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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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I always felt like I had stability, doing things with my dad and living with my mum.
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I grew up in Southampton. My mum was a shop assistant; my dad was a carpenter. They broke up when I was eight.
- Fireman
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One of the things that I first remember wanting to be was a 'geolisty' - that was the best I could say when I was a kid. That was right after I stopped wanting to be a fireman or a truck driver. Because my dad is a paleontologist who worked with the Smithsonian, I got to see the bones up close and the exhibits behind the scenes there.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was born with no money.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad and his sister, who is no longer with us, used to dance on the streets for money. They had nothing.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, my dad and my mom were there for my sister and I.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Family is funny, and so it was not an unnatural thing for me, growing up, not to know anything about my dad or about the Vance side of our family.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad sometimes sends me texts saying, 'Just heard you on the radio, thumbs up', or whatever. So that's pretty cute.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad brought me up to be a good person.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad has seen and done a lot. He comes from the hippie era where music and living life to the fullest is more important than stability and playing by the rules.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad, well, he sells tractors, just like my granddad, and I'm darn proud of that.
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He's a nice guy who will never change the Senate. He is the Senate. Eighteen years in politics, and he's got two cousins who are senators, too. Mark Udall's dad even ran for president.
- Nov 07, 2020