My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail. – Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today. – Bono
Going to the theater is such a joyous experience. My dad would take my sister and me to plays when we were very young, like six or seven years old. – Julia Roberts
My Dad is my hero. – Harry Connick, Jr.
I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now. – Norah Jones
Well, my dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. – Harry Connick, Jr.
My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play. – Rod Stewart
My mom was a waitress, and my dad was a plumber who worked for the City of San Clemente fixing mains breaks, so not too glamorous. – Shaun White
My dad got me a huge board when I was little. He loves to surf. He suited me up and sent me out on this huge wave. I went under, and when I came out and the board hit me in the face. So I said, I never wanted to do this again. I stayed away until I was 13. – Shaun White
We all started snowboarding in the beginning as a family just to be closer together, go on trips. It was our soccer, but instead of Dad yelling at me from the sideline he is there riding with me and hitting the jumps even before I am hitting them. – Shaun White
From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act. – Kathleen Sebelius
My dad always tell me to make decisions from love and not from fear. – Rashida Jones
My dad was a Methodist minister. – George McGovern
But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity. – Sidney Poitier
They have had such a crazy life living with me as their dad. Not crazy but different from their friends. – Sebastian Bach
I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm. – Emeril Lagasse
In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of… Dad. – J. C. Watts
My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring. – Christian Bale
My family belongs to a tennis club in Valencia, California, so I always go there. I play a lot of tennis with my dad and swim. And I like to go to the gym there. – Ashley Tisdale
My humanitarian work evolved from being with my family. My mom, my dad, they really set a great example for giving back. My mom was a nurse, my dad was a school teacher. But my mom did a lot of things for geriatrics and elderly people. She would do home visits for free. – Cat Cora
