I do love a bit of fashion. I grew up around a lot of it as my mum and dad had clothing stores so my mum was always designing a lot, and I definitely had that as an influence. – Leona Lewis
My dad was just a big Joseph Campbell nut. – Trey Parker
I bought a house for my mom, I bought a house for my dad, I bought a house for my sister. – Trey Parker
People who build family businesses are not classically trained. They have to deal with an enormous amount of politics. You think corporate politics are tough? Go work for your dad or your mom. – Gary Vaynerchuk
My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma – like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place – and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education. – Jennifer Garner
I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of their own lives and have never forgotten the people and organizations that helped them dream bigger than their circumstances should have allowed. – Jennifer Garner
My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables. – John Boehner
My guess is my brother would call his mom and his dad pretty regularly, a lot more than I probably did. – Jeb Bush
The one thing that kept our family together was the music. The only thing that our family would share emotionally was to have our dad cry over something the kids did with music. – Dennis Wilson
I am the granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner who was determined that his kids get out of the mines. My dad got his first job when he was six years old, in a little village in Wales called Nantyffyllon, cleaning bottles at the Colliers Arms. – Ann Romney
My dad loved to laugh. He was very funny and very silly. – Mike Myers
My dad sold encyclopedias and my mom worked in a factory office. – Mike Myers
I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it. – Bear Grylls
Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to. – Wayne Rooney
I was lucky to have my dad in my life. As crazy as things got, I always had him to put his hand on my shoulder. – Sharon Stone
My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done. – Thierry Henry
So much of my aesthetic was formed by my dad. – Ron Perlman
My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet. – Rainn Wilson
My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time. – Rainn Wilson
The founder of the Mona Foundation actually knew my dad for years, and the more I learned about it, the more I realized I really found the perfect charity. It sponsors schools and educational initiatives all over the planet. – Rainn Wilson
