Quote by Norman Lear
But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met.

But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was thats not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. – Norman Lear

Other quotes by Norman Lear

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you dont collect all these tiny successes, the big ones dont really mean anything. – Norman Lear

Category:
Happiness
Read Quote

It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much. – Norman Lear

Category:
Helping
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
dad
category

My dad taught me to be a leader or a follower, and he said follower aint fun. So I want to be the leader of Bubba Watson. – Bubba Watson

Category:
dad

I knew I really made it when my dad saw me in London and after the performance he had no notes to me and just said You are doing your own thing and I am proud of you. – Jason Ritter

Category:
dad

I dont really know any other musicians like me. I grew up backstage with my dad who played in a post-war dance band, so I always feel at home at a venue. – Pete Townshend

Category:
dad

I knew that I needed to do something that I desperately loved. There was a period where I did question if it was acting because I knew that I would be making things hard on myself. I knew that there was going to be a little bit of a hullabaloo because of my dad being who he is and all that. – Colin Hanks

Category:
dad

Random Quotes

The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the rest. People are so locked into not being present. – Glen Hansard

Category:
Technology

My father wouldnt get us a TV, he wouldnt allow a TV in the house. – Janis Joplin

Category:
dad

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study. – Nicolaus Copernicus

Category:
History

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my fathers head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. – Alice Walker

Category:
Women