When you’re 6 or 7, your father becomes this wonderful presence in your life. I really responded to my father. And then, the very moment I realized that I loved him unconditionally, that life was going to be great just because he was in it, he was gone.
TIM ALLENDog’s listen, or appear to listen. I think they hear blah, blah, blah, FOOD, blah, blah, blah. They appear to be listening to you.
More Tim Allen Quotes
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Jill, we became parents so we could tell our kids what to do. Otherwise we’re just the tallest people living here.
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My dad’s death reminds me of earthquakes – things that shake your foundation.
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I’m a very bad student, but a great learner.
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I wonder if to stare into the face of God will drive me crazy. (I wonder who would blink first.)
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I have a thing for tools.
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You don’t know what people are really like until they’re under a lot of stress.
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Being wealthy when no one else is, is like being the only one at the party with a drink.
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In my experience, it’s all wonderful with girls until about 16. Around that time, boys kind of calm down and start focusing their testosterone. Girls get a little challenging, especially for fathers.
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The world’s a mean place. It’s unfair, then it’s fair. It’s hateful, then it’s loving. It’s a very peculiar place on philosophical and metaphysical and religious levels.
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A guy knows he’s in love when he loses interest in his car for a couple of days.
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But separate a man from his car – that’s inhuman.
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If you want to condemn yourself for the mistakes you’ve made, let’s be fair, that means you’ve got to congratulate yourself for all the good things you’ve done. It’s okay to say, “God, I wish I’d done this; yeah, but I did do that.” Then it kind of balances out.
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Men aren’t men until they can get to Sears by themselves.
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I had a very easy time loving an audience. But when it’s one-on-one with somebody, all I wanted to do was run away, because maybe they’re going to want something from me I can’t give, or they’re going to hurt me.
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I used to live an isolated existence, even in relationships, but now my family knows me for who I really am. Mostly, that’s a good thing.
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