Quotes About Family

My dad was more, "Let's play chess. Read a book, you're stupid." He's more the intellectual type.

I was good at football and cricket at school. My dad said, 'Son, be an architect,' and I came to Melbourne passionate about becoming an architect.

Being a dad is more important than football.

On the one hand, I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum, who has kept me grounded, but on the other, the wild experiences through my dad.

Although my dad Harry is the manager of West Ham, we get on very well.

A few weeks ago my uncle came over to borrow my dad's socket set and when he asked my dad how he was my dad said oh unexceptional. Living quietly with my disappointments. And how are you

My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now.

Dad sometimes patted me on the knee and called me his Little Schmuck.

I just wanted to be like my dad, Jesus. He was a good shortstop.

I think when I was a kid, and I was in England and it was all about The Stones, The Who, The Kinks and The Beatles and that's what my dad was into.

I'm very, very close to my mum and dad. My mum is only nineteen years older than me, so she could be my older sister, which is really nice.

My dad and my uncles used to always be in the studio at my house.

My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar player.

Father's Day is important because, besides being the day on which we honor Dad, it's the one day of the year that Brookstone does any business.

My dad still calls me and makes sure I'm taking my vitamins.

I had watched Dad climb into the biggest arena and succeed. I wanted to find out if I had what it took to join him.

Lipitor is one of the most researched medicines. I'm glad I take Lipitor, as a doctor, and a dad.

If you had told me at 45 years old that I would have to go on tour to get rest, I would've said, 'That's not how it works.' But nothing can be more gratifying. I'm a very hands-on dad.

The only ones I trust really are my Mum and Dad and those who are closest to me.

I grew up with a dad who hated television, so we had to sneak television. It got ingrained in my head to never follow a show that religiously.

Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent.

My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.

My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

My dad gave $3 and a chicken for the first guitar I had.