Quotes by Dad [On charity] I try to pick subjects that I can learn about and then focus on and then do as much as I can. If you have a tremendous amount of heat from the spotlight, then you're able to shine a little bit more of your light in a different direction. It's just deflecting. My dad calls it a celebrity credit card that you can cash in. I think if you're in this position you should do it. George Clooney dadlightthinking I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie. My dad was a Methodist minister. I went off to war. I have been married to the same woman forever. I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. George McGovern dadboyswar My dad worked in a very typical first-generation immigrant fashion - 24 hours a day for years. George Michael dadfashionyears My dad was a Methodist minister. George McGovern methodistsministersdad I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece) George Michael dadsummersong [My mother] pretty much used to go along with my dad in that she wanted me to get an education so that if this incredible dream I had didn't work out, I would have something to fall back on. George Michael dadmotherdream He was a father. That's what a father does.Eases the burdens of those he loves. Saves the ones he loves from painful last images that might endure for a lifetime. George Saunders fathers-daydadease There seems to be a lot of name-calling going on, but I want to remind you what our good dad told me one time. Labels are for soup cans. George W. Bush labelsdadnames My dad has more sparkly stuff than most men. Georgia May Jagger dadstuffmen My dad's supportive of all my endeavors. Georgia May Jagger endeavorsupportivedad My dad's not a very intimidating father figure. Georgia May Jagger intimidatingdadfather My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. Georgia May Jagger let-medadfigures My dad's cool with that kind of stuff. He always wanted me to do my best. I'm quite dyslexic in school. My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. My parents never really lecture me. Georgia May Jagger dadparentschool When I was about 12 and first started wearing lipstick, my dad would ask, 'Are you wearing makeup?' I would say back, 'You're wearing more makeup there than I am! Georgia May Jagger makeupdadfirsts Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state. Gerald McRaney moved-ondadhouse I come from a musical family. Mom was a piano teacher for a large portion of her life, and Dad is a saxophone hobbyist who grew up in England during the heyday of Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott. I started taking piano lessons from my Mom, but it's too easy to slack off with your parent, so she passed me on to a friend of hers, where I got more motivated to play music by playing pop hits and TV themes. I did some classical training, but I was always more into the really thematic stuff. Gerard Cox dadmomteacher I spent many years not knowing where my dad was... Not knowing if my dad was alive, even. He turned up when I was 16 out of the blue. Gerard Butler dadblueyears Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a library card when we could pass off something as a signature, and all of us would come with an armful of books. Geraldine Brooks dadmorningbook I grew up in a big Irish, Catholic family. My dad was a pretty rough guy. So one of my brothers left home when he was 15 and found his way to the gym. It gave me the opportunity to go and spend some time with him and work out in the gym. Gerry Cooney dadbrotherhome I knew I was going to be a journalist when I was eight years old and I saw the printing presses rolling at the Sydney newspaper where my dad worked as a proofreader. Geraldine Brooks eightdadyears«5455565758596061626364»
