dad

My mom and dad played this music all the time when I was growing up, so to me songs by Jerry Lee and Fats Domino are the classics, theyre the best songs ever. – Chris Isaak

I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think Ive inherited both sides. – Sophie Ellis-Bextor

You know not having my real dad around and having a step dad made me want to be a great dad. So now I have been one for 9 years. And now 3 daughters. So, that is what I am – a dad, first and foremost, before anything else. Its just something that comes natural now. – Tim McGraw

My dad has been a big influence on me, because hes always had his own business. He really taught me business sense and how to be a focused individual, but also how to have fun and make everyone around you have fun. – Wiz Khalifa

I love to cook. My dads a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too. – Olivia Thirlby

I could not tell you the date of my mothers death. I could not tell you the date of my dads death. These are not dates that I find significant. – O. J. Simpson

Its not like he called me up and asked me. Theyve never wanted to throw us into that world, and I think our decision probably shocked them. But I love my dad, and I think Id regret it if I didnt do this. – Jenna Bush

My dad saw my husbands boss at a conference, and he said to stop paying my husband until we produce children. – Jenna Bush

Im sure there were times when I wish I had thought, Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad, but our parents didnt raise us to think about them. Theyre very selfless and they wanted us to have as normal of a college life as possible. So really, we didnt think of any repercussions. – Jenna Bush

In the Garnethill trilogy, people always forget that Maureen ODonnells dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did law, but no-one ever thinks theyre middle-class – theyre just working class because they speak with accents. – Denise Mina

That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs – where he tries desperately to be a TV Dad, to give advice and its so pat it becomes ridiculous. – Atom Egoyan

My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didnt think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it. – Kevin J. Anderson

Im going to take care of the man Im with. I grew up in a household where my mum takes care of my dad – she cooks, she does everything – and thats the kind of girl I am. – Nicole Scherzinger

My dad came out of the Roosevelt era and the Depression. One person and one party made a difference in his life. Thats what everybody forgot when they called my father and other people political bosses. – Richard M. Daley

My moms been married three times my dad has been married a lot. I didnt really see my dad that much. – Skeet Ulrich

I think Im extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like youre getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that. – Skeet Ulrich

My dad is a very quick-witted, sarcastic, dry, humorous guy, whereas my moms very silly, and that side of the family is very musical. – Tim Heidecker

I know exactly where Ive come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad are. – Christopher Eccleston

I remember opening my dads closet and there were, like, 40 suits, every color of the rainbow, plaid and winter and summer. He had two jewelry boxes full of watches and lighters and cuff links. And just… he was that guy. He was probably unfulfilled in his life in many ways. – Jon Hamm

My dad used to flush my mothers head down the toilet. I was so screwed up. – Jessica Hahn