Favorite quotes by your father: What are yours?

Not limiting you to one quote. List all your favorite quotes by Dad.


A Couple of my favorite from my Dad:

1) You don't start fights. That's what trash does. But you don't back down from a fight someone else starts with you. Never back down. I don't care if you get your arse kicked, you don't back down. The minute you back down, you're going to do it the rest of your life.

2) (This one was his advice to my sisters) If someone tries to grab you or take you, do not get in that car. I don't care if you are killed right there, you fight them to the bitter end before you get in that car. Dying outside that car will be better than what will happen to you if you get in that car.

3) (Dad is a Doctor. My Brother and I are chefs. One Sister is an engineer and the other an Ultra-sound tech.)

Average person talking with Dad: So none of you children became a doctor like you? And your sons work in restaurants? That must upset you.

Dad: Why?

Person: Because none of your kids followed in your footsteps. And your sons are working in kitchens.

Dad: First off, as a society we've moved passed the idea that sons must follow in their father's footsteps. If I had followed in my father's footsteps, I'd have been a chef instead of a doctor. My sons have just gravitated towards the industry my family made their living from.


4) ONe of my favorite lines ever: I told your mom she could have as many kids as she wanted to raise. Joke was on me: she died and left me with four kids to raise.