1,617 Quotes About Dad

  • Author P. J. O'Rourke
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    My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.

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  • Author P. J. O'Rourke
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    The only advantage to being a middle-aged man is that when you put on a jacket and tie, you're the Scary Dad. Never mind that no one has had an actually scary dad since 1966. The visceral fear remains.

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  • Author Peter Orszag
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    My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.

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  • Author Rita Ora
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    My dad took on every job he could get. He worked like mad. But then, at some point, he had saved up enough to open his first pub.

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  • Author Robert Osborne
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    My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I got my stories from films and books. I read a lot, and I love to read to this day.

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  • Author Soledad O'Brien
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    I'm black. I'm Latina. My mom is Cuban. Afro-Cuban. My dad is white and Australian.

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  • Author Adrian Peterson
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    My dad would always tell me, 'When you meet a man, look him in his eye and shake his hand,' and that's just something I've been doing for a long time.

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  • Author Albert Pujols
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    My dad always supported me. Sometimes we didn't have anything to eat for breakfast, but if we could eat lunch and dinner, we weren't poor.

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