“When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn't go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks.” FirstsWantedRoomsNiceMomDadMy DadMy MomShirtsPairsEmergenciesFluAmbulanceEmergency Room Author:Rich Lowry
“My dad wears girls' clothes - it's so funny. Sometimes I see him and I'm like, 'Nice shirt!,' because it's from my closet.” SometimesGirlNiceDadClothesMy DadShirtsClosets Author:Liv Tyler
“My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. So when we got on a bus, he would always encourage me and my younger brother to get up and offer our seat to an old lady. I grew up kind of liking that, thinking, y'know, that's a nice thing, that's a courtesy.” ThinkingKnowsKindGuyNiceBrotherGrewDadOffersGrew UpMy DadGet UpSeatsBusPoliteCourtesyNice ThingsOld LadyCourteousYounger Brother Author:Paul McCartney
“My mum told me the best time to ask my dad for anything was during sex. Not the best advice I'd ever been given. I burst in through the bedroom door saying "Can I have a new bike?". He was very upset. His secretary was surprisingly nice about it. I got the bike.” HumorFunnyAsksGivenSexNiceDoorsAdviceDadMy DadUpsetMumSecretaryBedroomBikeBest TimesBest Advice Author:Jimmy Carr
“She got really mad a month ago, because she had e-mailed me a naked picture of herself - which is a nice thing to do - but then I messed up, and I accidentally forwarded that e-mail to both of my parents. Now, my girlfriend is furious, mortified, but I don't even care, 'cause now I have to call up my mother and say 'Mom, I am so sorry - that picture was just for dad.'” HumorCareFunnyMotherCausesParentNiceMomMonthsDadMadSorryNakedThings To DoGirlfriendMailMy GirlfriendNice ThingsFuriousMessed UpI Am So Sorry Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I was very inventive. I lived in my own world - my dad said I was a loner. Not lonely, just happy in my own company. It's the same now. I need time alone, which is maybe why I love to write. Having said that, I love the sociability of telly. It's a nice contrast.” WorldNeedsWritingSaidMy OwnCompanyNiceDadLonelyMy DadContrastMe AloneLonerTime Of NeedAlone TimeSociabilityMy Own WorldI Need Time Author:Alan Titchmarsh
“I think he gets a lot of respect just because he's my dad, too. Even if he hadn't had any experience. But I think he comes with a lot of experience and all of that as well, so I think people enjoyed working with him and had fun and also respected him, which was nice.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsFunNiceDadMy DadEnjoyedHad Fun Author:Emily Deschanel
“My dad - who was a tough guy, a Green Beret - always looked nice and wore these bright Sansabelt pants. He always said, "You have two options: You can be a follower or you can be a leader. And you don't ever want to follow anybody." And that's kind of become my philosophy about everything.” WantKindSaidTwoPhilosophyGuyLeaderNiceDadToughGreenMy DadFollowersPantsTough GuyTwo OptionsGreen Beret Author:Bubba Watson
“You hear terrible stories because there'll be a story about some terrible kid, but most of the kids I work with are terrific kids. They're poor, maybe their families are broken, so they're not coming home to a mom and dad and a nice dinner every night. But these kids are capable.” StoriesHomeKidsNightPoorNiceBrokenMomDadTerribleCapableDinnerComing HomeEvery NightTerrificMom And Dad Author:Rafe Esquith
“Lemurs are good parents but they do it in different ways. I originally studied father care. I was very interested in that and we saw that a lot of these animals that lived in pairs and the father wasn't doing anything at all for the first month. But then suddenly, when the baby got to be a certain weight then the dads chipped in and started carrying the babies which was very nice. And then if there was twins or triplets then they helped.” IfsWayFirstsDifferentCareCertainFatherParentAnimalSawsNiceBabyMonthsDadWeightDifferent WaysPairsTwinsVery NiceGood ParentTripletLemurs Author:Patricia Wright
“I remember learning to drive on my dad's lap. Did you guys ever do that? He'd work the brakes. I'd work the wheel. Then I went to take the driver's test and sat on the examiner's lap. I failed the exam. But he still writes to me. That's the really nice part.” WritingStillsRememberGuyNiceDadTestsMy DadSatWheelsDriversLapReally NiceExamBrake Author:Garry Shandling
“The towers fell, and the first thing that went through my head was my dad's voice: 'Well, you brought a new life into the world, and the world's over. Nice timing, numbnuts!” WorldFirstsWellsVoiceNiceDadMy DadTimingTowersNew Life Author:Christopher Titus
“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.” YearsKidsMotherThreeWhiteClassFiveNiceChildhoodMiddleBrotherDadAreasSevenMy DadActiveMy BrotherMiddle ClassExhaustedSeven YearsAttorneyHousewifeHappy ChildhoodIdyllicUpper Middle ClassThree Sisters Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“In Heaven, I believe my dad is somewhere doing something nice. I feel I've been too lucky to travel this far without somebody guiding me.” FeelsBelieveI BelieveHeavenNiceDadLuckyMy Dad Author:Katherine Jenkins
“People make their life really hard. It was as simple as this: My parents went to church. My grandfather was a bishop. My mom sang in the choir, my dad played the keyboard, and my uncle played the drums. I was into playing the drums, so I played the drums a lot for my uncle, and it got to the point where I was pretty nice at playing the drums. And he let me play every Sunday so, to me, going to church was fun.” PeopleHardPlayFunParentChurchSimpleNiceMomDadLet MeMy DadMy MomSundayGrandfatherUnclesMy GrandfatherBishopsKeyboardsChoirGoing To Church Author:Fetty Wap
“I mean, my wife is always like - I don't write lyrics. So I couldn't, like, really technically write a song for anyone. I could write a very nice instrumental. So she always sort of gives me a hard time because it's just such a ridiculously impossible standard to live up to, that your step-dad wrote that song for your mom.” GivingWritingMeanHardSongStepsNiceWifeImpossibleMomDadStandardsGive MeMy WifeHard TimesVery NiceYour MomStep Dad Author:Mark Ronson