Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" My dad said to me growing up: 'When all is said and done, if you can count all your true friends on one hand, you're a lucky man.' "

Related Quotes:

" One day we were sitting in our little classroom in the middle of Australia Zoo, and Dad bursts in and says, 'OK, today we're going to go climb a mountain,' - the Glass House Mountains are about 20 minutes away - so we packed up all our math work and ran out the door and climbed Mount Tibrogargan. "

" I've got the best parents you could ever ask for. My parents are from New Jersey, and they met in Vermont in college. My Dad grew up listening to heavy, psychedelic music. He's my biggest fan. "

" My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves. "

Moon Unit Zappa

" My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house. "

" One of the first movies my dad took me to see was the original 'Road Warrior.' And I was kind of raised on the action movies of that era: 'The Terminator' and 'Die Hard' and, of course, all of the 'Star Wars' movies. "

" My dad was not someone who you would strike with a billy club and he wouldn't strike back. It just wasn't in him. "

Condoleezza Rice

" You've got to take the road you need to take, and only you can make that calculation. Not your dad, not your friend. You have to take it if you feel it instinctively. "

" I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts. "

" Have you ever read the back of the Newman's Diavolo pasta sauce? Dad on the front is dressed like the devil with a little beard and horns. He says that he sells his soul to the devil for the recipe. It was banned in the South. They thought it was an abomination. "

" Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful. "

" My dad is from Nottingham - although I've only been there twice in my life, with one being when my friend was at university there. I've always found it a friendly place and has a good night life. "

" I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later, she started coming to my concerts, but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was, and that's how it started. "

" Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position. "

" I think it's easiest to teach by example. My dad didn't tell us to work hard; we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings - like a short fuse - but I've learned you can't come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids. "

Chris O'Donnell

" When I was a little girl, my dad always said to me that I was going to be this great businesswoman, that I was going to be the CEO of IBM. So that's what I came into the world thinking, that I was going to go into the business world and make my mark there. "

Pramila Jayapal

" My dad would take me downtown, and I'd stand backstage and watch him in the vaudeville pit band. I was 6 or 7. He was a musician, a band leader, a wonderful clarinetist and saxophone player. "

" To say that my dad pushed me is an understatement. I was never naturally drawn to football. "

" I have a mug that actually verifies that I'm the world's best dad. That's a mug. That's not me talking. You can't just buy those. "

Stephen Colbert

" My dad always told me, 'I don't care what you do. Just aim to be the best at it. Even if it's the world's best window cleaner.' "

Bruce Dickinson

" I really, really like interior design. I grew up in a really old house outside of Philly that was built in 1821. My mom is really into antiques, and my dad is very mid-century. They're not together anymore, so in the middle of growing up, I, all of the sudden, had two houses that were very different but really well done in each of their own ways. "

" When it comes to guys, my dad is the measure of the perfect man. And that's a pretty tough standard to match up to. "

" I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God's sake, not a television personality. "

" To me I'm just a regular person going to the mall with friends, and now I'm in Forever 21 and I see this random group of girls staring at me and taking pictures. But now I usually have my dad, who is a really tall and intimidating person with me, so he's kind of my bodyguard. "

" I think, if I had a dad, I would have went the normal college route. I'm so stoked my life panned out how it was. "

Tyler, The Creator

" Ultimately, my connection to my Indian-ness comes back to my mom and dad. They would all tell me and my siblings stories about their life in India, so it was very close to my two brothers and my sister and I. "

" My dad claims that he was able to trace us back to the West Virginia Hatfields. When I look at the old pictures, the patriarchs have kind of a physical likeness to some of the men on the father's side of my family. I want it to be true. "

Juliana Hatfield

" I remember, the first time I gave Dad a proper hug, it was big. "

" My dad taught me to be a leader or a follower, and he said follower ain't fun. So I want to be the leader of Bubba Watson. "

" When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don't take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, 'No one can outwork you.' "

" My dad was a builder, so I didn't have any connection to the arts at all. I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder. "