Quotes by Dad I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms around my father's waist, hug him back. I could never reach the whole way around the equator of his body; he was that much larger than life. Then one day, I could do it. I held him, instead of him holding me, and all I wanted at that moment was to have it back the other way. Jodi Picoult hugdadfather If you have not seen it, FOOTBALL is a game in which men shove one another back and forth for no reason. They do not choose how, when, or whom they shove. They are doing this in order to please one angry old man on the sidelines. This old man is called the 'coach' or 'yelling surrogate' dad who will never be happy. John Hodgman dadfootballmen My dad was a lovely guy. I had great parents. But he was a conservative shopkeeper, and he said, "Look, I don't know how to help you as an actor, but if you want to be an actor, give it a go for a year. Get a job. And if you don't get a job, then we're going to reevaluate and you're going to go back to school." And I thought that was a fair thing. John Kapelos dadjobsschool My dad was a member of the Greatest Generation that achieved victory in World War II. This was the generation that saved the world from fascism, came home and built the great American middle class, led the way in the civil rights movement, protected our environment, and created great programs like Medicare. John F. Kerry dadhomewar When my dad founded our church, he used either a globe or a map of the world behind him. It was symbolic of what Christ said: to go forth and preach hope to the world. We believe in the cross, but we just continued with the globe. Joel Osteen dadchurchbelieve All I've ever wanted to do was be a great dad, and yet there's no stopping this existential mirror that's held up to yourself when you're about to have a kid. John Krasinski existentialdadkids My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow. Joel Osteen dadpeopleyears My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to them, meant the place to go if you really wanted an education. John Knowles dadmotherfather My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration. John L. Phillips dadinspirationwar I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into. Joel Osteen molddadtrying I was lucky enough myself to have been in Dad's Army for an episode. John Leeson dadarmylucky I've always loved where my dad came from and the ideals that instilled in me. John Krasinski my-dadidealsdad It's not a secret family like I have a beautiful, gorgeous wife in Tokyo; I have another mom and dad. I'm the kid and I have another mom and dad in Atwater Village, Los Angeles. John Hodgman dadmombeautiful The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you're unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it. John Green fathers-dayfatherhooddad One of the things that gives me a lot of pleasure about both the solo show and the book is that it tells people about my dad. He really was an important man. He was a kind of pioneer of regional theater. He was the first American producer to ever produce all of Shakespeare plays. John Lithgow dadmenbook I see God as my heavenly father, like my earthly father, as loving and kind. Yes, he disciplined me, he helped me make good decisions, but I knew my dad was always there for me. If I made a mistake, I wouldn't run from my dad, I'd go to him. Joel Osteen dadrunningfather I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife John Lithgow boyfrienddadfun I'm more comfortable with whatever's wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn't measure up to the standard he set. John Malkovich boyfrienddadfather I'm not great at dealing with death, I have to say. I find death very hard: my mum, my dad, Sid Vicious. I'm not a monster; I feel it and it scares me. One death at a time, please, is all my heart will bear. John Lydon scaredadheart My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me. John Malkovich dadstrongfather«8081828384858687888990»
