My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on dad
A father and two sons run Adelphia. It's a cable company. And they took from that company a billion dollars. A billion. Three people - three people took a billion dollars. What were they gonna do, start their own space program? 'Let's send the monkey to Mars, Dad!' Lewis Black on dad
One of the scary things is that, when you're a kid, you look at your dad as the man who has no fear. When you're an adult, you realize your father had fear, and that you have it, too. David Duchovny on dad
I think my dad is a lot cooler than other dads. He still acts like he's still 17. Miley Cyrus on dad
My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and things like that. Miley Cyrus on dad
I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.' Ralph Nader on dad
My Dad was my biggest supporter. He never put pressure on me. Bobby Orr on dad
My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now. Cameron Diaz on dad
I'm a dad, and I no longer see a way for my kids to even inherit the money that I'm making, let alone go out there, have an idea, and create it in their own lifetime. Glenn Beck on dad
I like all the angels around because they protect me and my daughter. I mean, her Dad's an angel. Courtney Love on dad
My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail. Joseph Gordon-Levitt on dad
Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today. Bono on dad
Going to the theater is such a joyous experience. My dad would take my sister and me to plays when we were very young, like six or seven years old. Julia Roberts on dad
My dad's a beautiful man, but like a lot of Mexican men, or men in general, a lot of men have a problem with the balance of masculinity and femininity - intuition and compassion and tenderness - and get overboard with the macho thing. It took him a while to become more, I would say, conscious, evolved. Carlos Santana on dad
I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband. Rod Stewart on dad
My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.' Joe Biden on dad
I was a mixture of being incredibly old for my age and incredibly backwards. I was born quite old, but then I stopped growing. I lived with my mum and dad till I was 30. Helena Bonham Carter on dad