Quotes for Dad

My dad has kind of been the standard for me, he played 16 years in the league, and since I've been in the league, every year that I go through and deal with the scratches, the bumps and bruises, just the grind that it is to go through one NBA season.

Stephen Curry

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

DeForest Kelley

My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.

Larry Elder

I think I was always so resistant to coloring my hair because, you know, when my dad was still alive, it's so easy for a second- or third-generation wrestler to just copy their predecessor. The hardest thing you can do is try and carve out your own legacy.

Cody Rhodes

My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him.

Eminem

My dad always pushed me, he took me to training on days where sometimes it would take two hours to get there, so I'll always be so grateful for my parents for the work they've done for me.

Bukayo Saka

My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'

Daisy Donovan

I didn't come from a wealthy family. My dad told us if we wanted spending money, we had to earn it. So I developed an early work ethic.

Johnny Iuzzini

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.

Margaret Mead

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

Harry S Truman

I would never complain about the position I'm in or the attention I get. At the end of the day, I'm very lucky to have what I have and do what I do, but I don't see myself as any different from anyone else who works hard and is a dad and a husband.

David Beckham

When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years.

Frank Butler

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.

Jim Carrey

My dad made a conscious choice to keep my family in Canada. I think he wanted us to have a pretty normal life and one that wasn't necessarily affected by the industry or all that comes with growing up in Hollywood.

Dan Levy

My grandfather was a police officer. He taught Dad about lie detectors and police interrogation methods, so Dad got this old World War II lie detector and used it on us regularly. He was obsessed with the truth.

Brian Herbert

When I was very little, my dad had his own go kart team as well while he was still in F1, so I always joined and riding through the paddock on my bicycle.

Max Verstappen

I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him.

Halle Berry

My dad is actually an amazing guitarist, and he always had an incredible record collection, which is how I discovered things like Jimi Hendrix and Santana. I'll always be grateful for that.

Orianthi

Dad was, is, and always will be one of the kindest, most generous, gentlest souls I've ever known, and while there are few things I know for certain right now, one of them is that not just my world but the entire world is forever a little darker, less colorful, and less full of laughter in his absence.

Zelda Williams

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

Pope John XXIII