibson
“I enjoyed [playing lawyer in From The Hip] as an ode to my dad. My dad went to Harvard and Harvard Law School, so he had some friends that practiced in Boston. So, there was a big law firm that he hooked me up with the senior partner, then the senior partner hooked me up with a young lawyer who worked in the firm. And the young lawyer was married to a public defender. So I would hang out with them, and I could see both sides of it, those that are corporate attorneys and those that help the poor and the disenfranchised.” HelpingBigsSchoolLawYoungSidesPoorDadMarriedMy DadLawyerPartnersEnjoyedHipsCorporateFirmHanging OutSeniorBoth SidesBostonHarvardAttorneyDefendersHookedLaw SchoolHelp The PoorDisenfranchisedOdesLaw FirmsHarvard Law School Author:Judd Nelson
“Part of the reason I thought that I might do a series is, my dad has pretty much been on the same road to work for years and years. And it's like, "Could I do something like that? Am I so independent that I can't punch the clock at the same place?" So part of it was a kind of exercise. "Can I be responsible in this way?" And lo and behold, I could. Luckily. It'd be bad if I couldn't.” IfsWayYearsKindI CanReasonMightDadExerciseResponsibleIndependentSeriesMy DadClockBeing Responsible Author:Judd Nelson
“I've never been very fully employed either but just think of what it's like, you know, to go home with a mortgage payment you know and kids and everything else. My dad had that happen to him in the early '30s.” ThinkingKnowsHomeHappensKidsLike YouDadMy DadEmployedPaymentMortgage Author:Warren Buffett
“When [George W.] Bush was elected, I think they thought I would have some sort of special "in" with that administration, to provide some sort of inside poop. Which is not something I'd be interested in doing, and anyway, I didn't. I actually knew more people in his dad's administration. So it was obviously winding down at Rolling Stone, and they were having financial troubles, too. They weren't getting the advertising, and the issues were getting thin. They fired Bob Love, who'd been my editor there for a long time.” PeopleThinkingLongIssuesTroubleSpecialDadLong TimeStonesFinancialAdvertisingAdministrationEditorsBobRollingRolling StonesPoopWinding Down Author:P. J. O'Rourke