“I think people couldn't really put me in [one race]. I wasn't Mexican, I wasn't white, I wasn't black, I wasn't Asian... I wasn't anything, and I didn't really fit into anybody's group. My dad is Mexican, and my mom is French and Danish.” PeopleThinkingBlackWhiteRaceGroupsMomDadFitMy DadMy MomAsianMexicanDanish Author:Jessica Alba
“When I grew up in Seattle, by the way, in the 70's, it was a fishing village. There were loggers and fishers and my dad had a sewer company and it wasn't the way Seattle is now. Culturally, it was very different back then.” WayDifferentCompanyGrewDadGrew UpMy DadFishingVillageSeattleSewers Author:Rainn Wilson
“When I was playing in a junior tournament one time, I missed a short putt and threw my putter into the trees. I went on to win the tournament and later, instead of my dad congratulating me, he told me that if I ever threw a club again, I'd never play in another golf tournament. I haven't thrown a club since.” IfsPlayWinningTreeHavensDadGolfMy DadClubsThrownOne TimeJuniorsTournamentsGolf Tournaments Author:Arnold Palmer
“In my twenties, my dad was paying half my rent and my ex boyfriend was paying the other half. I wasn't in a good place!” HalfDadTwentiesMy DadExesOther HalfGood PlaceEx Boyfriend Author:Jenny Mollen
“I have met a lot of the people who were stiffed by you and your businesses, Donald [Trump]. I've met dishwashers, painters, architects, glass installers, marble installers, drapery installers, like my dad was, who you refused to pay when they finished the work that you asked them to do.” PeoplePayTrumpDadMetsMy DadGlassesFinishedPainterArchitectMarbleDishwashers Author:Hillary Clinton
“My mom moved up north to make more money to support the family, and I was left with my dad and I was just bounced around from one family to another.” LeftSupportMomDadMovedMy DadMy MomMore MoneyUp North Author:Diamond Dallas Page
“I don't really remember much before was eight, but I do remember that my dad brought me to drop me off at my grandmother's house, and he was a very emotional guy, but that was the first time I really saw him cry, cos I knew it killed him to have to give me up, but he knew I needed some family structure. That was the last time I'd see him or talk to him when he was sober for the next 10 years.” GivingYearsFirstsLastsRememberGuyNextHouseSawsCryEmotionalNeededDadFirst TimeGive MeStructureMy DadEightGrandmotherLast TimeSoberMy Grandmother Author:Diamond Dallas Page
“I took Jujitsu for four years, which has no striking. My dad had me in Taekwondo when I was a kid, but I didn't retain much of that.” YearsKidsFourDadMy DadFour YearsTaekwondo Author:Lucas Till
“There must be a reason that these bad things happen to me. I must be dysfunctional. So why would my dad leave? Why would he kill himself? Why would I be violated? And when you're 6-years-old, you can't comprehend that. But as you get much older in life, you begin to think what's wrong with me?” ThinkingYearsReasonHappensDadMy DadThings HappenBad ThingsOld YouBad Things Happen Author:Paula White
“I'm the granddaughter of a factory worker from Scranton, Pennsylvania. He went to work in the same lace mill every day for 50 years. He believed he passed it down to my dad, who passed it down to me, that if he did what he was supposed to do, he'd have a good life and his kids would have an even better life. That is the American dream. That is what we believe in, that's what we've got to keep going generation after generation.” IfsYearsBelieveDreamKidsGenerationsDadWorkersMy DadKeep GoingGood LifeFactoriesAmerican DreamBetter LifeMillsLacePennsylvaniaGranddaughterFactory Workers Author:Hillary Clinton
“I'm just grateful my dad never got a contract with Donald Trump, because I don't know what we would have done.” KnowsDoneTrumpDadGratefulMy DadContracts Author:Hillary Clinton
“A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.” LittlesTurnsFatherBabyDadDaughterMy DadMy DaughterDay To DayFatherhoodBack AgainFathers DayFather SonMother And FatherMother DaughterMother And DaughterFather And SonBeing A FatherLittle WomenGreat FatherFather DiedMom And DaughterMy Father DiedHappy First Fathers DayBest FatherDaughter To FatherFathers Day InspirationalFunny Fathers DayHappy Fathers DayHappy Fathers Day GodCute Fathers DayFather MotherGreat DadFunny FatherFunny Happy Fathers DayHappy Fathers Day MomInspirational FatherLove My DadFathers Day ImagesHappy Fathers Day GreetingsHappy Fathers Day ImagesNew FatherFather Daughter LoveFathers Day PoemsI Love My DadChristian Fathers DayFathers Day CardDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Enid Bagnold
“I was so lucky. I had a dad and a mom that loved me and my sisters so much. My Uncle Mike and Uncle Frank were married. They must be together for fortysomething years now. Long story short, there was never any stigma attached to that. At the youngest age, I remember my dad saying, "Sometimes men love men and women love women. It's nature.” MenYearsLongSometimesStoriesAgeTogetherRememberMomDadLuckyMarriedMen And WomenMy DadMy SisterFrankUnclesMikeStigmaSo LuckyLong Story Author:Michael Buble
“Eventually I had so many little melodies and ideas that, you know, that they were all songs to me and I threw in a few cover songs like Enya's "Watermark," Bach, and my dad's song, "Song for the Whales."” KnowsLittlesIdeasSongDadMy DadMelodyWhalesCover Songs Author:Petra Haden
“My dad went to medical school, and when he studied he listened to music so he has a ridiculous CD collection. That was always something we had growing up from him; there was always good music playing at the house.” SchoolHouseGrowing UpGrowingDadMy DadMedicalRidiculousCollectionsCdsMedical School Author:William Clark Green
“Growing up with my dad being a musician, it seemed like a male centric world to me. I just didn't know many girls playing guitar.” KnowsWorldGirlGrowing UpGrowingDadMusicianMalesGuitarMy DadPlaying Guitar Author:Lola Kirke
“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
“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.” MotherHouseGivenDadDecidedGuitarMy DadAuctions Author:Dweezil Zappa
“My dad died when I was a kid, so I think it became a place for me to go where my mom knew that I was safe and taken care of and looked after.” ThinkingCareKidsTakenMomDadSafeDiedMy DadMy MomDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Zachary Quinto
“My parents, the effect that [Frank Sinatra] had on the Italian community, in terms of all our friends at the house were multicultural. We weren't just Italians. My dad's close friend was a black gentleman - this was back in the early 50s when Tony Bennett was reprimanded for having lunch, when he was in the military, with a black man.” MenHouseParentBlackTermCommunityEffectsMilitaryDadMy DadGentlemanItalianLunchFrankClose FriendsMulticultural Author:Robert Davi
“I had a different upbringing - my dad worked three jobs. You know, it wasn't as easy as they had it.” KnowsDifferentJobsThreeEasyDadMy DadUpbringing Author:Robert Davi
“I first learnt to program a computer when I was nine, when my dad got a ZX80, but I think I would have had to be a particularly perspicacious child to have foreseen the iPad or Twitter!” ThinkingFirstsChildrenDadComputerProgramMy DadNineIpadsForeseen Author:Suw Charman-Anderson
“I remember when I was maybe 27 years old and kind of at the height of my movie stardom - it was around the time of the Oscar and this and that. I think I was very much believing my own hype, which how could you not? I was sitting with my dad, feeling great about my life and everything that was happening, and he was like, "You know, you're getting a little weird...You're kind of an asshole." And I was like, "What the hell?" I was totally devastated. But it turned out to be basically the best thing that ever happened to me.” ThinkingKnowsYearsBelieveKindLittlesFeelingsRememberMy OwnHellHappenedLike YouDadHappeningsSittingMy DadBest ThingsHeightOscarsRemember WhenMovie StarHypeDevastatedStardomBest Thing That Ever Happened To MeFeeling Great Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“It's the difference between someone who loves you more than anything in the world giving you criticism and getting it from some bitter stranger on the Internet. What my dad said to me was the kind of criticism where I was like, "Oh, my God, I'm on the wrong track." I'm so grateful to him for doing that. He was such a no-nonsense guy in that sense.” WorldGivingKindSaidGuyDifferencesLove YouInternetDadCriticismGratefulMy DadTrackStrangerBitterNonsenseSo GratefulLove You MoreNo Nonsense Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“I never had a magazine, I never listened to a certain band. Actually, I was listening to bands from the '60s and '70s with my dad, so I knew more about The Beatles than I did about what was topical in my life.” CertainListeningDadBandMy DadMagazines Author:Luke Evans
“My dad was a dentist but I wasn't a hygienist. I assisted my dad.” DadMy DadDentist Author:Bill Burr
“My mom is really great with me and for me, because I think she makes an effort to make sure there is some normalcy in my life, and her and my dad don't really treat me any differently.” ThinkingEffortMomDadTreatsMy DadMy MomReally GreatNormalcy Author:Ashley Greene
“My Dad took a workshop from a photographer who worked at the Toledo Blade, a newspaper I delivered. I knew this photographer's work. My Dad took a night class from him at the University of Toledo. Without that class, I wouldn't have become a photographer, because my Dad came home and taught me what he learned in class.” HomeNightClassTaughtDadPhotographerUniversityMy DadNewspapersBladesWorkshopsToledo Author:Sam Abell
“People say to me, "Who's your favorite kind of photographer?" Or "Who would be your favorite photographer to have in a workshop?" And I always say, "My Dad."” PeopleKindWould BeDadPhotographerMy DadWorkshopsYour Favorite Author:Sam Abell
“I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believed in me, and I think the last thing he said to me before he passed away was, 'I know you're gonna be OK. I'm not worried about you.'” ThinkingKnowsFeelsSaidLastsBusinessRelationshipDadMy DadWorriedLazyPassed AwayBusiness Sense Author:Kim Kardashian
“I wanted to be a jockey. I'm serious. First time I got on a horse, I loved it. That's what I wanted to be, but my dad asked me to start performing with my family.” FirstsWantedSeriousDadFirst TimeMy FamilyHorseMy DadPerformingJockeys Author:Janet Jackson
“How my relationship with my parents influenced my writing, really not at all. My dad was a mechanic, my mom a nurse.” WritingParentMomDadMy DadMy MomNurseMechanic Author:Max Lucado
“I got into comics about the same time as music. By 12 years old, I had discovered my dad's killer comic book collection filled with Silver Age books from his youth...early Spider-Man, Thor, Fantastic Four, The Hulk, Detective Comics, Action Comics, you name it. Seeing those old books got me interested in new comics, so my friends and I would hit the local comic shop every Saturday to pick up the cool titles of my generation.” MenYearsBookAgeActionNamesFourSeeingGenerationsYouthDadPicksMy FriendsFilledMy DadLocalsComicFantasticTitlesCollectionsShopsSilverKillersComic BookSaturdaySpidersDetectivesMy GenerationSpider ManOld BooksFantastic Four Author:Alan Robert
“Baseball I played literally from the time I can remember. My dad had played, my older brother played, so I always wanted to be like my older brother. That just kind of was a natural thing that I fell into.” KindI CanWantedRememberNaturalBrotherDadBaseballMy DadNatural ThingsOlder Brother Author:Tyler Hoechlin
“My dad was very worried that I wasn't saving and didn't have a pension. I've never invested well.” WellsDadMy DadSavingWorriedPension Author:Paul Young
“My dad fought in Korea. It was one of the first stories I remember hearing about.” FirstsStoriesRememberDadMy DadHearingKorea Author:Paul Beatty
“The turmoil that my dad went through, and then by extension, the kids went though, was profound and disastrous for the marriage, for the family.” KidsDadProfoundMy DadExtensionsTurmoil Author:Bryan Cranston
“It's a different world for those of us who are doing this for a living. Certainly a lot different than my dad had to deal with when he was calling games on a national level for CBS. It's just a different world. I'm not saying it's better or worse, there's just a lot more access.” WorldDifferentGamesLevelsDealsDadCallingMy DadAccessDifferent Worlds Author:Joe Buck
“My dad is a big extrovert - he's a doctor - but he always loved [William] Shakespeare and he took us to tons of theater.” BigsDadDoctorsTheaterMy DadExtroverts Author:Vanessa Kirby
“I come from a liberal tradition. I'm Jewish. My dad was a liberal. What I've found is that people who see themselves as thoughtful, caring, educated and informed have swallowed psychiatry as the way.” PeopleWayFoundDadTraditionMy DadCaringEducatedThoughtfulPsychiatry Author:Peter Breggin
“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
“My dad told me at the very beginning of my career, basically, "If you're gonna have a megaphone, you're gonna need to use it to do some kind of good." He has always been aggravated by any kind of celebrities that don't have any charities or love or passion or something they're trying to help.” IfsNeedsTryingKindHelpingUsePassionCareersDadCharityMy DadAggravated Author:Ben Feldman
“I hate that blacks and Hispanics are pitted against each other I really do, call me naive, I grew up in an adopted family where my mom is Christian and Caucasian, my dad is Jewish, my sister is Mexican and I don't know, I don't tan so well. I think I'm mostly Irish.” ThinkingKnowsWellsChristianHateGrewMomDadGrew UpI HateMy DadMy MomCall MeMy SisterAdoptedNaiveMexicanCaucasian Author:Andrew Breitbart
“Usually the beginning of a story that people hear a lot. For example, "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut" or "My dad keeps losing his car keys." And then I just think of different ways the story could end. "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut. I don't understand why she's crying. I'm the one who has to get a new girlfriend." Then I try it out on stage. I don't do a lot of re-writing. My jokes either work or they don't. The trick is just to write a ton of jokes.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingTryingDifferentEndsStoriesStageCarCryExampleKeysDadLosingJokesMy DadTricksUpsetDifferent WaysGirlfriendMy GirlfriendHaircutsCar KeysNew GirlfriendNew Haircut Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I was known for being a bit of a clown. I remember my dad got me aside and said, "Just remember, everybody likes a clown, but nobody pays him." I've often been tempted to call him and say, "Remember how you told me...?" "Yeah?" "Yes, they do."” SaidRememberBitsPayKnownDadYeahMy DadLikesTemptedClown Author:Mel Gibson