“My dad once told me, he was like, 'The only time you should lie is when someone's holding a gun to your head and says 'Okay, lie or I'm going to shoot you.'' And that really stuck with me.” ShouldLyingDadGunOkayMy DadStuckOnly Time Author:Jaden Smith
“Wild Swans' showed me there are Chinese traditions that still affect my life. For example, it's not that women are inferior, exactly, but my dad and my brother are the most important men in my life and I would do anything for them. I feel like I should be the one cooking and looking after them.” MenFeelsShouldStillsImportantExampleBrotherDadTraditionCookingMy DadChineseMy BrotherInferiorsSwans Author:Katie Leung
“Feminists of my mother's generation argued that both mom and dad should work a little less and each do some of the household chores. My parents, for example, split everything 50/50. Even though my father is a terrible cook, he still made dinner exactly half the time.” ShouldLittlesMadeStillsMotherFatherParentHalfGenerationsExampleMomDadTerribleFeministDinnerCooksSplitsHouseholdChoresMom And DadHousehold Chores Author:Emily Oster
“[On charity] I try to pick subjects that I can learn about and then focus on and then do as much as I can. If you have a tremendous amount of heat from the spotlight, then you're able to shine a little bit more of your light in a different direction. It's just deflecting. My dad calls it a celebrity credit card that you can cash in. I think if you're in this position you should do it.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingLittlesI CanDifferentLightAbleBitsFocusSubjectsPositionAmountDadLittle BitPicksShiningCharityMy DadCreditCardsHeatCashCredit CardSpotlightDifferent DirectionsDeflecting Author:George Clooney
“Performing at my best is important to me and should be to everyone. I am blessed that my dad is a chiropractor. Getting adjusted regularly - along with practicing other good health habits that my mom helped me to establish - are all part of my goal to win in life and on the field.” LifeShouldImportantWinningSportsGoalFamilyPracticeFieldsHealthMomHabitDadBlessedMy DadMy MomPerformingHealthy LivingGood HealthQuarterbackAmerican FootballAdjustingRegularity Author:Aaron Rodgers
“I don't think a man who is fifteen years younger than me should tell me he is proud of me unless he is my sober coach or my time-travel dad.” ThinkingMenShouldYearsProudDadCoachesMy TimeTime TravelFifteenSoberFifteen YearsProud Of Me Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“I grew up in northern California, where it was consistently in the hundreds in the summertime. My dad didn't think he should have to turn on the air conditioning when we had a swimming pool in our backyard; it was our built-in air conditioner.” ThinkingShouldTurnsAirGrewDadGrew UpBuiltShould HaveMy DadCaliforniaSwimmingPoolConsistentlyTurn-onConditioningBackyardsSummertimeSwimming PoolAir ConditioningNorthern CaliforniaAir Conditioner Author:Summer Sanders
“I can see the humor in just about any situation. After I lost my dad, I realized that none of us should take things too seriously, because everything except death works itself out.” ShouldI CanLostSituationDadMy DadI RealizedLost My Dad Author:Chris Rock
“I once punched a bloke in the face for saying 'Hawk the Slayer' was rubbish, when what I should have said 'Dad, you're wrong.'” ShouldSaidHumorFunnyFacesDadShould HaveRubbishHawksBlokesSlayer Author:Bill Bailey
“I didn't realize how good I was with technology until I met my parents... my dad told me "You're good; you should be a computer programmer." I said, "You're bad... you should be a caveman."” ShouldSaidHumorFunnyParentRealizingTechnologyDadMetsComputerMy DadProgrammersComputer Programmers Author:Mike Birbiglia
“When I'm smiling and having fun, that's when you should have a problem. If I'm out there frowning and looking mean, that's when you know you've beat me - because I'm not having fun. I've been playing basketball since I was three. Everybody since I was three tried to tell me to stop smiling. Even my dad. My dad apologized to me when I was ten.” IfsKnowsShouldMeanProblemThreeFunDadTenBasketballBeatsShould HaveMy DadHaving FunFrowningPlaying Basketball Author:Dwight Howard
“I think we should have a day off for Father's Day. Dads work very hard. And to be fair, a day off for Mums too, as they work hard. And more bank holidays. They rock.” ThinkingShouldHardFatherRocksHard WorkDadFairsShould HaveHolidayMumDays Off Author:Peter Andre
“We're living in a time period where if a kid is on a plastic scooter that's one inch off the ground, mom and dad think he should have a helmet on. I don't think they should have a helmet on. They should break their leg and have an imagination. Otherwise, we're going to have a nation of accountants.” IfsThinkingShouldKidsNationsImaginationBreakMomDadPeriodsShould HaveLegsInchesPlasticAccountantsHelmetMom And DadTime PeriodsScooters Author:Ramin Bahrani
“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
“My dad taught me at a very young age that I should work harder than everyone else: Be the first one in and the last one out.” ShouldFirstsAgeLastsYoungTaughtHard WorkDadHarderMy DadYoung AgeWork Harder Author:Mandana Dayani
“I believe strongly that a group's potential is eventually limited by the strength of its leadership. I'm an outsider, but it still looks to me like the leadership in the Java w orld is Fouled Up Beyond ALL Recognition. Java ISVs don't know whether to listen to Mom or Dad. Everybody knows IBM should just buy Sun and clean up the mess. When are they going to do it?” KnowsShouldBelieveLooksStillsI BelieveSunGroupsMomDadCleanRecognitionMessOutsidersIbmJava Author:Eric Sink
“I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. My dad was a Methodist minister. I went off to war. I have been married to the same woman forever. I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.” ShouldHas BeensWarBoysForeverGrewDadHealthyNormalMarriedGrew UpIdealsSouthMy DadMinistersPrairieDakotaMethodistsSouth Dakota Author:George McGovern
“I remember at one point being in fellowship, and everyone used to wear the fish symbol; it said you were a Christian. So I asked my father, 'Dad, why don't you wear that at work?' And he said, 'Your religion should be in your actions.' He set a great, great example.” ShouldSaidActionChristianRememberUsedFatherExampleDadFishesSymbolsFellowship Author:Hugh Jackman
“We never had a pool, right. So one summer, I remember. My dad, to make me happy. You know I was bummed out cause we didn't have the pool. So one summer he bought us this thing. It was yellow, you laid it on the lawn, sprayed it with the water, run across. Slip n' Slide. Yeah. Would have been fun if dad checked for rocks before he laid it down! Slip n' Bleed from the anus they should have called this ride.” IfsKnowsShouldHas BeensRunningRememberFunCausesWaterRocksDadSummerShould HaveYeahMy DadYellowPoolSlipsSlidesLawnsMake Me HappyBummed OutAnus Author:Dane Cook
“My dad one time told me, he was like, 'The only time you should lie is when someone's holding a gun to your head and says 'Okay, lie or I'm going to shoot you.' And that really stuck with me. I think about that a lot. I used to not be really honest with girls and then I dropped a song called "Starry Room" and then I started turning over a new leaf. Now, I'm completely honest with girls all the time and they just get mad at me.” ThinkingShouldUsedLyingSongGirlRoomsHonestDadGunOkayMadMy DadStuckOne TimeLeafsOnly Time Author:Jaden Smith
“My dad [...] sent me a text saying, 'You know who you should play? Columbo. That's your Academy Award.'” KnowsShouldPlayDadMy DadAwardsAcademyAcademy Awards Author:Mark Ruffalo
“When I was just getting started making my own music, my dad said, "You should think about art, but also anti-art and non-art."” ThinkingShouldArtSaidMy OwnDadMy DadGetting Started Author:Yoshi Wada
“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.” PeopleNeedsShouldMindEnoughMotherDadPressure Author:Mila Kunis
“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
“My dad was just the king of finding these little spots for us to stay that we should never have been staying at.” ShouldLittlesHas BeensKingsDadFindingsMy DadSpotsStaying Author:Bruno Mars
“My son is a gentleman and a professional who is pursuing something difficult. Yet the only thing he has ever asked me for is advice - never favors. He has just said, "What do you think I should do, Dad?" It's extraordinary to me that my son would listen to and have faith in whatever wisdom I can offer.” ThinkingShouldSaidI CanDifficultAdviceSonDadOffersExtraordinaryFavorsGentlemanMy SonHave Faith Author:Tom Hanks
“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 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
“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
“I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job.” ShouldSaidDoneWantedSchoolJobsCarSonDadMy DadFinishedQuittingHobbiesMechanicStay In School Author:Eric Bana
“Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.” ShouldDoeFatherDadGood Father Author:Friedrich Nietzsche