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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad Quotes
The small stuff you inherit.
These dad quotes lean into small, specific memories — watching Monty Python over dinner, catching yourself sounding just like him mid-sentence, or joking that most of your audience is really just your father. For humor along the same lines, see our Jokes page.
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- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad showed me a football and would throw it up and have my dog - a German Shepherd - chase me around when I went after the ball. I caught it because I was scared of that dog. The next year, my dad talked to the commissioner of a local league and convinced him to let me play as a first grader with third graders.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, my dad took me to the opera.
- Mom And Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I wanted to audition for a dinner-theater junior troupe in my hometown, I needed to have a piece of musical theater music to sing. I wasn't sure what I wanted to use. My mom and dad suggested that I sing 'Edelweiss' because I knew it from the music box.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad, when he was young, did Shakespeare in school, and my mom was a little bit of an artist, but everybody was pragmatic.
- Employs
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a 'TV Dad,' to give advice and it's so pat it becomes ridiculous.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always been a bit of an introvert. In fact, my dad used to force me to meet people so that my interpersonal skills improve. As an individual, I was happiest when left alone.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm little. I'm pale. I'm not strong. But bad things are scared of me. I think it's because my dad was a preacher growing up, and I was raised in the Church of Christ.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had our first earthquake over here recently. That was a bizarre feeling. I just became disoriented and I remember my dad freaking out. Nothing broke or anything.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad's a worker, an electrician, a bog standard job. Nothing glamorous like a footballer, but yet he still provided me with what I needed.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family belongs to a tennis club in Valencia, California, so I always go there. I play a lot of tennis with my dad and swim. And I like to go to the gym there.
- Best Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was really little, I was on a Pop Warner squad. I did it for a year. My dad was a Pop Warner football coach. I did it because my best friend was also on this cheer squad, and of course I looked up to my sister who was a cheerleader, so I wanted to cheer.
- Nov 07, 2020
When we think someone is a great dad, what it really means is that we like the way they try.
- Clue
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad worked in the IT industry, although I haven't got a clue what he did. He always tells me but it just goes over my head.
- Nov 07, 2020