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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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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to scripts, I take a critical look at them and then sound it off with Dad.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in Luton, we’d always eat on a cloth, placed on the floor of the living room, with no TV allowed. There were no chairs back in Bangladesh and Dad wanted to keep the tradition, so we never owned a dining table.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad loved Deco as a player. He started calling me Deco as a nickname around the house.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eight is a number I always liked. It's also the number my dad wore when he played football, so it's special to me. I am aware that it's a big number here at Liverpool, and I am very excited to wear it.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I signed for Liverpool, my dad has spoken to me a lot about how much he loved them.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad played with me a great deal, as dads should do, and our chief sport was baseball. He bought me a hardball when I was three years old, and he used to sit in a rocker on the front porch while I sat on the grass in the yard, and we'd play catch by the hour.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad played in the National Soccer League in Australia and also played football in Malaysia.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to all of Dad's football games. As I got older, I got involved. He taught me everything I know about playing it.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 12, my friend and I tried to sneak onto a plane from my hometown of Cleveland to New York City! My dad encouraged us - he was a wild guy, big on jokes.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the U.K., my mother had been the breadwinner. I'd seen my parents side by side. In Saudi Arabia, my mother was basically rendered disabled. She was unable to drive, dependent on my dad for everything. The religious zealotry was so suffocating.
- Someone
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad and uncle were so protective so whenever someone would say or do something to harm us they were right there. They were very shy but you cross a line with them and the temper can get quite rough.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually I go to the studio to write lyrics and compose music. I try to be a dad as much as possible at home.
- Horse
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- Nov 07, 2020
The worst present I got was when I was 10. I had specifically wished for a Barbie horse. My dad got me a cheap, poorly made version of it and I cried all evening.
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- Nov 07, 2020