Dad Quotes - page 3

I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said "Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is". (Nicole Kidman)
Send lawyers, guns and money. Dad, get me out of this! View quote
Warren Zevon
My dad was a Presbyterian minister. Yes, I am one of those dreaded P.K.s - Preacher's Kids. Be afraid. View quote
Libba Bray
I watched Italia '90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact. View quote
Steven Gerrard
My dad wrote a song about the people in the slides. I started playing harmonica. I was only six. View quote
Rachel Trachtenburg
My dad played in different clubs and open mic nights. But he mostly walked dogs. A lot of dogs. View quote
Rachel Trachtenburg
My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music. View quote
Avicii
My dad was quite a forbidding figure. I realise now that that was mainly because he worked so hard. He wasn't unkind, but he was a presence. View quote
Mark Gatiss
When I was 19 years old, both of my parents died in the same year; my mom of cancer and my dad in a car accident. Through the next two or three years and a series of bad decisions - all my own, I might add - I ended up literally homeless, before that was even a word. I even slept occasionally under a pier on the Gulf Coast. View quote
Andy Andrews
I could write about coal miners in Northern Pennsylvania, and people would ask if I was writing about my dad. View quote
Owen King
The real slums are another matter. The bad parts of Tondo are as bad as any place I've seen, ancient, filthy houses swarmed with the poor and stinking of sewage and trash. But there are worse parts- squatter areas where people live under cardboard, in shipping crates, behind tacked-up newspapers. Dad would march you straight to the basement with a hairbrush in his hand if he caught you keeping your hamster cage like this. (P. J. O'Rourke)
I've met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Western Civilization? Not the kind of dad you invited to school for Career Day. View quote
Rick Riordan
Um, dad?" I called "How's it going?" "Percy!" Annabeth whispered. "We're in a hurry! View quote
Rick Riordan
I hadn't seen my dad get violent since the Great Spatula Incident, and I wasn't anxious to see a repeat of that. View quote
Rick Riordan
Poseidon held out his arms and gave me a hug. I realized, a little embarrassed, that I'd never actually hugged my dad before. He was warm-like a regular human-and he smelled of a salty beach and fresh sea air. View quote
Rick Riordan
Monsters,' her dad said, a tear tracing his cheek. 'I live in a world of monsters. View quote
Rick Riordan
He crossed the street toward the man in the trench coat, which left me with two choices: follow my dad and see what was going on, or do what I was told. I decided on the slightly less dangerous path. I went to retrieve my sister. View quote
Rick Riordan
Percy: Dad- Poseidon: Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works. Percy: I'm praying, I'm talking to you, right? Poseidon: Oh... yes. Good point. View quote
Rick Riordan
Amos sipped his coffee. The faraway look on his face reminded me of my dad. "I don't want to scare you.” "Too late. View quote
Rick Riordan
Amy gritted her teeth. "King Louis XVI even put Franklin's picture on a chamber pot!" Jonah looked at his dad. "Do we have souvenir chamber pots?" "No." His dad whipped out his phone. "I'll make the call. View quote
Rick Riordan
But not like this: not with the house just an afterimage, and my mom a spirit, and my dad... recycled. (Rick Riordan)
After our mom died, her parents (our grandparents) had this big court battle with dad. After six lawyers, two fistfights, and a near fatal attack with a spatula (don't ask), they won the right to keep Sadie with them in England. View quote
Rick Riordan
I guess it started in London, the night our dad blew up the British museum. View quote
Rick Riordan
Question (from a reader) : Will the Wise Goddess Athena overthrow Zeus and become the ruler of Olympus? Athena's answer : What an interesting idea... No, just kidding, Dad. Put away the lightning bolt. View quote
Rick Riordan
Is Tyson okay?' I asked. The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. 'He's fine. Doing much better than I expected. Though 'peanut butter' is a strange battle cry. View quote
Rick Riordan