It was my dad's idea to change my name from Sahatciu to Ora. He said it would be easier to pronounce.
— Rita Ora
My dad wanted me to go down a more academic route. He is very much about sticking to the rule book and sticking to the blueprint of a successful career.
My mom was a pilot, and my dad wrestled polar bears.
— Riff Raff
My dad died in 1980, and I found out afterwards from mum that my piano lessons, which cost £2 a week, took up nearly a third of his income.
— Rick Wakeman
My dad was in the Navy; he was in Vietnam. My mom was trying to sell real estate on the side. We didn't have a lot of money.
— Rick Harrison
You know, no matter what I am or what I do for a living, I'm still, you know, the husband and the dad and the protector of the house, and I have to be conscientious about that.
— Richie Sambora
Maybe part of being a dad means that the slightest little thing will make me tear up.
— Richard Linklater
When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn't go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks.
— Rich Lowry
My dad is constantly looking up my name on Twitter, every single day. He made a Twitter account just for that.
— Rich Brian
I liked climbing trees and could often be found up one reading a book. I played games with Dad and drew maps for him on isometric paper. It was very bonding.
— Rhianna Pratchett
Dad loved computer games, and I would sit beside him for hours with graph paper, drawing out plans to try and forecast the moves he should make while he worked the computer controller.
Obviously my dad served in the Korean War. He was a Master Sergeant when he was 18 years old.
— Rex Ryan
Well my dad was a pretty good player at one stage and my two older brothers played golf as well. So there were always golf clubs flying around the house.
— Retief Goosen
We moved around every winter. I don't know. Maybe my dad was, like, on the run from the law.
— Reed Morano
If my father had hugged me even once, I'd be an accountant right now.
— Ray Romano
Being in southwest Detroit, when my dad would want to say anything about me or my brothers or sisters, he would start speaking in Spanish to my uncle and my grandmother because we didn't understand.
— Rashida Tlaib
My dad's a journalist, and he travelled a lot when I was young. There is no way my mother could have done that.
— Raquel Cassidy
My dad took on every job he could get. He worked like mad. But then, at some point, he had saved up enough to open his first pub.
My mum and my dad are the sweetest couple.
One of my friend's dad owned a grocery store, and one of the kids who worked at the grocery store was a wrestler. We got tickets to one of the shows, and then we stayed after, and they asked us if we wanted to get in there and train a little bit.
— Ricochet
I started school in public housing. My dad had a sixth-grade education.
— Rick Scott
My dad loved Scotland, so we would pile into his caravan and head for the Highlands, to Fort William and Loch Ness. It was such an adventure - my siblings and I were allowed to roam and explore the local beaches. We loved the freedom of those trips.
— Rick Astley
I think my dad is the proudest of anyone that I made my debut for Brazil.
— Richarlison
My dad was a presence, of course, but he worked nights a lot, and I would only see him one day a week.
— Richard LaGravenese
One thing about Indonesians is that a lot of them, even if they don't understand English, have absolutely no problem memorizing English songs. Even my dad.
I saw my dad work hard and then would see and know his interest and intentions, and that wasn't necessarily the narrative you would see in the press.
— Ricardo Rossello
Dad was very into electronics, robotics and computers, so I was interested in what he was doing.
I was fortunate to be under my dad. And there's a ton of things that I learned from my dad what to do. There's probably a few things I learned what not to do.
I'm not as tough as my Dad.
My dad was career Army.
— Reg E. Cathey
I don't think I can boast about him. 'Hey, my dad is a British institution; he's done all these incredible things and I'm really proud of him.' There is a certain baggage that comes with that in England.
— Rebecca Hall
The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow.
— Ray Liotta
My dad grew up in Nicaragua in his teenage years, then immigrated to the United States.
My dad used to build computers for the U.S. government, for military intelligence. So he always had computers around the house.
— Randy Pitchford
I love eating at my dad's pub, the Queens Arms in Kilburn. It does a traditional Albanian spinach pie.
My dad was like a street basketball player. He had a real mysterious life.
The first time my dad ever heard my mixtape it was 'Summer's Eve,' and he was fresh out of jail. And he'd be in jail for like damn near two years.
— Rico Nasty
I'm a dad with six kids, and I'm trying to teach each of them a little bit of morality.
I love being a dad. I'd have more kids if I could. I'd take a couple more, one or two more before I croak.
But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.
— Richard Marx
Bob Dylan is my idol. Everybody has that person growing up that made them see things a little differently than they did before, Dylan is that guy for me. My dad gave me the 'Blonde on Blonde' album on cassette tape when I was seven or eight. It took me a while to get into Dylan's vibe, but once I did, I never looked back.
— Richard Harmon
My dad put me onto Phil Collins and Dream Theater and all that stuff.
My dad's white, my mom's black, and I've struggled with being mixed race.
— Rhiannon Giddens
When I was really young, Dad wasn't that well known. I don't remember when I realised he was a writer, but I do remember him leaving his full-time job at the Central Electrical Generating Board to concentrate on books.
I learned so much football from my dad.
When Dad looked at football players, he would take them in his own image. That's what he grew up around; that's what he was when he was a master sergeant in the Korean War. That's what I took, and that's what I want on my football team.
My dad was a jingle writer, and my mom was a jewelry designer and musician.
— Reeve Carney
To me I'm just a regular person going to the mall with friends, and now I'm in Forever 21 and I see this random group of girls staring at me and taking pictures. But now I usually have my dad, who is a really tall and intimidating person with me, so he's kind of my bodyguard.
— Rebecca Black
I now go to my dad's grave to read scripts and learn lines. It's the most peaceful place. I go to see him, and it's fantastic.
— Ray Fearon
My dad's first-ever real true job was at Ford Motor Company. He was a UAW member.
