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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
My dad joined Langley in 1964 as a co-op student and retired in 2004 an internationally respected climate scientist.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad worked with Mary Jackson very closely at one point. I knew Katherine Johnson as well. They were all part of this group of black engineers and scientists within this larger NASA community.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
We came from a family where we ran our own small business. Our dad made his own products. We made our own sausages, our own meatloafs, our own pickles. Dad had to do everything himself. He had to figure out how to finance his business.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having a dad in the service was helpful. I was forever meeting new kids, going to new schools, moving to new neighborhoods. I was encouraged when I attended the American School in Germany.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom is the piano player in my dad's church - she's also the choir director - and she's just a musician through and through.
- Mom And Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always interested in storytelling, particularly in theater and film. I liked creative things. My mom and dad are wonderful people, but both are tone deaf, so I don't know where the gene came from.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
With my mom and dad around, I became a child yet again.
- Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad is my biggest fan.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember that my dad worked on cars from the '70s and '80s, and that's where my love came from: appreciating - even if it was a piece of crap - how much he loved American muscle.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad likes to recite the story of 'Pablo the Donkey' before dinner to teach us the real meaning of Christmas. Every year, it's the same; every year, we cringe!
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had a few non-fiction books at home, but my dad was of the opinion that fiction was a complete and utter waste of time because it wasn't real - so what was the point of reading it?
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020