- Me
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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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- Mom And Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was an FBI agent. My mom and dad were straight arrow types, and I had a conservative, suburban Orange County upbringing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a freshman and sophomore, I got booed every time I was put in the game. Then, in my junior and senior years, my dad got booed every time he took me out.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
My children see me being coach enough. I gotta make sure they see me being dad.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Elvis was a seventh-degree black belt in karate. My dad knew that he couldn't dance like Elvis or sing like him, but he thought maybe he could try karate, and he fell in love with it.
- Disciplinarian
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad was a strict disciplinarian and would give us a wallop with a wooden spoon if we were out of order. But we really respected him - he didn't try to be our best friend.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didn't know any arty types.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was an interior design and furniture person. I started working with him for four years before my first TV writing break.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know the blessing of having a dad who played 16 years in the league. That experience, and seeing him as an example, let me know that it's possible. It's not easy, but it's possible.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I moved to L.A. when I was, like, 6 months old. I was born in Georgia 'cause my dad was going to college at the University of Georgia for music. Then we moved to the Valley, and my dad was a songwriter out here.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to play around and sing Randy Travis for my dad. I'd always be able to just mimic things.
- Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started playing with my dad, and then I started going to soccer schools in Sunderland and managed to get scouted from there.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad owned Cadillacs all my life.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan going in my dad's car, but I remember The Royal Scam in particular because it has 'Kid Charlemagne' on it.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020