- Life
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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom died before she knew I was gay, and my dad thought it was a phase, then realized it wasn't.
- Build
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a few houses because my dad was a builder, so we used to build and sell quite a lot.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
When dad told me Mr Steptoe had passed away, I broke down.
- Disparaging
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although my dad's a writer, we grew up in a telly-watching household. I never found him disparaging about television.
- Bed
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every Valentine's Day growing up, my dad would give me a strawberry cream-filled chocolate heart from Russell Stover.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad always wanted me to get into motocross like him, so I started doing it while I was really young.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played baseball too, and flag football, but basketball was the easiest for me. Then when I was 12, my dad asked me what I wanted to do, and I said 'Be an NBA player.' Since then, he started training me.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first real acting gig was probably playing Mamillius in my mother's 'Winter's Tale.' My mom and dad are both in theater, so I grew up acting and being a little theater brat as well.
- Bike
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember taking my stabilisers off my bike with my dad in the back garden. It was a small little bike, and it was called Poppy, had balloons on it, and was purple.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my dad, although I'm definitely critical of him sometimes, like when his pants are too tight. But I love him so much and I try to be really supportive of him.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like many Asian parents, mine were very focused on education. My dad would quiz me with multiplication tables when I was about 5.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although my dad was a doctor, we weren't necessarily a super-artsy family. We were just a classic, traditional family who got to take a lot of piano lessons and became a bunch of musicians.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm trying to have my own thing, and I don't know if it's even possible. I didn't realize so many people actually think I'm trying to be like my dad. I read comments like 'She's no Elvis.' I'm not trying to be. I never set out to be.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020