Dressing up used to be more of a thing. My dad wore a suit always. Now you think, why bother?
— Geena Davis
I try to be a friend to my boys just the way my dad was with me. Subconsciously that reflects in my writing.
— Gautham Menon
I wouldn't be where I am without my dad.
— Gary Woodland
My dad passed on asthma to me. It's kind of ironic because he outgrew it at 13.
— Gary Valentine
'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad.
— Gary Oldman
The dads across the soccer field looked at me as a dad just like them. And I was very grateful.
— Garth Brooks
Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
— Gabby Douglas
My kids gotta understand: they gotta make a sacrifice, having a superstar dad.
— Future
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
I was brought up in a bohemian household where my dad plays guitar and my mom plays piano just because they love it.
— Freya Ridings
Dad's mother and aunt were actresses.
— Freddie Fox
Dad hates London.
I never think I'm old enough to play someone's dad, even though I have a daughter of my own and a grandson.
— Fred Willard
My mom marched into the reservation tent and reserved a Model X for herself. She drives a Jeep; she has four grandchildren. She didn't ask my dad. She just went ahead and did it.
— Franz von Holzhausen
I come from good stock. Both of my parents are big - my dad is a big guy; my mom is a big lady.
— Frank Thomas
When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years.
— Frank Butler
I remember 'Battlestar Galactica' shot at the college that my dad taught at. I remember trying on a Cylon helmet. I think I was 6 or 7 years old.
— Francis Lawrence
Every piece of advice my dad has ever given me has been terrible.
— Gavin McInnes
I had thought of joining my dad in his stock broking business in Delhi.
— Gautam Rode
My dad had me on the golf course. It was just something I could do with my dad.
I got suspended from school once, and my dad came to the school and whooped me in front of everyone. I didn't want that to happen again, didn't want to be embarrassed like that. The guys that I ran with, they respected that and respected my dad too.
— Gary Payton
My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances.
— Gary Numan
Because I see my mum and dad as such amazing friends, I think I'll be a really good dad.
— Gareth Gates
Everybody wanna be a super dad and the best dad ever, but sometimes, I'm just realizing that I'm not perfect.
Man, I love being a dad. It's super fun.
I think, definitely, I was hugely influenced by - obviously like Adele and Florence the Machine. They were my complete idols growing up. But also, there were a lot of influences from my dad, like singer-songwriters of the '70s like Carole King and James Taylor.
I'm a full-time dad; I'm a part-time actor.
— Freddie Prinze, Jr.
My dad has never had a mobile phone or computer. And that was the way when I grew up, so I still take tech with a pinch of salt.
I've always wanted to work with Dad.
My mom is from Venezuela, and my dad is German and Japanese, and we lived in Brazil when I was a kid for a couple of years, and then I grew up on Long Island. I think all the traveling and all the nationalities put that stuff in my head. I was just around it a lot.
— Fred Armisen
My dad has been in the fight against monopoly since it wasn't so cool. I'm sure I've turned to the subject to please him, though I think he might consider some of my arguments a little flamethrowing for his tastes.
— Franklin Foer
My dad was very influential with the music he exposed me to. He was really into blues and folk, so he'd play me guys like Muddy Waters and T-Bone Walker and Richie Havens - a lot of very emotional players.
— Frank Iero
I want to stay healthy, keep fit, eat well, keep a low profile and be a good dad.
— Frank Bruno
My dad was teaching in Kenya, and my grandparents came to visit me there. They brought me to England, and my dad continued to teach for a bit after, so I just continued to live with my grandparents, because that became home, really.
— Francesca Hayward
My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it.
— Gavin DeGraw
My dad never let me win. I didn't beat him at golf until I was 13. I didn't beat him at basketball until I was 15. When we played each other, he was big and mean.
My dad worked nights. When I got home from school I was able to go hang out with my dad and play some golf.
My dad was known as a mean guy. He never smiled, and he had 'Mr. Mean' put on his license plate. But he was one of the neighborhood dads who looked out for everyone. He would take kids in and help them out.
Reading was not just an escape or a Band-Aid; it was a deep form of feeling seen and recognized, and being able to see and recognize other kindred spirits. My dad was a writer, too, which also likely had something to do with that.
— Garth Risk Hallberg
I had one of the most outdoorsy childhoods you could imagine. I basically lived in the woods until I was 13. My dad and I built a huge treehouse in our backyard in Chesterfield, about 30 feet in the air. And we'd vacation on an island in Michigan, where I hunted a deer that we ate.
— Gabriel Basso
My career choice is my career choice. Just stepping out of that zone, to be able to be a provider. I understand my position as a provider and my role as a dad also... Just being able to be comfortable with it.
Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.
I love the acoustic sets. Growing up, me and my dad would always watch those because we loved seeing the songs stripped back.
I grew up on N.W.A., Geto Boys. My dad was listening to that.
— Freddie Gibbs
My dad did a wonderful feat of memory and storytelling by taking T S Eliot's 'Four Quartets' on the road in a one-man show.
'Field of Dreams.' Definitely one of the best baseball films of all time. When Kevin Costner spoke to his dad, and his dad answered, I, um, I mean a lot of guys I know couldn't help crying.
My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
— Fred Allen
My dad was very religious growing up and a little bit closed minded, and I think me being in the theater, two of my three sisters are dancers, so being in the arts world has changed and opened him up in a lot of ways.
— Frankie J. Alvarez
When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times.
Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.
