“My mum was a dinner lady and a cleaner while dad worked night shifts as a hydraulic engineer. They did not have a lot of spare cash and only ever bought what they could afford. We never had a car and cycled everywhere. We never went to restaurants. I did not know what Chinese food tasted like until I was 15.” KnowsNightCarDadDinnerChineseRestaurantsCashEngineersMumSparesCleanersChinese FoodNight Shift Author:Kate Thornton
“We need to show how we really are and how we really are is that I'm the Dad, that's the Mom, these are the kids. This is how you respect us. It's "Yes Sir", "No Sir", "Yes Mam" and "No Mam". We don't see a lot of that on TV, so I just want to give an example and show examples on how a family should be versus how families are portrayed on TV.” WantNeedsGivingShouldShowsKidsExampleTvsMomDadVersus Author:Ginuwine
“My dad once told me that he would rather I had an old boyfriend than a tall boyfriend. I don't know why, I think he's just feels stressed by... He' not that short I just think the idea of a really tall guy is super anxiety producing to him. And now I'm with neither old guy nor a very tall guy. So everything has worked out perfectly.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsIdeasGuyDadAnxietyMy DadTallStressedOld GuysOld BoyfriendTall Guys Author:Lena Dunham
“My parents were open about sex. And my dad makes paintings that have a sexual component and it still scares me.” StillsSexParentPaintingDadMy DadScareComponents Author:Lena Dunham
“The current economic climate means getting out of college is no guarantee of getting a job, and no guarantee of a satisfying work life. My Dad feels that this is the first generation of Americans that expects that there children will have a harder time then they did. That's a fascinating concept.” FeelsFirstsMeanChildrenJobsGenerationsEconomicCollegeDadConceptsHarderClimateMy DadCurrentsGuaranteesFascinatingSatisfyingSatisfying WorkEconomic Climate Author:Lena Dunham
“My dad's a prominent theatre director in Toronto, so I grew up in that world, directing and producing theater since I was a teenager. I always loved movies but they seemed too complicated until I got a job as an assistant on a movie-of-the-week and the technical process became demystified, like peeking behind a magician's curtain. Not long after that I switched to movies and never looked back.” WorldLongJobsProcessBehindsWeekGrewDadDirectorsGrew UpTheaterMy DadComplicatedTheatreTeenagerCurtainsMagicianAssistantsProminentTorontoPeekingTheatre Directors Author:Ed Gass-Donnelly
“My parents weren't married. It wasn't like my dad up and left. I maintained a steady relationship with my grandparents. My dad's mother is my nana, and I'm closer to her than almost anybody in this world.” WorldMotherLeftParentThis WorldDadMarriedMy DadSteadyGrandparent Author:Alicia Keys
“My dad died when I was young. He was a good and decent man. There are a few things he would say that have just always stuck with me. He'd say, "Son, you're either part of the problem or part of the solution." Well, regrettably, President Obama has become part of the problem, and Mitt Romney is the solution.” MenWellsProblemYoungPresidentSonDadSolutionsDiedMy DadStuckDecentPresident ObamaRomneyDecent ManDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Paul Ryan
“I don't think anything has changed about me but my priorities have changed. At one point I was living my life and I didn't see a direct correlation between who I was affecting with my actions. I'm not as reckless, I'm probably not as fun or funny. I've turned to my dad's sense of humor. I think that having a family has put a lot more focus on what I do.” ThinkingActionFunFocusChangedDadDirectMy DadPrioritiesSense Of HumorLiving My LifeRecklessCorrelationThings Have Changed Author:Anthony Green
“I think that my experience as a single mom getting into relationships in an impoverished district with men that don't have options resonates with people. I don't get into the deadbeat dad thing. I don't think men innately decide to be irresponsible fathers. I think there's a backstory. They're given really bad choices. It's less deadbeat dads and more unemployed fathers, and some fathers decide to sedate and give up.” PeopleThinkingMenGivingChoicesFatherGivenMomDadGiving UpIrresponsibleUnemployedSingle MomBad Choices Author:Cheri Honkala
“Another very interesting chapter is the education of children: the victims of problems of the family are the children. The children. Even of problems that neither husband nor wife have a say in. For example, the needs of a job. When the dad doesn't have free time to speak to his children, when the mother doesn't have time to speak with her children.” NeedsChildrenProblemJobsMotherSpeakInterestingWifeExampleDadHusbandVictimChaptersVery InterestingFree Time Author:Pope Francis
“Every new thing upsets people. We all know someone that has a teenage kid who sits in the room and the television is on, their iPod is on, they have the computer on and at least three other electronic devices going while they're doing their homework. It drives the dad nuts, but he can't complain because the kid's a 4.1 (GPA) student.” PeopleKnowsKidsThreeRoomsStudentsTelevisionDadComputerComplainingUpsetDevicesNutsNew ThingsTeenageHomeworkIpodsElectronic DevicesGpa Author:Paul Saffo
“I remember my dad watched a lot of TV that we watched, too. I remember watching Saved By The Bell because me and my sister watched it, and my dad kind of watched it with us, too, while he was cooking or whatever he was doing in the kitchen.” KindRememberTvsDadCookingMy DadSavedKitchenMy SisterBells Author:June Diane Raphael
“Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works.” FatherFailingDadHusbandMy DadDiamondToysHusband And WifeFunny Dad Author:Shahrukh Khan
“Male say they're looking for a girl just like the girl who married dear old dad, but what they really want, and usually get, is an empty-headed little chick who's very young and very physical -and very submissive.” WantLittlesYoungGirlDadMarriedEmptyMalesDearChicksSubmissiveLooking For A Girl Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“If I'm a young mom or young dad, I can find a great source of strength. God has promised that He will help me to be the mom or dad that He wants me to be. He has promised to be with me every step of the way. He has promised that He will never leave me or forsake me. These are wonderful promises that I can learn to trust and build a life on.” IfsWayWantI CanHelpingYoungStepsWonderfulSourceMomDadPromiseHelp MeWant MeLeaving MeEvery StepForsakeSource Of StrengthNever Leave MeHe Wants Me Author:Max Lucado
“I love our country. My dad served in the army. I always grew up with a song sense of belonging as an American. But I was also in the counterculture and I was coming from a place of fearing the police. So I was anti-establishment, but also loving your country. It's kind of an ironic sort of upbringing.” KindCountrySongGrewDadGrew UpArmyPoliceMy DadOur CountryBelongingIronicEstablishmentUpbringingLoving YouCounterculture Author:Mike Dirnt
“This is a nation of immigrants. We welcome people coming to this country as immigrants. My dad was born in Mexico of American parents; Ann's dad was born in Wales and is a first-generation American. We welcome legal immigrants into this country.” PeopleFirstsCountryNationsParentBornGenerationsDadMy DadWelcomeImmigrantsMexicoWales Author:Mitt Romney
“I see God as my heavenly father, like my earthly father, as loving and kind. Yes, he disciplined me, he helped me make good decisions, but I knew my dad was always there for me. If I made a mistake, I wouldn't run from my dad, I'd go to him.” IfsKindMadeRunningFatherDecisionMistakeDadMy DadHeavenlyHeavenly FatherMade A MistakeGood DecisionI Made A MistakeAlways There For Me Author:Joel Osteen
“My parents were not formally educated. Both were cognizant of the importance of education. The teachers and ministers were the role models, and they would say, you should want to be like Miss Gardiner, you should want to be like Mr. Freeman, or be like your dad. Shun the people who don't value education.” PeopleWantShouldValuesParentRolesTeacherMissingLike YouDadModelsImportanceEducatedMinistersRole ModelsYour DadFreemanValue Of EducationImportance Of EducationCognizant Author:David C. Driskell
“Our dad made everything competitive for me and brother. It always was a world championship, a national championship, Big 10 championship. It was always at stake in everything we did.” WorldMadeBigsBrotherDadStakesChampionshipNational Championships Author:John Harbaugh
“The biggest thing our dad taught us is that enthusiasm is real. He talks about coaching with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind. To me, that's how he lives his life. And the relationships he had with his players.” RealPlayerMankindTaughtDadEnthusiasmCoachingTaught Us Author:John Harbaugh
“I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'” KnowsShouldHas BeensSaidFeelingsWisdomFatherPositiveDadShould HaveWake UpMy DadNot SureDesperateBreakupHeartbrokenCould Have BeenBreak UpShould Have BeenBeing PositiveIt Is What It IsBroke UpBroken Up Author:Nicole Kidman
“Real people are good and grumpy. They're nice and mean. And I come from a nice and mean family. My mom was nice, and my dad was mean. So I would've served myself a lot better if Louie Lundgren would've blown up at some of the people he was talking to. I think it would've really served everybody better. We'd probably still be on the air!” PeopleThinkingMeanRealNiceMomDadMy DadMy MomGrumpy Author:Louie Anderson
“I really made the cartoon Life with Louie with one reason in mind: I didn't have a very good relationship with my dad, and we didn't all watch TV together like we should've, like you hope for, like you've seen on TV, and I wanted to make it for moms and dads and their kids. That was always my goal. And then I wanted to put real things in it. We did a thing about the homeless and won a Humanitas award for that.” MindRealReasonKidsTogetherGoalLike YouMomDadMy DadVery GoodHomelessCartoonMom And DadGood Relationship Author:Louie Anderson
“I think I get in trouble sometimes, especially when it's like I need to be easier on [my] kids because maybe I'm a rule-follower now. I'll look at something like the kids' coloring or something and I'm like, "That's not the way that marker should be used." All imagination is gone, and it's just like, "Here's the proper way that we use a marker," you know? Maybe that's a dad thing.” ThinkingSometimesKidsImaginationTroubleDad Author:Timothy Simons
“I lived with my mom in Hawaii until I pissed her off. And then I came to live with my dad and pissed him off. He made me hustle, and claw, and fight. That's all stuff you want. You want that drive.” FightingMomDadMy DadMy MomHustle Author:Scott Eastwood
“I was forty the first time I directed. I formed a company in 1967, looking to the future. My dad taught me that whatever you do, do it well. Be the best at what you can do for that particular job in life. That always resonated with me.” DadFirst TimeMy DadBeing The BestForty Author:Clint Eastwood
“I remember something Clint Eastwood told me early on. I don't remember how old I was when you told me this, Dad. But you said, "As an actor, I never went back to my trailer. I always hung out on set and learned." That stuck with me.” RememberDadStuckHung Author:Scott Eastwood
“I'd say people get to work and start being more understanding of everybody - instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding. But get in there and get it done. Kick ass and take names. And this may be my dad talking, but don't spend what you don't have.” PeopleDoneUnderstandingDadMy DadAss Author:Clint Eastwood
“I think I can adapt quite easily from having a Spanish mother and an English dad and growing up in both places. I feel like I've got two lives - that Spanish life, which was so free, and then I lived in England and went to an all-girls, private school and had to fit in with that. That switching out and becoming someone else, I find it quite liberating, actually.” ThinkingSchoolMotherGrowing UpDadFitLiberatingPrivate School Author:Ana Mulvoy-Ten
“I think it's unhealthy to listen to what people say. My dad used to always say, "Don't believe in your own hype!" I was confused at the time: "Dad, there is no hype on me." But now I understand what he was saying. If someone says, "I think you're amazing" and someone says, "I think you're awful," I would like to have the same reaction to both, to be confident and calm enough to be able to take both of those and not be affected by either.” PeopleThinkingBelieveEnoughDadMy DadCalmConfusedBelieve In YouBe Confident Author:Ana Mulvoy-Ten
“For me and movies - and it is kind of similar to motherhood and raising your children - I always feel like there's more you can do, and I don't know if that's particularly a female quality. I don't know how dads feel, but there's definitely a never say die, no stone unturned, never give up a minute that you could be pushing it down the road and try to make it better.” GivingTryingKindChildrenQualityDadGiving UpFemaleOur ChildrenMotherhoodYour ChildrenNever Giving Up Author:Suzanne Todd
“I know my dad is a big Internet freak, and he's been known to be a Wikileaker.” KnowsBigsKnownInternetDadMy DadFreak Author:Anthony Kiedis
“It was difficult showing up in Grade 1 as Pierre Elliott Trudeau's son, it was difficult to become a high school teacher as Pierre Elliott Trudeau's son. That's something that I've lived with all my life. What people don't necessarily remember is that my father was an incredibly present dad as a prime minister.” PeopleSchoolRememberFatherDifficultTeacherSonDadHigh School Author:Justin Trudeau
“As a book person and a movie person, I feel Jewish. My Dad was more Buddhist than anything, and on the West Coast I've often had the impression that Jews become Buddhists. I think, if anything, my religion has more to do with California consciousness, vibrations and energy. My wife isn't Jewish. There's nothing ceremonial going on at our house, I mean, occasionally a candle gets lit. But, definitely, my Judaism is an ongoing relationship, one that remains to be consummated.” ThinkingMeanBookHouseEnergyConsciousnessWifeDadMy DadJewMy WifeImpressionBuddhistCandleJudaismLit Author:Jonathan Raymond
“Fathers are very, very important in building the foundations and self-esteem of children. For me, the way that I was raised, consideration, courtesy and manners are really key and I think the father plays a big role in setting an example to children in how to behave out in the world and how to treat people. It's a little bit different when it comes from the dad rather than the mum somehow.” PeopleThinkingWorldChildrenImportantDifferentFatherBuildingDadMannersBehaveConsiderationMumCourtesy Author:Liv Tyler
“Children are all unique, so when you're blending families it's really important to get to know each individual child... Being a stepparent can be a really incredible opportunity. Sometimes children pay attention and listen to someone who's not their blood parent. Sometimes I notice how my son Milo learns things from my best friends and people that have been around him, his grandparents and so on, in a way he can't from his own mum and dad. It takes a village!” PeopleChildrenImportantSometimesOpportunityIndividualParentAttentionSonDadUniqueIncrediblesPay AttentionMy SonMumGrandparentMy Best FriendMum And Dad Author:Liv Tyler
“It's a very painful, eye-opening experience to realize, "Wait a minute, my dad actually doesn't want me to be successful because he's not happy." Whether you call it misery loves company, it's not like parents are bad people. It's a human trait. It's just a thing.” PeopleWaitingParentRealizingSuccessfulDadMiseryMy DadPainfulBeing SuccessfulWant MeTraitsBad PeopleNot Happy Author:Gary Vaynerchuk
“My dad told me this a long time ago, never worry about what your next job is, just worry about what you are doing right then. As I grow older, I couldn't agree more with that advice. Sometimes you get so worried about what's next that you fail to appreciate what you have.” LongSometimesWorryFailingAdviceDadAppreciateAgreeMy DadWorriedDoing Right Author:Jeff Van Gundy
“I don't care how old your children get, you're always a dad.” ChildrenCareDadOur ChildrenYour Children Author:Jack Nicklaus
“My dad was a pump operator at the city water plant, and he didn't earn much money. But he was determined to pay whatever tiny part he owed for my tuition on time every month. So even though he had multiple sclerosis and often struggled just to get dressed in the morning, he hardly ever missed a day of work. His determination and love are an inspiration to me every day.” InspirationWaterMorningDadDeterminationPlantMy DadDeterminedMultiple Author:Michelle Obama
“If you're making yourself vulnerable in your writing, then they know where to hurt you, which is extra fun. I had to develop coping mechanisms on the fly, and slowly it got better, to the point where now I barely notice. I'm like an old, gnarly turtle now. The interaction with the troll who impersonated my dad made me start to understand who these people are, and I figured out, in a really profound way, that happy people don't do this. It's hard to feel afraid of someone when you pity them.” PeopleWritingFunHurtDadProfoundMy DadPityVulnerableExtrasCopingHappy PeopleTroll Author:Lindy West
“I can't quite say that I was raised Muslim, but I remember up until 5 or so I would pray, you know, with my dad. And it's actually a beautiful practice. It's giving of yourself to a higher power - no matter what you call that higher power. Living your life as close to what you think that higher power wants you to be is a really powerful thing.” ThinkingGivingBeautifulRememberPowerfulPrayingDadMy DadLive Your LifeHigher PowerReally Powerful Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“All I've ever wanted to do was be a great dad, and yet there's no stopping this existential mirror that's held up to yourself when you're about to have a kid.” KidsDadExistential Author:John Krasinski
“I was 13, and my dad actually sent photos to two different agencies of all of my family, and I had no idea. I was such a tomboy. I was playing basketball, living in Sweden, I didn't give a sh*t - I mean, obviously did not have dreams to be a model.” GivingMeanDifferentDreamDadBasketballMy FamilyMy Dad Author:Elsa Hosk
“Learning was never structured for me. I started playing when I was two. I would go to the gym with my dad who played regularly. I 'd get on the court and play when he would go for a drink of water or something. When I was four they shaved down the grip on a racquet so I could hold it. I can't even tell you why I loved being on the court, I just knew I enjoyed it. It was always about sports for me.” SportsWaterDadDrinkMy DadGym Author:Kane Waselenchuk
“The hero of the beloved Star Wars trilogy is Luke. The principle dynamic is the complicated relationship between Luke and his father. Not coincidentally, George Lucas' last name sounds a lot like Luke. That's the one he identified with. George Lucas had a tumultuous relationship with his own father, and people who know him say that you can't understand the backstory of the movies without knowing that his dad was occasionally difficult but also very loving. They had a big break between them. In those movies, he's very focused on sons and fathers.” PeopleWarFatherDifficultBreakSonHeroDadComplicatedFocusedBelovedFather And Son Author:Cass Sunstein
“My parents were my first bosses - they gave me my moral compass, goals, and first recognition. My dad worked 25 years for Rolls Royce in England. He taught me the value of working someplace where you can make a difference - not chasing money but doing work that you found purposeful.” ValuesParentGoalMoralDadMy DadRecognitionMaking A DifferenceBossCompassMoral CompassYou Can Make A Difference Author:Adrian Gostick
“My rebellion was telling my dad, "No, you're wrong, you don't know what's best for me. I'm not gonna waste my time in college." You know the story. He thought he was an abject failure 'cause he didn't convince me to go to college. I didn't rebel against my dad's economic status. I didn't rebel against what I thought were old-fashioned, archaic moral values. I didn't rebel by going out and wrecking the car and getting drunk and being irresponsible. I rebelled against their assumption they knew better than I did, what I wanted, and what I needed.” ValuesMoralEconomicCarCollegeDadMy DadDrunkAssumptionConvinceRebellionRebelMoral ValuesWasting My TimeGetting Drunk Author:Rush Limbaugh