Dad quotes

A collection of heartfelt quotes celebrating the love, wisdom, and enduring presence of dads. Explore words that capture the special bond shared between father and child.

If you don’t mind, for the sake of your poor old dad, keep the door open three inches.

- Jim Hopper

Lately I've been thinking. Do you think I'm the Devil because I'm inherently evil, or just because dear ol' dad decided I was?

- Lucifer Morningstar

My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.

- Dakota Fanning

Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming.

- Christopher Eccleston

But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24.

- Rachael Leigh Cook

Since I was a boy, from this house, I was out rescuing crocodiles and snakes. My mum and dad were very passionate about that and, I was lucky enough to go along.

- Steve Irwin

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.

- Jackson Browne

My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.

- Moon Unit Zappa

I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.

- Jeff Foxworthy

I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that.

- Hilary Duff

Our songs touch people, and take them back to a time when there was no threat of terrorism, when you didn't have to lock your doors and when Mom and Dad took care of everything.

- George Grove

I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.

- Ace Frehley

My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh.

- Dominic Monaghan

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

- Katie Price

My dad was a ham, too. He could sell those women anything. Of all his sons, I was the only one he could trust to sell as well as he could. I was proud of that.

- Paul Lynde

When my career first began, I didn't have children - so there's a whole lot of difference in the way I choose roles now. Not just films for my children, but how long I'm going to be away, and is Dad going to be home while I'm gone. That sort-of factor plays a part.

- Amy Irving

A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes. He'd be a good film professor.

- Sofia Coppola

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.

- Jim DeMint

Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.

- Levon Helm

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from "Dear Abby" instead of going to Mom and Dad.

- Abigail Van Buren