Quotes by Dad Nice is good, but it's not enough. I want you back for real. I want to talk to you at lunch, instead of staring at you while you eat. I want to see the smile on your face and know I put it there. I want to hear your dad's voice get all low and pissed off, like it only does when I've stayed over too late. Rachel Vincent dadnicereal Leave the door open," my dad said, the second most common warning in his arsenal. Right behind, "Nash, go home. Rachel Vincent dadhomedoors My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time. He was always so frustrated having to work to support the family that I was like, I'm never going to do that. I don't want to just be working a menial job to support my family and dreaming of being an artist. We learn from our fathers in that way. Rainn Wilson daddreamjobs 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. Rainn Wilson daddifferentfishing You look ridiculous,” Wren said. “What?” “That shirt.” It was a Hello Kitty shirt from eighth or ninth grade. Hello Kitty dressed as a superhero. It said SUPER CAT on the back, and Wren had added an H with fabric paint. The shirt was cropped too short to begin with, and it didn’t really fit anymore. Cath pulled it down self-consciously. “Cath!” her dad shouted from downstairs. “Phone.” Cath picked up her cell phone and looked at it “He must mean the house phone,” Wren said. “Who calls the house phone?” “Probably 2005. I think it wants its shirt back. Rainbow Rowell dadcatmean My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet. Rainn Wilson poetdadnames I'm fine," [her dad] said gently. "Back on the horse, Cath.' 'What's the horse?' she sighed, watching him pull on a South High hoodie. 'Jogging? Working too much?' 'Living,' he said, a little too loud. 'Life's the horse. Rainbow Rowell jogginghorsedad I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.' Ralph Nader dadpartyfather We're going to listen music in my room.' 'Fine,' his dad said from underneath the sink. 'Just don't get anybody pregnant. Rainbow Rowell finedadrooms We're living in a time period where if a kid is on a plastic scooter that's one inch off the ground, mom and dad think he should have a helmet on. I don't think they should have a helmet on. They should break their leg and have an imagination. Otherwise, we're going to have a nation of accountants. Ramin Bahrani dadmomkids One time when I was nine or ten years old, I came home from school...and my dad said to me, 'Well, Ralph, what did you learn in school today? Did you learn how to believe or did you learn how to think?' So, I'm saying to myself, 'What's the difference between the two?'. Ralph Nader dadhomebelieve And it’s when I’m standing there this morning, in my PJs and a hijab, next to my mum and my dad, kneeling before God, that I feel a strange sense of calm. I feel like nothing can hurt me, and nothing else matters. Randa Abdel-Fattah dadhurtmorning ...make dads the godly leaders [of the family] with the women in submission, raising kids for the glory of God. Randall Terry godlydadkids I think my dad has helped me tremendously. Rand Paul my-daddadthinking Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out. Randy Harrison dadsaid Nolan Ryan helped me with baseball, and my dad passing away gave me a bigger heart. Randy Johnson dadbaseballheart My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it. Randy Travis guitardadkids My Mom and Dad had six kids, and four of the six were going down the same road I was. Randy Travis dadmomkids My dad would often take me to the cinema and I found myself really seduced by the imagery, I think this had a massive impact on how I viewed the world. Rankin impactdadthinking My Dad taught me that the English upper class are sent to school to be taught to be confident, whereas in Glasgow you're born confident. I've always thought that pretty much summed me up. Born confident. Rankin dadclassschool«132133134135136137138139140141142»
