Quotes by Dad My dad, we'll be talking about goals for the next year. He's like, 'I think you can be here,' and I look at him like he's cross-eyed, like, 'Are you serious? That's so far out of my reach.' Well, then I always end up achieving it. Miranda Leek dadtalkingthinking My dad went to USC and it always had been very important to me and my family. Miranda Cosgrove uscdadimportant I just feel like it's easier to co-write sometimes, especially if you have chemistry with somebody. It kind of takes all the pressure off of you. But, you know, I started writing songs by myself. I didn't really have a co-writer, besides my dad. When I see a record and it has a song on it that someone wrote [alone], I just really believe in them as a writer. I feel like it's a window into them, more than it is if you write a song with someone else. Miranda Lambert dadsongbelieve Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my dad is a singer-songwriter. Miranda Lambert dadstrongwriting I got stuck up a tree when I was about seven, and my dad had to come and get the ladder to get me down. I loved to climb all the way up to the top. I must have been a koala in my past life. Miranda Kerr koalasdadpast I have a weird sense of humour. My dad's the same. We love watching 'Monty Python' together. Miranda Kerr dadpythontogether When I was little, I used to work with my dad on the engine of his car. Mostly this was a matter of me handing him wrenches. Mireille Enos cardadlittles My dad is this very sensible guy who never let me feel that anything was beyond my station. Mireille Enos dadguysensible I’m not complaining about Romance Being Dead - I’ve just described a happy marriage as based on talking about plants and a canceled Ray Romano show and drinking milkshakes: not exactly rose petals and gazing into each other’s eyes at the top of the Empire State Building or whatever. I’m pretty sure my parents have gazed into each other’s eyes maybe once, and that was so my mom could put eyedrops in my dad’s eyes. Mindy Kaling dadmomdrinking My parents both worked - my mom was an accountant, and my dad is a builder - and that taught me about having a really strong work ethic, and I respected them a lot for that. Miranda Kerr dadmomstrong A few weeks ago my uncle came over to borrow my dad's socket set and when he asked my dad how he was my dad said oh unexceptional. Living quietly with my disappointments. And how are you Miriam Toews unclesdaddisappointment I've always had a burning desire to help people and make a difference in the world. I didn't know how I could do that in modelling when it can be such a fake world. But my dad told me I could make a difference by being true to myself and teaching people what I've learnt about spirituality, health and nutrition. Miranda Kerr fake-worlddadteaching The other day I found her passport in her drawer when I was putting away my dad's laundered handkerchiefs. I wish I hadn't. For the purpose of my story, she should have it with her. I sat on my dad's bed and flipped through page after empty page. No stamps. No exotic locales. No travel-worn smudges or creases. Just the ID information and my mother's black-and-white photo which if it were used in a psychology textbook on the meaning of facial expressions would be labelled: Obscenely, heartbreakingly hopeful. Miriam Toews black-and-whitedadmother For Christian faith not to be idle in the world, the work of doctors and garbage collectors, business executives and artists, stay-at-home moms or dads and scientists needs to be inserted into Gods story with the world. That story needs to provide the most basic rules by which the game in all these spheres is played. Miroslav Volf dadmomchristian My dad always said to me that with fame comes great responsibility, which has always stuck with me, even though I think he stole that line from Spiderman. Missy Higgins dadresponsibilitythinking My dad is a very snappy dresser; he gets all his stuff tailored. He's an architect, so he's a little more artistically minded. Mindy Kaling dadstufflittles My dad would tell me to, 'Play for those who couldn't play.' So my motivation is for people who struggle in life daily. Misty May-Treanor dadmotivationstruggle Meditating takes on a different quality when someone taps you on the shoulder and says, "Dad, why are you sleeping like that?" Misha Collins qualitydadsleep My dad had an eighth grade education, and everything that he did in his life was just stuff that he went out and did - figured out what he needed to know and read. Very successful, a union contractor. Mitch Pileggi unionsdadsuccessful At the time of starting this band I was listening to tons of death metal. However, the bands that made me want to be in a band to begin with were groups like Korn, Deftones, Slayer, Sepultura... everything that my dad would buy and bring home to me and my brother saying 'Hey, listen to this'. Mitch Lucker dadbrotherhome«117118119120121122123124125126127»
