“You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son.” KnowsFatherNamesPresidentSonProudDadGovernorsFather Son Author:Michael Reagan
“Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.” ThinkingWantI CanWantedAchieveHonestSonDadProveMy DadAthleteBeing Honest Author:Joe Manganiello
“My eldest son, Jack, grew up with me as a 'part-time' dad.” SonGrewDadGrew UpPart TimeEldestEldest Son Author:Mike McGavick
“I've been successful in different areas, but nothing brings a smile to my face more than my oldest son, Zaire, and my second son, Zion, saying the kind word of 'Dad.'” KindDifferentFacesSuccessfulSonDadAreasKind WordsZionOldest Son Author:Dwyane Wade
“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
“Just as the Depression left a generation of dads feeling they never had enough money, so father deprivation is leaving a generation of sons and daughters with different psychic wounds.” DifferentEnoughFeelingsFatherLeftGenerationsSonDadDaughterLeavingWoundsPsychicsHad EnoughDeprivationSon And Daughter Author:Warren Farrell
“The deeper purpose of a more positive attitude toward men is a better life for the children who are parented by the men who are their dads and stepdads; less shame for our sons who will become men; and, for our daughters, a deeper understanding of men's desire to please that leaves them feeling their willingness to please is not unrequited but returned - allowing our daughters to feel less lonely and more loved. If we earn more and love less, we pay for a home in which we do not live.” IfsMenFeelsChildrenFeelingsHomeDesirePurposeUnderstandingPayAttitudeHe ManSonDadPleaseDaughterLonelyAnd LoveShameDeeperPositive AttitudeWillingnessAllowingBetter LifeUnrequitedOur DaughterDeeper UnderstandingStepdads Author:Warren Farrell
“All societies that have survived based on their ability to prepare their sons to be disposable, in war and at work - and therefore as dads.” WarAbilitySonDadSurvivedDisposable Author:Warren Farrell
“Yesterday, my son was out in the yard playing with his friend, and he hit his friend. I walked up to him, and I said, "Hey... We don't hit". He looked at me like, "Here's your sign, Dad".” SaidSonDadYesterdayHeyMy SonHittingYardsPantomime Author:Bill Engvall
“I grew up in Arkansas and that's the law. My dad was a high school basketball coach, so I was raised as a coach's son and I was a baseball player back in Arkansas, and I lived in Texas, too, so I was just surrounded by sports. So that's what I was going to do: Pitch for the St Louis Cardinals. I had no idea I was going to be an actor. So I got my collar bone broken in the Kansas City Royals training camp. And once I got hurt I started doing other things for a while.” IdeasSchoolLawActorsSportsHurtCitiesPlayerSonBrokenGrewDadBasketballGrew UpTrainingHigh SchoolBaseballRaisedMy DadBonesCoachesNo IdeaTexasCampsRoyalCollarsCardinalsBaseball PlayerKansasBasketball CoachArkansasKansas CityGot HurtTraining Camp Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“I'll probably always be 'Timothy Spall's son' and it's something I'm proud of. Maybe one day as well as that, they'll say of Timothy Spall that 'He's Rafe Spall's dad'.” WellsSonProudDadOne DayMaybe One Day Author:Rafe Spall
“I never mind talking about my dad. I'm proud of who he is, and being his son is one of the things I'm most proud of. To be constantly compared to someone so brilliant, who happens to be your dad, is cool.” MindHappensTalkingSonProudDadMy DadBrilliantYour Dad Author:Rafe Spall
“I never take it as any real pressure. It's like my son. I only gave him one lesson. When I went to give him the second one he said, 'Oh, I can do that dad.' I said, 'Now you're on your own.'” GivingSaidI CanRealCan DoSonDadLessonsPressureMy Son Author:Ringo Starr
“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 deal with my sons like young men. If they have a problem with something, they come to me. I am the type of dad that will drop everything I am doing for them, and always tell them to talk to me about it.” IfsMenProblemYoungDealsSonLike YouTypeDadYoung ManMy SonTalk To Me Author:Tracy Morgan
“I wanna begin saying a story about my son. I have a four-year old son who loves superheroes from Spider-Man to Iron Man to Batman. He's got all the costumes. One day he looks at me and says 'Dad, I want to be light-skinned so I could be Spider-Man. Spider-Man has light skin.' That was sort of a shock. This is why I am excited to be a part of the Marvel Universe, so I could be hopefully provide that diversity in the role of the superhero.” MenWantYearsLooksStoriesLightUniverseRolesFourSonDadOne DayDiversitySkinsExcitedHopefullyShockIronMy SonFour YearsLook At MeCostumesSuperheroSpidersSpider ManIron Man Author:Djimon Hounsou
“I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, "I wanted my first son to be named Dallas."” ThinkingFirstsI CanWantedFeetSonGrewDadGrew UpSevenThirtyTexasAirportsPortArthurDallasHouston Author:Dallas Roberts
“I'm always amazed... I took my 11-year-old to an oceanography camp, and these girls came over to me, and my son was like 'Oh here we go, Dad,' because they had been looking. They were like, 'You're the guy, aren't you?' And I said, 'Well, maybe.' They said, 'He is, he's the guy on 'Charmed!''” YearsWellsSaidGuyGirlSonLike YouDadMy SonCampsAmazedThey SaidCharmed Author:Tobin Bell
“Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, 'This is what we're going to do,' and bought an annuity with it.” FirstsAsksYouthSonDadMy DadFinancialSigningBonusAdvisorsChequesFinancial Advisor Author:Wayne Gretzky
“My dad wasn't someone who was a great disciplinarian, we had a fun relationship, but he gave me really constructive advice in my life, which I still carry today and I do pass on to other people. So if I can have the same relationship with my son as I had with my dad, then I think he'll be very happy and I'll be very happy.” PeopleIfsThinkingStillsI CanTodayFunAdviceSonDadMy DadMy SonVery HappyConstructive Author:Simon Cowell
“By being with my kids. I'm like a lion who hunts and comes home to be looked after and sleep. I think girls tend to be drawn towards their dad. I'd love to have a son, but I have three kids who are great - three geezer birds and that's all I need to worry about.” ThinkingNeedsHomeKidsGirlThreeSleepWorrySonDadBirdComing HomeLionsHunts Author:Ray Winstone
“My earliest influences would definitely be my father, just seeing him play in different bands and going to his shows and going to the rehearsals. You know what I'm saying, it was the typical story of a son looking up to his dad. So the years that my father was around, my father was my biggest influence.” KnowsYearsDifferentPlayStoriesShowsFatherSeeingInfluenceSonDadBandTypicalRehearsal Author:Jon Connor
“Joanna points her camera at a section of society unused to having cameras pointed at it. But I don't know about categorising them in terms of class; I'm a bit wary of that. My dad is the son of a shipbuilder.” KnowsBitsTermClassSonDadCamerasMy DadSectionsCategorizing Author:Tom Hiddleston
“I was good at football and cricket at school. My dad said, 'Son, be an architect,' and I came to Melbourne passionate about becoming an architect.” SaidSchoolFootballSonBecomingDadMy DadPassionateArchitectCricketMelbourne Author:Max Walker
“I think my dad, when he works with my older son, puts the same kind ofpressure on him that he put on me - that perfectionist pressure. And that can work in two ways: It can make you a perfectionist yourself, or it can eventually break you in the long run.” ThinkingWayKindLongTwoRunningBreakSonDadPressureMy DadLong RunsTwo WaysPerfectionist Author:Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
“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
“Michael [Douglas] was just leaving the TV series The Streets of San Francisco and he said, 'Dad, let me try it.' I thought, 'Well, if I couldn't make it...' So, I gave it to him and he got the money, the director and the cast. The biggest disappointment for me, I always wanted to play McMurphy. They got a young actor, Jack Nicholson. I thought, 'Oh God. He will be terrible.' Then I saw the picture and, of course, he was great in it! That was my biggest disappointment that turned out to be one of the things I'm most proud of because my son Michael did it. I couldn't do it, but Michael did it.” IfsTryingWellsSaidPlayWantedYoungCoursesActorsSawsStreetsSonTvsProudDadTerribleDirectorsLet MeSeriesLeavingCastsDisappointmentMy SonSan FranciscoTv SeriesYoung ActorsNicholsonMcmurphy Author:Kirk Douglas
“For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.” FatherSonDadFathers DayHappy First Fathers DayFunny Happy Fathers Day Author:Homer
“My dad grew up basically in a hut in Taiwan without enough food to eat. And within one generation his son in America gets to do a comedy show about whatever he wants.” WantEnoughShowsAmericaComedyGenerationsSonGrewDadGrew UpMy DadHutsTaiwanComedy Shows Author:Aziz Ansari
“I'm glad I was raised by my dad for other reasons, too. There are things you can learn from a father, as a son, that you can never learn from Mom. Special things, important things. Like "never challenge Dad to a fist fight.” ImportantReasonFightingFatherChallengesSpecialSonMomDadImportant ThingsRaisedMy DadGladFistsSpecial Things Author:Christopher Titus
“When you say you're doing an opera, it's like when you're a seven-year-old and say, 'I'm off to Washington, Dad.' You kind of go, 'Sure. Sure you are, son.'” YearsKindSonDadSevenOperaSeven Years Author:Tom Waits
“My dad used to tell me, 'Check the price, son.' Check the price, kids, check the price because there is a price to be paid for whatever you do in life, whether it is good or it is bad. Before you do something, ask yourself is it worth the price you have to pay?” KidsUsedAsksPaySonDadPaidMy DadChecks Author:Larry Holmes
“Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.” FatherWishSonDadMy DadRebelliousFathers DayFather SonFather And SonDisillusionedCharmedDisillusionGreat FatherHappy First Fathers DayHappy Fathers DayHappy Fathers Day GodCute Fathers DayHappy Fathers Day Greetings Book:Complete Essays: 1920-1925 Source: Complete Essays: 1920-1925
“Recently, I took my son to see The Haunted Mansion, which was one of the worst things (I hesitate even to call it a movie) that I have ever seen. He thought it was better than Finding Nemo and we had a fruitless argument which I'm sure made him acutely aware of the disadvantages of having a film critic for a dad.” MadeFilmWorstSonDadFindingsArgumentCriticsMy SonWorst ThingsDisadvantagesMansionsNemoFilm Critics Author:A. O. Scott
“I was always the new kid in school, I'm the kid from a broken family, I'm the kid who had no dad showing up at the father-son stuff, I'm the kid that was using food stamps at the grocery store.” KidsSchoolFatherStuffSonBrokenDadStoresStampsGroceriesFather SonShowing UpGrocery StoresFood StampsBroken Family Author:Dave Mustaine
“My kids are not that interested in my movie career, by the way. My son, in particular, never talks about it. He just wants me as his dad.” WayWantKidsCareersParticularSonDadMy SonWant Me Author:Hugh Jackman
“Time machine... wouldn't you like to travel through time? I would. I'd go back... mess with people. You know what I would do? I would go back to when my mom and dad were having sex, to have me. Ya'know, come in, spank my dad on the ass I'm your son from the future! Ahaha!” PeopleKnowsSexSonMomDadMachinesMy DadMy MomAssMessRough TimesMom And DadHaving SexYour SonTime Machine Author:Dane Cook
“Fathers and sons are natural enemies. Look at any species. Shark, sees his father in the water, he's not thinking, Hey dad, wassup ? He's thinking, Back off, old man, this surfer carcass is mine. Of course, when his girlfriend swims up and she's like, Way, you know, there's enough surfer for everybody. You and your dad need to frenzy together more. Leave you father a thigh.” ThinkingKnowsMenWayNeedsLooksEnoughTogetherCoursesFatherWaterNaturalEnemyMinesSonDadSpeciesHeyGirlfriendSwimOld ManSharksThighsFrenzyYour DadFather And SonSurferNatural Enemies Author:Christopher Titus
“My parents got divorced. Early and ugly. My mum was nuts so I lived with my dad. We used to play a father/son games. Pin the blame on me, rock, paper, get me another beer, casino night.” PlayUsedNightFatherGamesParentRocksSonDadPaperBlameMy DadUglyBeerNutsMumDivorcedPinsFather SonCasinos Author:Christopher Titus
“I was lucky enough to watch my son hit a grand slam at sports camp, and that was great. Yes, I may miss some things, but honestly, I think I get to see more than a dad who works a daily 9 to 5.” ThinkingMayEnoughSportsWatchesMissingSonDadLuckyHonestlyMy SonCampsSlam Author:CC Sabathia
“I may not be the best dad but I taught my son how to get free samples at the mall.” MayTaughtSonDadBeing The BestMy SonMallsSampleI May Not BeBest Dad Author:Felipe Esparza
“I made a picture called Super Mario Bros., and my six-year-old son at the time - he's now 18 - he said, 'Dad I think you're probably a pretty good actor, but why did you play that terrible guy King Koopa in Super Mario Bros?' And I said, 'Well Henry, I did that so you could have shoes,' and he said, 'Dad, I don't need shoes that badly.'” ThinkingNeedsYearsWellsMadeSaidPlayGuyActorsSonKingsDadTerribleSixShoesGood ActorsSix Year OldsBrosMarioSuper Mario Author:Dennis Hopper
“I'm most proud of our son, having suffered several miscarriages before having him. As for the next mountain, it takes so much to maintain what's already going on that I don't have time to think about it. But I want some more seasons of the TV show, I'd like to write another book, and eventually, I'd like to retire and take vacations with my husband like my mom and dad do.” ThinkingWantWritingBookShowsNextSonTvsMomProudDadHusbandMountainSeasonsMy MomMy HusbandRetiringVacationTv ShowsTime To ThinkMom And DadMiscarriage Author:Wendy Williams
“I wonder if we have a lot of sons running around saying, "I want a Dad." But you won't abide in anyone.” IfsWantRunningWonderSonDad Author:Judah Smith
“My son Jack once said to me, 'Dad, do you think people are laughing with you or at you?' And I said, 'I don't care as long as they're laughing.'” PeopleThinkingLongSaidCareLaughingSonDadDon't CareI Don't CareMy Son Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“I'm a husband and a dad. Two thirds of my day is spent being that character. It's a huge part of my identity and why I pursue things I do. I'm interested in questions my son asks me, like, "Why do animals fight? Why do you have to leave us to go on the road?" Everything he asks gets me thinking. If I'm going to do this, sacrifice time with family and friends, sacrifice resources, I need to think carefully about what I going to say and how I'm going to say it.” IfsThinkingNeedsTwoCharacterFightingAsksAnimalSacrificeIdentitySonHugeGoes OnDadHusbandResourcesThirdsPursueAsk MeMy SonFamily And Friends Author:Ben Sollee
“My 22-year-old [son] can see everything I've done, but my 15-year-old hasn't been able to see anything, at all. But yeah, I hope I'm a super cool dad.” YearsDoneAbleSonDadYeahSuper Cool Author:Vincent D'Onofrio
“I think the father-son dynamic is interesting. I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their dad, and I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their son.” ThinkingKindFatherInterestingSonDadConflictMalesFather Son Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“I was doing 100 pushups by 8 years old. My dad was the type like he'd have friends over and be like, "My son can do that, Ryan drop and give me 100 pushups!" and would have me do it for his friends. It was that type of household.” GivingYearsCan DoSonTypeDadGive MeMy DadMy SonHousehold Author:Ryan Montgomery
“I will put my heart and soul into making sure that the care your son or daughter or mum or dad receives is the same I would want for my own family.” WantHeartSoulCareMy OwnSonDadMy HeartDaughterMumHeart And SoulYour Son Author:Michael Gove