Good Quotes

I've seen fathers criticizing their sons the moment a game's over. Not my dad. It doesn't matter if I threw an interception or a Hail Mary, he always says, 'Good job, son, I'm proud of you.' Then he shakes my hand and gives me a hug. Every time.

~ Ben Roethlisberger

Had my dad not been short and fat and balding, there's no doubt his career would have been very different. But he could do lots of stuff and made a very good career out of it. He had an incredible work ethic because he lost his father when he was very young, and the family had to pull together.

~ Rory Kinnear

I was probably a terrible husband, but I pride myself on being a good dad.

~ Dwyane Wade

My dad gave me the gene to enjoy cooking, and to enjoy consuming good food and wine.

~ Danny Meyer

Ask anyone on Social Security if their check comes on time every month. Like clockwork. And it comes through the so-called dilapidated U.S. mail. My dad's check literally will come on the same day every month. The government has been quite good and efficient at creating a number of systems.

~ Michael Moore

I love my daddy. My daddy's everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad.

~ Lady Gaga

Making your dad happy is - especially for an Italian Catholic girl, I'll tell you - it feels really good.

~ Lady Gaga

My dad was good with actions.

~ William Shatner

I used to do bell ringing in Benenden church. It was really good fun, actually. My best friend's dad was the local vicar, and so it was expected as her best friend that I would go to church every Sunday with her.

~ Jo Brand

The physical DNA has always been part of our family. My dad was a good boxer and gymnast; my mum is a ballroom dancer, and my brother does martial arts.

~ Jason Statham

I love my dad. There is no doubt about that. He is a wonderful man and a good person. Like many father/son relationships, we have our struggles, our misunderstandings, and our miscommunications. We are very different people, but also very similar at the same time.

~ Brad Goreski

If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts - but it's not like you had a connection with something that was real. Not to say it's any better - but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst. My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.

~ Jay-Z

Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle.

~ Adam Sandler

We came to Portland because there was a good alternative public school. Friends who lived there told me about it, and my son loved it. I left his dad and went to work slinging hash in a breakfast diner and working nights tending bar in a biker tavern.

~ Katherine Dunn

But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.

~ Fiona Apple

I feel my dad, I still feel his love, and I still love him. I would do anything to have him back, but half the reason that my life is good, has real, true value, is that he died. I would obviously rather have him alive, but he gave me so much in his death.

~ Gwyneth Paltrow

We were brought up Protestant, and I went to church three times a day on a Sunday. My parents weren't Bible-bashers, but we all have a strong belief in God and a strong faith. We had a huge garden; our house was a bit like a scene from 'The Good Life.' I think Mam and Dad had it really hard, bringing up a big family on very little.

~ Bonnie Tyler

My dad was an attorney. The last thing he ever thought about was clothes, and yet somehow he always looked good.

~ Thom Browne

All I want to do is be a good dad, but I'm pretty bad at it.

~ Jim Gaffigan

The script for 'In Good Company' was the first one I ever showed my dad.

~ Topher Grace

I'm being a dad and a good husband.

~ Chad Smith

I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife.

~ John Lithgow

Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them.

~ Anthony Quinn

When I stopped playing hockey and started acting, the last person I was going to ask for help was my dad. He's the king of being like, 'I don't know. It's good work if you can get it. Good luck.'

~ Wyatt Russell

I was lucky. A lot of people have that. People that don't tell you what you want to hear, but what's best for you. I was blessed with great friends. I was always blessed that way. My dad always kept good people around me. I just got lucky. Because of the spotlight you're in, people are scared to tell you otherwise.

~ Kevin Love

I have this complex. I don't like too much exposure. I don't know why it is. Maybe it's bred in me, because my dad always told me to be humble and don't think you're too good.

~ Mark Viduka

Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.

~ Eckhart Tolle

I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future.

~ Heath Ledger

To that movement, consecrated by religious principle, sustained by an awful sense of justice, and cheered by the brightest hopes of future good, all our powers, talents, and attainments are devoted.

~ George Ripley

Life insurance became popular only when insurance companies stopped emphasizing it as a good investment and sold it instead as a symbolic commitment by fathers to the future well-being of their families.

~ James Surowiecki

I was planning on my future as a homeless person. I had a really good spot picked out.

~ Larry David

Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.

~ Margaret Fuller

On Earth Day, we celebrate all the gifts the world and nature make available to us. We recognize our complete dependence on its bounty. And we acknowledge the need for good stewardship to preserve its fruits for future generations.

~ John Hoeven

Conventional agriculture has never succeeded in feeding the world, and it's never produced anything good to eat. For the future, we need to look toward alternatives.

~ Dan Barber

I always read about these stories of entrepreneurs - it's like they're in the desert with no water, and they're the ones that survive. But I've been really fortunate to have people on my team who are optimistic about the future and who know that if you work through hard times that there's usually something good at the end.

~ Ben Silbermann

Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.

~ William Hague

What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation, no matter what the future may hold.

~ Tommy Lee Jones

That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together.

~ Jeff Miller

We all have a common goal, and we know it's all for our future good.

~ Marta Kristen