Famous quotes containing the word dad:
“Now folks, I hereby declare the first church of Tombstone, which aint got no name yet or no preacher either, officially dedicated. Now I dont pretend to be no preacher, but Ive read the Good Book from cover to cover and back again, and I nary found one word agin dancin. So well commence by havin a dad blasted good dance.”
—Samuel G. Engel (19041984)
“It was palpable, all that wanting: Mother wanting something more, Dad wanting something more, everyone wanting something more. This wasnt going to do for us fifties girls; we were going to have to change the equation even if it meant . . . abstaining from motherhood, because clearly that was where Mother got caught.”
—Anne Taylor Fleming (20th century)
“All youve got is the word of a fool dog. Its been my experience that a bloodhound is the foolishest dog that is. I dont remember of anybody ever keeping a bloodhound for a yard dog. Theyre such dad blasted fools.”
—Laurence Stallings (18941968)