“My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.” FirstsPersonsParentHappenedCollegeDadBandMy FamilyMy DadSingersHarvardFirst Person Author:Dean Norris
“I'm not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was Protestant.” PersonsReligiousBloodMomDadMy DadMy MomProtestantsReligious Person Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I know not every mom is a secret KGB spy, but every mom has this whole other life. Every dad and every person has this whole other life.” KnowsPersonsWholeSecretMomDadSpyKgb Author:Keri Russell
“I'm in hotel rooms night after night, playing a lot of the same venues as my dad and carrying the guitar that used to be his. We're the same person. I don't know if he realises how much of a legacy he has left to his children.” IfsKnowsChildrenPersonsUsedNightLeftRoomsDadGuitarMy DadUsed To BeLegacyHotelRealisingVenuesHotel Rooms Author:Martha Wainwright
“As a pastor and as a dad, I want my son to know I tell the truth. He can read the book. He knows if I exaggerated or if I didn't. My son is forever gonna believe that I'm an honest person or I'm a liar by what I wrote in that book, because he can read.” IfsKnowsWantBelievePersonsBookForeverHonestSonDadTelling The TruthLiarsMy SonPastorExaggeratedHonest Person Author:Todd Burpo
“I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.” YearsPersonsStillsHelpingDadMy DadActiveEngineersSwitzerlandCivil Engineer Author:Claude Nicollier
“What I respect about my dad is he comes forth and he tells the truth, and he's a very honorable person, I respect him a lot. He, I know deep down, has a good heart.” KnowsHeartPersonsDadMy DadTelling The TruthHonorableDeep DownGood Heart Author:Brooke Hogan
“As a person, when I was seven or eight, my dad would try very hard to tutor me through school because I had learning difficulties or whatever. I would wish that they could just plant a chip in my brain so that I would know everything and not have to study.” KnowsTryingPersonsHardSchoolWishBrainStudyDadDifficultyPlantSevenMy DadEightChipsTutor Author:Dichen Lachman
“My dad was a class person on and off the field. That's the person I want to be.” WantPersonsClassFieldsDadMy DadNflAnd Off Author:Peyton Manning
“My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.” PersonsPlayUsedGamesSportsLevelsSuccessfulTeamFootballDadMy DadArguingBeing SuccessfulUnclesRugbySports TeamGreat Team Author:Clint Eastwood
“I'm the one person who wears the words 'hustle, loyalty, respect' on my T-shirts and merchandise. My audience is children. It's very flattering to see a kid wear your T-shirt; it's even more flattering to have a dad come up to you and say, 'I watch you with my kid. Keep doing what you're doing. You're a role model for my son.'” ChildrenPersonsKidsRolesWatchesAudienceSonDadModelsCome UpLoyaltyShirtsMy SonRole ModelsT ShirtUp To YouHustleDoing YouFlatteringMerchandise Author:John Cena
“I do find violence entertaining, but that doesn't make me a bad person. I grew up watching all these action films when I was a kid. My dad would bring back 'Rambo' and whatever, and we'd watch it together. It's not affected me in any way other than I just appreciate the entertainment value of violence on film.” WayPersonsKidsActionTogetherFilmValuesWatchesViolenceGrewDadGrew UpAppreciateMy DadEntertainmentAffectedEntertainingAction FilmsRambo Author:Scott Adkins
“My mother taught me to focus on being myself and not to worry what other people think about you. I know that as long as I'm a good person I'll stay on the right path. From my dad I learned that when someone tells you “No” it's only the beginning of a conversation. They both have always let me know that I can do anything I want to do as long as I don't give up. They are the most important role models in my life because they are exactly who I want to be when I grow up. They are supportive and understanding and I try every day to remember what they've taught me.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantGivingTryingPersonsLongI CanImportantRememberMotherGrowsUnderstandingCan DoRolesWorryGrowing UpPathFocusTaughtDadConversationGiving UpModelsLet MeMy DadRole ModelsSupportiveGood PersonDon't Give UpRight PathBeing MyselfDay To Remember Author:Lauren Conrad
“I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mom is from Croatia, and my dad is from Iran. They met at music school in Belgium. I grew up as a pianist.” FirstsPersonsStatesSchoolBornUnitedUnited StatesGrewMomDadMetsGrew UpMy FamilyMy DadMy MomIranFirst PersonPianistBelgiumCroatia Author:Ottessa Moshfegh
“Nobody had books at home. My dad was a very educated person, so he would have books at home. All Spanish books. That helped. Most of my homies had no books at home.” PersonsBookHomeDadMy DadEducatedEducated PersonHomies Author:Luis J. Rodriguez
“My dad has always just had a lot of faith in me as an artist and as a person, and he doesn't really dispense with a lot of advice when it comes to the music. He's taught me a lot over the years, but when I was taking on this project he's really hands-off about that. He just appreciates what I've done and is very supportive, and of course really proud.” YearsPersonsDoneHandsArtistCoursesAdviceTaughtProudDadProjectsAppreciateMy DadSupportive Author:Molly Ringwald
“I would love to play Marlene Dietrich in a movie. My dad's from Germany and so I feel like that would be a really interesting person to play.” FeelsPersonsPlayWould BeInterestingDadMy DadGermanyReally Interesting Author:Kirsten Dunst
“My dad kept me away from people who treat children wrong. It's just amazing that there is such a way to raise a person without giving them complexes. But nobody does it. They think it should be the old school. But look at the products. Wouldn't it be great if you could avoid the complexes? Then you could deal with the complexes of life.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayGivingShouldLooksChildrenPersonsDoeSchoolDealsProductsDadTreatsRaisesComplexesMy DadOld School Author:Juliette Lewis
“The hardest thing in the world is to have a relationship, to be committed to one person and feel vulnerable. Recently one of my son's came to me and said ''it's hard for me to have a relationship, you and dad have been married three times each.''” WorldFeelsPersonsHas BeensSaidHardThreeSonDadMarriedCommittedHardestVulnerableMy SonHardest ThingThree Times Author:Pamela Anderson
“I've been hooked on films ever since I can remember renting VHS tapes. But who got me hooked? I think life did. There wasn't a person or a mentor that got me hooked. I think it was the films themselves that influenced me. A specific memory that comes to mind is watching 'Goodfellas' when I was 12 and thought Robert De Niro looked so cool sitting at the bar smoking a cigarette and contemplating his next "move". I actually would copy his faces gestures and try and get into his mind frame. I would borrow mad dad's clothes and pretend I was a Mobster. So I guess I have to thank Robert DeNiro.” ThinkingTryingMindPersonsI CanRememberFilmFacesMovingNextMemoriesDadClothesSittingMadBarsSmokingCopiesGesturesTapeContemplatingMentorCigaretteHookedDe NiroMobsterNext Move Author:Jaime Zevallos
“My dad is a loving person. He would never disown me. At some point we will be together again. I love my father, and he loves me.” PersonsTogetherFatherDadMy DadTogether AgainLoving Person Author:Mosab Hassan Yousef
“I had a fairly enlightened dad, though if you looked at his resume, it might not seem that way. He was a chartered accountant for Price Waterhouse. He was strict, and we had a very ordered life. To this day, I am the least materialistic person I know, because my father didn't raise me to just go out and buy this or that car.” IfsKnowsWayPersonsSeemsMightFatherCarDadRaisesEnlightenedThis DayStrictMaterialisticResumesAccountantsMaterialistic Person Author:Hugh Jackman
“I've always been quite mature because of the way my parents brought me up. They were very good at talking to me like a person rather than a baby, and I was around so many actors and directors from such a young age because my dad is an actor. I was more comfortable with adults rather than actually being an adult child.” WayChildrenPersonsAgeYoungActorsParentTalkingBabyDadDirectorsComfortableAdultsMy DadVery GoodMatureYoung AgeAdult Children Author:Saoirse Ronan
“It is a dichotomous time where the younger generation is perceived as free. But smoking pot is not being free. Taking drugs is not being free. I feel that being courteous and telling your dad, 'I'm going to have a drink' with your dad saying 'give me one too' is cool. That's being freer, happier and nicer. But having issues and saying that 'I am my own person, I am moving out Mom!' is not. Yes, if your mom tells you to move out then that's being free.” IfsGivingFeelsPersonsMovingMy OwnIssuesGenerationsMomDadDrinkDrugGive MeSmokingPotYour MomBeing FreeYour DadYounger GenerationCourteousMoving OutSmoking Pot Author:Shahrukh Khan
“Everybody has hope for the perfect love. Normal people are raised to believe that there's someone out there who's your soulmate, your best friend, your lover. My dad always told me that when you find that person, "You gotta nail her"!” PeopleBelievePersonsPerfectLoversDadNormalRaisedMy DadYour SoulNailsSoulmateHaving HopeYour Best FriendPerfect LoveYour Soulmate Author:Christopher Titus
“Dad is a new person. A person who has learned that forgiveness is better then revenge. Next year, we'll teach him that heart attacks are not like women. You just can't keep having them!” YearsHeartPersonsNextTeachDadRevengeNext YearHeart Attack Author:Christopher Titus
“I feel like it's me singing back to myself as a younger person and saying have confidence in being a bit different. I really felt I didn't fit in. My dad was from the Caribbean, my mum was English, we lived in quite a white area but we were quite poor, but also quite brainy, and I was a really, really skinny child so I felt a bit awkward about all these things.” FeelsChildrenPersonsDifferentFeltBitsWhitePoorDadFitSingingAreasMy DadAwkwardMumSkinnyHave ConfidenceCaribbean Author:Corinne Bailey Rae
“My dad and I had a real meeting of the minds. We loved to talk about music, politics, and art. He loved children. The thing I missed most about my dad when he died was that this person who really gets who I am at the core was gone.” MindChildrenPersonsArtRealGoneDadDiedMeetingsMy DadCoreWho I Am Author:Rosanne Cash
“My dad had more compassion than me. He was nonjudgmental. He didn't care where you stood politically. He just took you as a person on face value. He could love all stripes, and that's why all stripes claim him. He didn't judge.” PersonsCareFacesValuesCompassionJudgingDadClaimsMy DadStripesFace Value Author:Rosanne Cash
“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
“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.” IfsChildrenPersonsYoungMotherLostNationsRichDadCaringAidsHopelessFrustratedYoung ChildrenNot CaringSidelines Author:George W. Bush
“Rather take that moral sense and apply it to the particulars of a job that is going to test those ethical and moral precepts differently than if you're a professor, or a business person, or a dad. And if I were not comfortable with the judicious use of our military to protect the American people, than I shouldn't have run for president. And having said that, I do think that the wisdom of a [Martin Luther] King or a [Mahatma] Gandhi can inform my decisions.” PeopleIfsThinkingPersonsSaidUseRunningJobsPresidentDecisionMoralMilitaryKingsDadProtectComfortableTestsEthicalProfessorsLutherBusiness Person Author:Barack Obama
“The person who had the greatest influence in my life was my dad, who was a wonderful small businessman, devoted to his family, devoted to the local church.” PersonsChurchWonderfulInfluenceDadMy DadLocalsDevotedBusinessmanSmall BusinessLocal Church Author:Mike Pence
“My dad is a natural-born encourager. The last person who will ever tell you to lower your sights or give up your dream.” GivingPersonsDreamLastsBornNaturalDadGiving UpSightMy DadYour DreamsEncouragers Author:Tiffany Trump
“My dad is probably the most proud person when it comes to me, and we have a great relationship. If people have a compliment about my character, they usually say they can tell I was raised right, and that's the truth.” PeopleIfsPersonsCharacterProudDadRaisedMy DadComplimentGreat RelationshipProud Person Author:Chance the Rapper
“I started taping my dad's auditions when I was 11, when he was auditioning actors for one of his movies. I would see, over and over again, that there wasn't just one actor for the role. It was really clear that there were a lot of people who could play a character really well, and it would always come down to something kind of weird and non-obvious as to why a person was cast. If you're not right, you're not right, but that's okay.” PeopleIfsWellsKindPersonsPlayCharacterActorsRolesClearDadOkayMy DadCastsObviousJust OneAuditions Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“Some article called me the most feared man in Silicon Valley. Good Lord! Why? My teenage boys got a kick out of it: 'Dad, how could this be true? You're not even the most feared person in this house.'” MenPersonsHouseLordBoysDadBeing TrueKicksValleysArticlesTeenageSiliconSilicon ValleyTrue You Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.” MenPersonsIndividualDadIntegrityMy DadRemarkableGood PersonPrincipledMan Of Integrity Author:Sidney Poitier
“I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free.” PersonsRunningSchoolHouseTermMomDadNormalHigh SchoolMovedYour MomObeyingMom And DadRunning Free Author:Iggy Pop