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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love just lying on the floor at home watching games with my dad. No pressures, just being me.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
It turns out one of my dad's best friends was Carl Sagan when I was little. They were both Harvard professors.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen, worked in catering.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughness/skepticism.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'd be a really good dad. So perhaps I'm doing society a disservice by not having as many kids as possible.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, my dad owned a restaurant in Washington, DC, and food was something I was passionate about. But when I finally got into it, I felt like it was so late in the game; that's why I worked seven days a week at Craft and Mercer Kitchen. I wanted to see how far I could take it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, I didn't see my dad that much because he was always working at the restaurant. He became pretty jaded after working at the restaurant for so long.
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- Nov 07, 2020