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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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- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm a good dad. It's hard. Ultimately, it's our kids that have the final word. So we'll have to ask them.
- Mum
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mum and my dad are the sweetest couple.
- Piano
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad died in 1980, and I found out afterwards from mum that my piano lessons, which cost £2 a week, took up nearly a third of his income.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mom always got me to school and the driving range while Dad was working. She also kept me quiet and humble. Both of them taught me to let my golf do the talking.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was in the Navy; he was in Vietnam. My mom was trying to sell real estate on the side. We didn't have a lot of money.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love being a dad. I'd have more kids if I could. I'd take a couple more, one or two more before I croak.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad loved Scotland, so we would pile into his caravan and head for the Highlands, to Fort William and Loch Ness. It was such an adventure - my siblings and I were allowed to roam and explore the local beaches. We loved the freedom of those trips.
- Nov 07, 2020
But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bob Dylan is my idol. Everybody has that person growing up that made them see things a little differently than they did before, Dylan is that guy for me. My dad gave me the 'Blonde on Blonde' album on cassette tape when I was seven or eight. It took me a while to get into Dylan's vibe, but once I did, I never looked back.
- Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw my dad work hard and then would see and know his interest and intentions, and that wasn't necessarily the narrative you would see in the press.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad is constantly looking up my name on Twitter, every single day. He made a Twitter account just for that.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn't go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks.
- Drawing
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- Nov 07, 2020