My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration. John L. Phillips airplanedadfly Change image and share on social
When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions. Dolph Lundgren artbeatcompetition Change image and share on social
I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes. Marcia Cross dadgenelisten Change image and share on social
My wife noticed that I wrote really good complaint letters about faulty products and that I could get anything I wanted out of these big corporations, and she said that I was a good writer and that I should go to my dad and ask him for help. Brian Herbert bigcomplaintcorporation share on social
Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking up at the sky, checking if rain was in the forecast. That always set the tone for the mood in my household, whether we had rain coming in or not - we knew the crops would be good and it was going to be a good week around the Bryan household. Luke Bryan agriculturebryancheck share on social
But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father. Herbie Hancock carefuldazzlefather Change image and share on social
Dad was a strict disciplinarian and would give us a wallop with a wooden spoon if we were out of order. But we really respected him - he didn't try to be our best friend. Stephen Mangan daddisciplinarianfriend Change image and share on social
I like a decent funeral, and God knows in my family we've seen enough of them. Looking through family photographs now is like watching an episode of 'Dad's Army.' Matt Roper armydaddecent Change image and share on social
I think if you look at most successful people, if you ask most of them, their biggest influence was their dad. Tom Lehman bigdadinfluence Change image and share on social
My mom's a translator, my dad's a woodworker; that's the world I grew up in, that's the world I'm most comfortable in. The whole idea of Hollywood or any of that other stuff that unfortunately goes along with film, that wasn't part of my upbringing, thankfully. Tatiana Maslany comfortabledadfilm share on social