- 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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- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad endorsed my learning to fly so he would have a live-in pilot, one he could get in touch with at any time.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I have any guilt or embarrassment about any of the TV shows I watch. Maybe the fact that the shows I can watch over and over again are cartoons like 'Bob's Burgers' and 'American Dad' and 'Rick & Morty.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I used to watch comedians with my dad, he laid it all out for me. He wanted to be a comedian himself, and he was so funny. We'd watch stand-up on TV, and he'd tell me the subtext of what they were saying.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Along with my dad, my mother's pretty high up there. She's a star! Her interests are so diverse - she's an art collector and a sports enthusiast.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mum and Dad paid me 50 pence, which was a lot of money when I was 8 years old, not to dye my hair.
- Seeing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad's a scratch golfer and I've got the knack of seeing something and then replicating it. I saw my dad swing a club and I worked out how to do the same thing. My backswing and follow-through have been basically the same since I was two.
- Push
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because my dad died when I was young, and I have a severely disabled sister, I couldn't really push the envelope at home.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was about 12, I spent the summer writing four plays on my dad's old typewriter for a school play competition. And I wrote little comic bits at secondary school and at university.
- Nov 07, 2020
My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a good dad. I'm proud of that.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were farmers' kids from South Dakota. My dad was an engineer. I wanted to be responsible and major in something pragmatic.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, the reason I'm a huge Arsenal fan is because when my dad moved over from Sri Lanka, he lived in north London and fell in love with Arsenal. Then he moved to East Grinstead and bought a pub, which he turned into an Arsenal pub.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
One day, I brought home Eddie Murphy's 'Raw', and Dad and I would watch that together.
- Financial
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- Nov 07, 2020