Best dad & mother Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 2

“The black and white lemur, the one that relaxes on that branch, they actually have day care, like kindergartens; where all the mothers come together and they put all the babies into this one nest and they let dad watch it while they go out and have food and have a good time and then they come back in a few hours. We've never seen that in other primates.”

Care Together Mother Black Hours White Watches Baby Dad Branches Relax Good Times Black And White Nests Having A Good Time Kindergarten Primates Day Care

Author:Patricia Wright

“The British Union of Fascists, Oswald Mosley`s group, the black shirts, they were banned in Britain in 1940. And Max Mosley`s dad, Sir Oswald Mosley, ended up spending three years in World War II, 1940 to 1943, interned in the U.K. as basically an enemy of the state. He spent that time in prison, as did Max Mosley`s mother.”

World Years War States Mother Three Black Enemy Groups Dad Prison Unions British Spending Shirts War Of The Worlds Britain Three Years World War Ii World War I Max Fascists Banned

Author:Rachel Maddow

“Your children need your presence more than your presents.”

“I hang out with my dad mostly, my dad was in the military. He's at that age now where his war stories and other stories have blended together, so now you don't know what he's talking about. One time, we were surrounded, then we ran out of ammo, then we were fighting hand-to-hand, then we started dancing, and that's how I met your mother.”

Knows War Stories Hands Age Together Mother Fighting Talking Military Dad Mets Dancing My Dad Ran Hanging Out One Time War Stories Ammo

Author:Dave Attell

“I had a happy childhood in a nice suburban area, pretty idyllic, upper middle class and very, very white. My dad is an attorney. My mother is a housewife. They had five kids in seven years: me, my brother, and three sisters. I'm the oldest. We were all very active. My mother was exhausted.”

“When I was very young my mother sang to me at bedtime and my dad would often play the banjo or fiddle in the evening. I knew music was important and central to everything, most particularly it had a powerful healing value and created a sense of peace and security. This stood out to me as I always felt the world was precarious and dangerous, and music supplied those moments of real peace and safety.”

World Important Real Play Moments Young Mother Values Felt Powerful Healing Security Dangerous Dad Safety My Dad Evening Bedtime Precarious Fiddle Banjos Peace And Security

Author:Rory Block

“I tended to listen to doo-wop, but my grandmother would always have the radio on all day and she'd start with Yiddish and then move on to gospel and later to "make believe" ballroom music. I got to hear all kinds of music and my mother would get up to go to work listening to country music. That was her alarm clock. My dad was a jazz lover and listened to the man who wrote "Misty", Errol Garner. He loved piano players, so I got to listen to that as well.”

“All three of my parents - I also had a stepmother - were teachers, and my dad taught high school, and as he always reminded me when I was going to spend some money on something, 'Your mother and I, in the Depression, had to decide whether to spend a dime on a loaf of bread or if we could go to a movie with it.'”

Ifs School Mother Three Parent Teacher Taught Dad High School My Dad Bread Dimes Stepmothers

Author:Dick Cavett

“After the age of seven, I began living between my dad in Alaska and my mother in Baltimore. Every three or four months, I would fly the 5,000 miles between the two. And having grown up in Alaska, Baltimore was astonishing.”

Two Age Mother Three Four Months Dad Seven My Dad Miles Astonishing Alaska Baltimore

Author:Leigh Newman

“And in the same way, FDR's not much of a father. Although the children in all their memoirs really talk about what a fun-loving guy Dad was, and how brooding and unhappy Mom was. The children sort of blame it all on the mother. Well, this is kind of standard and typical, and aggrieved Eleanor Roosevelt that she was not a happier mother. She wanted to be a happier mother. And I must say, she was a happier grandmother.”

Way Wells Kind Children Wanted Mother Guy Father Fun Mom Dad Standards Blame Unhappy Memoir Grandmother Typical Brooding Eleanor Fun Loving

Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook

“"The Prince Of Tides" is a lot about my mother - what my mother would do after Dad would hit one of the kids or hit two of the kids, hit all the kids, hit her, she would usually get in the car. We'd drive out. She would say, I'm going to divorce him. I'm never going back.”

Two Kids Mother Car Dad Divorce Tides

Author:Terry Gross

“My mother's Cubana/Irish and my dad's Catalan. And that blows my mind.”

Mind Mother Dad My Dad Blow

Author:Prefuse 73

“In the show, we have recreated two sketches that my dad had, or pieces that my dad had developed. One that he had developed with my mother, one that Frank Oz had developed with my dad. And these are old pieces from the '50's and '60's, and we're going to develop more, too.”

Two Shows Mother Pieces Dad My Dad Frank

Author:Brian Henson

“I always very much enjoyed arts and it was so central in my family, my mother was also an art teacher, as well as founding the Henson Company with my dad, there was a lot of art going on in our household.”

Wells Art Mother Company Teacher Dad My Family My Dad Enjoyed Household Founding Art Teacher

Author:Brian Henson

“My mother and I are more than best friends; we are partners in crime. After she and my father, Quincy Jones, separated when I was 10 years old, my sister, Kidada, who was 12, went to live with our dad, and I stayed with my mother.”

Years Mother Father Crime Dad Partners My Sister Partners In Crime

Author:Rashida Jones

“Dads - and people in general - should keep in mind that we as mothers put enough pressure on ourselves. We don't need outside pressure put on us.”

People Needs Should Mind Enough Mother Dad Pressure

Author:Mila Kunis

“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."”

Thinking Want Sometimes Remember Mother Brother Dad Shots My Dad Tension

Author:Scott McClanahan

“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.”

Mother House Given Dad Decided Guitar My Dad Auctions

Author:Dweezil Zappa

“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.”

Children Two Real Stories Home Happens Moving Mother Girl Father Names Grief Behinds Pieces Dad Towns Woods Things Happen Rising Two Things Tigers Cages Motels

Author:Kate DiCamillo

“If you are young child and you've lost mother and dad to AIDS and rich nations sit on the sidelines not caring, you will become a frustrated person and a hopeless person.”

Ifs Children Persons Young Mother Lost Nations Rich Dad Caring Aids Hopeless Frustrated Young Children Not Caring Sidelines

Author:George W. Bush

“I existed in a space where my mother was a black woman and my father was a white man. And that's how I saw the world. I was just like, some dads are whites and some moms are black. And that's how it is.”

Men World Mother Father Black Space White Saws Mom Dad White Man Black Women

Author:Trevor Noah

“I was really lucky in that my mom and dad never got caught in the act, so to speak. So my mom was caught fraternizing with my dad. My mom was caught, you know, in the building that my father lived in. My mom was caught in a white neighborhood past curfew without the right permits. My mother was caught in transition. And that was key because had she been caught in the act, then, as the law says, she could've spent anywhere up to four years in prison.”

Knows Years Past Law Mother Father Speak White Four Building Keys Mom Dad Lucky Prison My Dad Caught My Mom Neighborhood Transition Permit Four Years Mom And Dad Curfew Caught In The Act

Author:Trevor Noah

“I asked my mother I said, "You divorced my dad, how did you decide? She said, "I decided twelve years before he knew it." I was like wow; I'm learning something new every day.”

Years Said Mother Dad Decided My Dad Something New Wow Twelve Divorced Learning Something New

Author:Denzel Washington

“[My mother] pretty much used to go along with my dad in that she wanted me to get an education so that if this incredible dream I had didn't work out, I would have something to fall back on.”

Ifs Dream Wanted Used Mother Fall Dad Incredibles My Dad Work Out Fall Back

Author:George Michael

“To see the way that [my mother] held our family together after my dad passed away, and then went to college after my youngest sister went off to school on her own, and mom went and got a college degree in her 60s is just incredibly inspiring. So, I would just say my folks.”

Way School Together Mother College Mom Dad Degrees My Dad Folks Our Family Passed Away College Degree Family Together Dad Passed Away

Author:Mike Pence

“I had this duality growing up with my dad being a strict Catholic and his brother being a priest and my mother finding God in nature, so I've taken a little from both [traditions].”

Littles Mother Growing Up Taken Growing Brother Dad Findings Tradition Catholic My Dad Priests Strict Duality Finding God

Author:David LaChapelle

“What stood me in good stead was my upbringing. I had a musician father, a very religious mother who totally supported us. My mom gave me my moral code which, even if I was bad, I wasn't bad for very long. If you're born and raised Catholic, it stays with you a lifetime. It's a good thing to have. My dad gave me a very professional attitude to the music business, and for that I thank them 100%.”

Ifs Long Mother Father Born Religious Attitude Moral Mom Dad Musician Catholic Good Things Lifetime Raised My Dad My Mom Code Upbringing Music Business Born And Raised Moral Code

Author:Suzi Quatro

“I think how strict my mother's home could be with my mom and my stepfather, there was a fluidity and freedom in my dad's existence that I enjoyed when I was around him, though the responsibility was just different. He expected me to carry myself a certain way without all the rules and confines.”

Thinking Way Different Home Mother Certain Existence Responsibility Mom Dad My Dad My Mom Expected Enjoyed Strict Fluidity Stepfathers

Author:Mahershala Ali

“My mother has been to Mecca to perform her hajj; my dad hasn't. I come from a very liberal family, so even the people who are outwardly religious tend to subscribe to gender equality, the importance of open-mindedness, all that stuff. My family is generally nonprescriptive.”

People Has Beens Mother Stuff Religious Dad My Family Importance My Dad Gender Gender Equality Open Mindedness Mecca Hajj

Author:Mohsin Hamid

“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.”

World Mother Left Parent This World Dad Married My Dad Steady Grandparent

Author:Alicia Keys

“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.”

Needs Children Problem Jobs Mother Speak Interesting Wife Example Dad Husband Victim Chapters Very Interesting Free Time

Author:Pope Francis

“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.”

Thinking School Mother Growing Up Dad Fit Liberating Private School

Author:Ana Mulvoy-Ten

“I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts.”

Said Stories Mother Saws Dad My Dad Manuscripts

Author:Stephen King

“I definitely get my artistry and my vocal talent from my mother and mother's side. She sang in a jazz trio band so growing up my dad would always take me to see her play and she has a beautiful voice. When I was little and started to sing, she supported me and let that fire burn. She always knew what it took as a support system.”

Beautiful Mother Support Growing Up Talent Dad Jazz My Dad Artistry

Author:Zella Day

“My parents preached so much about Christianity and my mother thinks Jesus is the best thing that ever happened to the world - which he is - and God found a way of making examples for me. Like, just growing up, bullets would hit my partner but not me and I'd be right there. Or my Dad had a thing where he would make me play for the sorry team during football and make me go up against all my friends. It built a certain kind of character and a humble factor into me because I knew I had to work for it. And then to be able to beat them or be just as successful at so many things.”

Thinking World Kind Character Mother Jesus Parent Christianity Growing Up Successful Team Football Dad Sorry My Dad Humble

Author:Cyhi the Prynce

“It sounds like a cliché, but mother is really one of my closest friends, and so's my dad. He and I weren't very close when I was younger, but now we're best friends.”

Mother Dad My Dad

Author:Laura Dern

“Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just happily talk about my daughter endlessly.”

Looks Mother Pride Dad Daughter My Family Incredibles Fallen My Daughter Cliche

Author:Christian Bale

“I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'”

Ifs Mother Hate Dad Daughter I Hate Clean Upset My Daughter Clean Shaven

Author:Eric Bana

“Don't forget Mother's Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad's Third Wife Day.”

Mother Forget Wife Mom Dad Thirds Smile Hills Mothers Day Being A Mom Happy Mothers Day Beverly Hills Funny Mothers Day Funny Motherhood Funny Mother Cute Funny

Author:Jay Leno

“I like all the angels around because they protect me and my daughter. I mean, her Dad's an angel.”

Mean Mother Dad Protect Daughter Angel My Daughter Express Yourself

Author:Courtney Love

“I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies.”

Mother Parent Dad My Friends My Dad Suits Flats Punk Embarrassed Hippie Pumps Cozy Jumpers

Author:Shirley Manson

“My father moved to Hawaii from Brooklyn and my mother came there as a child from the Philippines. They met at a show where my dad was playing percussion. My mom was a hula dancer.”

Children Shows Mother Father Mom Dad Mets Moved My Dad My Mom Dancer Hawaii Brooklyn Philippines Percussion Hula

Author:Bruno Mars

“My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day.”

Children Mother Three Father Hours Dad Doctors Raised My Dad

Author:Christopher Meloni

“My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be the best.”

Mother Father Taught Dad Strive Quitting Nfl Being The Best Never Quit Mother And Father Best Football Montana Theresa

Author:Joe Montana

“I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later, she started coming to my concerts, but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was, and that's how it started.”

Knows Wells Mother Wife Dad Mets Died My Wife Crush Concerts Mother Died

Author:Gary Numan

“My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.”

Knows World Wells War Mother College Dad Army Raised My Dad War Of The Worlds Grandmother World War Ii Splits Grandfather Salesman College Education

Author:Al Pacino

“My mother is very emotional as well, but my dad is more of the guts of the family. He was the main preacher, so he kind of had this little Pentecostal flair, but they are born-again.”

Wells Kind Littles Mother Born Emotional Dad My Dad Guts Preacher Born Again Flair Pentecostal

Author:Katy Perry

Dad Quotes

Related topics

Dad Quotes