Me Quotes

To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.

~ Shel Silverstein

I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me and so when I hit the stage I just sensed freedom. I sensed, 'Here's a place that I can have all the experiences of life and not feel uncomfortable about it.'

~ Nick Nolte

Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever.

~ Lajos Kossuth

My children came out as individuals in their own right. They were not my products. They had their own characters and were very strong-minded. I gave them a lot of freedom when they were still very young. The one thing they got from me is morals. They would never betray anyone. They are really good people.

~ Vivienne Westwood

Being in Loyola College exposed me to other options and gave me confidence, apart from the freedom to bunk classes. I became a merchandiser and then a garment manufacturer, and interacting with foreign buyers and manufacturing foreign brands in India gave me a high.

~ Suriya

My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.

~ Spike Milligan

Dad was a baker, and we lived above the bakery, so I was always popping down to have an apple pie or a doughnut or a custard or gypsy tart: I had a very sweet tooth, and I think that that was what got me into doing what I do now.

~ Paul Hollywood

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

~ Pete Rose

If my father had hugged me even once, I'd be an accountant right now.

~ Ray Romano

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

~ William Hurt

My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my idol, my hero. I wanted to be just like him.

~ Shakira

My dad being a salesman taught me you can sell anybody anything if you've got the ability to believe.

~ Marilyn Manson

Taylor was named after James Taylor and claims that she knows all the James Taylor songs, and I'm a huge fan of James Taylor and know all his songs, too. My dad told me that if I ever met Taylor Swift, I had to tell her that I know every James Taylor song. We started naming albums, and we were both shouting them out.

~ Charlie Puth

I can remember 1987 when I had my first amateur fight in Michigan, weighing 64lb. I was 10 years old. I was the youngest and smallest guy on my team. I can remember what I ate. There was this restaurant called Ponderosa, and my dad made me eat a steak. I was happy. It was a first round knockout. I slept with my trophy for two weeks.

~ Floyd Mayweather

My dad knows how to tell a story. He'd make me laugh by doing all the different voices.

~ Lily Collins

My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly; friendly; knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees; tells me that every performance is the greatest he's ever seen, every new outfit is the coolest. Constant cheerleader.

~ Taylor Swift

My dad taught me never to be afraid of what's on the other side of the mountain.

~ Natalie Massenet

My dad actually makes the best cookies. My mum is great baker, too, but doesn't share them - it's tantalising! Luckily for me though, my dad shares his!

~ Blake Lively

My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.

~ Zosia Mamet

My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. And when he opened his campaign headquarters back in the early '70s, when I was 5 years old, my mother wanted me to play the national anthem. And they got an upright piano on the back of a flatbed truck and I played it.

~ Harry Connick

Principles are the most important thing to me. One of the things I think my dad taught me was there are people who accept the world they live in and there are people who change the world they live in. I don't accept my circumstances.

~ Ken Buck

I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.

~ Mahershala Ali

My dad always taught me never to give up in my mind. You can never really beat me. It sounds ridiculous, but I will always come back for you. You can't beat someone who never gives up. I could lose 100 times to you, but I will always get you. I will die trying. This applies not only to swimming but to my life as well.

~ Chad Le Clos

My Dad, a small-town lawyer, was also named Paul. Until we lost him when I was 16, he was a gentle presence in my life. I like to think he'd be proud of me and my sister and brothers, because I'm sure proud of him and of where I come from, Janesville, Wisconsin.

~ Paul Ryan

As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.

~ Anthony Kiedis

One time, on Marine One, the president asked me my opinion. I had a flashback to being at the kitchen table with my dad. That dominant male figure set me up for being confident to express myself with precision and persuasion.

~ Dana Perino

My dad said to me growing up: 'When all is said and done, if you can count all your true friends on one hand, you're a lucky man.'

~ Josh Charles

My family always helped me. I had people around me who always pushed me to be the best: my dad, my mum. My dad used to play and coach as well. But I wasn't born with shiny things.

~ Paul Pogba

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him.

~ Dean Koontz

My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.

~ Robert Mapplethorpe

I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.

~ Barry White

You know not having my real dad around and having a step dad made me want to be a great dad. So now I have been one for 9 years. And now 3 daughters. So, that is what I am - a dad, first and foremost, before anything else. It's just something that comes natural now.

~ Tim Mcgraw

My dad never told me that when you audition, you might not get the role. He wanted to wait until my first disappointment to tell me.

~ Haley Joel Osment

My mother played the piano and my father the violin, I can remember my dad teaching me how to waltz; I had my feet on his, my mother playing the piano, and my husband will tell you the lessons weren't very successful.

~ Quentin Bryce

My mum and dad have always enjoyed life, and it's something that's been instilled in me. I wake up in a good mood most mornings.

~ Rafe Spall

I remember my dad asking me one time, and it's something that has always stuck with me: 'Why not you, Russ?' You know, why not me? Why not me in the Super Bowl?

~ Russell Wilson

I recall my dad saying about me once that the only time he'd ever heard me say 'never' was when I was asked if I'd had enough.

~ Bob Diamond

My dad always taught me to never be satisfied: to want more and know that what is done is done. That was his way of seeing the game. You've done it, now move on. People might say, 'Well, when can you enjoy it?' But it worked for me because, in the game, you need to be on your toes.

~ Thierry Henry

Wear what you want to wear. Do what you want to do. Be who you are. Pick out your own clothes. Be a man. And if that's too much to ask, as it almost always is for me, think of someone you consider to be a man and pretend to be like him. I pretend to be like my dad.

~ Lyle Lovett

My dad set a clear model for me for what manhood was all about.

~ Cory Booker