Quotes by Dad My family never took vacations; we never traveled together. We never did anything. My spring breaks were going home to help my dad at the restaurant. Pete Gallego dadfamilytogetherhome I don't let a lot of people know about my dad dying on 9/11. It's not a way to introduce yourself. So I never told anybody, and then I would do jokes about it... and I think people thought I was lying about it. Which would be crazy! Pete Davidson yourselfdadcrazypeople When my dad died, I had to go to therapy. Pete Davidson hadgotherapydad My dad was a very violent, frightening and dangerous guy. Next to him, I was this vague kind of kid who walked around, as I still do, gathering impressions. Peter Coyote kiddangerousdadgathering I think we were born 6 feet tall and then started to grow from there. My dad's not particularly tall - only 5 feet, 11 inches - but his mother was almost 6 feet and straight as a ramrod: a German woman who used to scare the hell out of me. Peter Graves womanmedadmother My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality. Peter Orszag warmdadmompersonality My mom and dad? Oh, they were a fiery pair. They stayed together for the kids and also because they were hopelessly in love with each other, but they were totally incompatible. Peter Scolari dadmomtogetherlove Dad was convinced always that I was going to be a road sweeper. Peter Sellers goingroadalwaysdad Religion was quite a thing in our house - we were Baptists. Some Sundays I went to church three times. If there was a talk on missionary work in the afternoon, I could be there all bloody day. But religion took its first big knock after Dad died. Philip Kerr daydadworkreligion My British mum met my American dad when she was on holiday in the United States when she was 19. She kinda never looked back. I was born in the United States, raised in Montana and London. Philip Winchester neverholidayborndad I do have an occasional temper - I sort of inherited my dad's short fuse. Princess Eugenie of York shortsorttemperdad When I was little, my dad used to call me 'Bandarella,' because I was a mess - a Bandar is a monkey in Hindi. I was not a girly-girl and would always break something and would be running around and didn't really fit in. Priyanka Chopra monkeymealwaysdad Cricket came about for me when my dad started throwing plastic balls to me at home. I was four or five. Prithvi Shaw mecricketdadhome Dad played a very important role in my life. I always wanted to play cricket ,and my dream was his, too. Prithvi Shaw my-lifecricketdadlife In New York, my dad raised me to listen to everything like hip-hop, rock and country music. When I moved to Dallas, I started listening to whatever I wanted to listen to. Post Malone medadmusiccountry I remember going to see my dad pitch against other coal-mining teams, and he was successful with the knuckleball. I saw how bad guys would look like swinging, and how guys talked about how he could throw every day and didn't hurt his arm. That's how I grew up learning. Phil Niekro daylooklearningdad I remember I was, like, 6 years old when I found out that I was having a little brother, and I was wishing and wishing for a sister. When my mom came out and my dad, and they're like, 'It's a boy,' Spencer, my twin brother, is cheering and jumping up and down, and then I burst into tears. I was so sad. I was crying. Peyton List saddadtearsbrother I was eight when independence happened. I remember my mum and dad getting dressed up to go to the independence concert to go listen to Bob Marley. Independence was such a wonderful time; we had so many expectations of the kind of country we would become. The vision of the government then was a wonderful vision. Petina Gappah visiondadgovernmenttime My dad was a copywriter on Madison Avenue at the same time as the TV show 'Mad Men' is set. My mom raised the kids and was a scholarship coordinator at a school. More importantly, dad was a writer and my mom an artist. Peter Heller dadtimemenschool My dad's wife, my stepmom, is a serious painter. My dad also paints. My mother is a brilliant sculptor, and her husband is a sculptor. Peter Heller dadwifehusbandmother«207208209210211212213214215216217»
