Quotes by Dad My dad and I used to watch 'Ninja Warrior' all the time back when it was in Japan. I would always say, 'I could do that,' kind of joking, but obviously kind of serious. Kacy Catanzaro backdadserioustime My dad was a serious alcoholic, and ultimately, that's why he died. When you're a child of someone who struggled with things like that, you look for the common thread. Is there a pattern? Is there an inheritance of pathology in some way? That haunts me. K. Flay lookmeyoudad At my house, it's an, 'If dad says it, you can say it' kind of deal, so a lot of my slang words come off very childish at this point in my career. A.J. Styles childishwordsyoudad My dad was a holistic doctor, so putting good things into my body has always been something I've strived for. Callie Hernandez doctorgooddadgood-things I'm from a salt-of-the-earth, working-class, northern background. My dad's a steelworker and a firefighter, and my mum is a secretary for the NHS. Faye Marsay nhsbackgroundsecretarydad He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit. Barbara Castle uncleboydadbrother My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong. A. J. Foyt cardadluckpeople My dad had premature gray. I was always the one with the most energy, the one who continued to practice longer. I ran up and down the stairs of different stadiums. I didn't feel the need to cover up the fact that I was losing my hair or it was graying. When you're on a team, age is only a factor when you're talking in the locker room. Cal Ripken, Jr. youdadagehair I lived the baseball life as a kid, with my dad in it. And I lived the baseball life as an adult, because I was in it. When I retired, I wanted the opportunity to be a little bit more flexible and home-based for my kids. Cal Ripken, Jr. dadbaseballopportunitylife I talk about my dad and the American dream, and I just want to say to Americans how fascinated we are by America. We would love Americans to look at the rest of the world that way sometimes. Gad Elmaleh lookdadloveworld My dad was born in 1905, and the men from that period were real men. He prepared me for the world. Fantastic Negrito medadmenworld My dad was a strict Muslim. He had a lot of rules. Fantastic Negrito muslimruleshedad My dad is afraid of my laugh. Halston Sage laughafraiddad I'm Bam Margera. And I feel like kicking my dad's butt all day today. Bam Margera feeldaydadtoday The first record I heard as a kid? My dad is a great soul and blues fan, so he showed me James Brown. That was my first stuff, and I loved it. Bakermat greatmedadsoul I had one of the most outdoorsy childhoods you could imagine. I basically lived in the woods until I was 13. My dad and I built a huge treehouse in our backyard in Chesterfield, about 30 feet in the air. And we'd vacation on an island in Michigan, where I hunted a deer that we ate. Gabriel Basso youvacationdadfeet My dad would take me deer hunting with him, which was pretty traumatic - 'Bambi' was one of my favorite movies. Haley Bennett moviesmehuntingdad I was obsessed with clowns. My dad had to get rid of them. I thought there were clowns under my bed for years. Haley Bennett thoughtdadbedyears Have you read 'The Grapes of Wrath?' That was my family. My dad was a sharecropper in western Oklahoma. When the dust storms came and everything got wiped out, they came to California. The guys with the mattresses on the tops of their cars in the movie? That was the way it was. B. Wayne Hughes youdadfamilyway My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective. Finn Jones shechildpolicedad«241242243244245246247248249250251»
