re: Favorite quotes by your father: What are yours?

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“Silence is golden, my child.” I wasn’t allowed to speak

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When we were kids and would start crying, our grandfather would tell us to "Suffer in silence."

I hesitate to articulate
for fear that I may deviate
from the true course of rectitude.

Hang in there son.

When I work for my dad and would show up in the mornings all bummed out and dragging arse…

“ God dammit son , if this was called ‘fun’ , you’d be paying me to be here“

Son, it's a lot like jerking off a cat. You're going to end up with a lot of scratches, but in the end, it's totally worth it.

"Pump them three times then push to the floor and hold it there..Dammit don't let up until I tell you too."

"Hold it still". Then next always came "I cant see nothing when you're shining it in my eyes"

"Measure twice cut once."

"If you're ever in a fight you better fight back or I'll whip your arse again when you get home"

"If you're mom has to spank you, you're getting another one when I get home"

"You live under my roof you follow my rules."

The Friday night after I got my drivers licenses "If you're 5 minutes late getting home, you'll be here tomorrow night watching HEE HAW with me and your Momma." I was and I did

My father passed away a couple days ago unexpectedly. It's still very raw and I haven't read this thread past the OP so I have no idea the tone of the replies. But I'm going to post a couple of things that I'm laughing about remembering. My dad was a great guy with a lot of friends. Everybody loved him...I knew he was liked by everyone but had no idea how much people that barely knew him loved him. It's the one thing getting me through everything. My dad was also very funny and had a lot more confidence than I ever had. I tell people I don't have his confidence, but I did learn how to fake it by watching him.

So on to my favorite quotes:

In high school/college everybody came to our house to play basketball. My dad was mid 40s and in good shape. My friends called him Larry Bird because he was the old (to us) white guy who had a good shot. One time he hit a shot over a friend from deep. My friend just said, "Jesus Christ" to which my dad responded without missing a beat, "Thanks, but you can just call me Dave."

He used to tell me all the time, "I should have been born rich instead of so damn good looking." I use both of these lines today.

My mom told me something he would do when they were dating/married. The divorced 40 years ago and it was a bad one but she's been generous telling me stuff like this. He would stare at a mirror when she was around and when she noticed he would say, "I can't wait for tomorrow." She would ask why and he would respond "Because I get better looking every day." My mom said it was amusing because she never considered him a really good looking man but she loved his personality. I told her I can only think of 2 people that don't love him...his 2 ex-wives...and even they loved him at one time.

Apologies if this thread was more serious. I have those stories as well but I'm not in the mood to go there right now. I saved this thread to read whenever I finally get a few hours by myself to just reflect.