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.
TIM ALLENWhen 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.
More Tim Allen Quotes
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I am a thespian trapped in a man’s body.
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I was gone so much in my first marriage. I love the moments when I engage with my youngest daughter now. It’s not my thing to sit on the ground and play tea party, but I’ll do it because it’s a moment that will stick with me forever.
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Dogs will eat till they die. Cats will leave food in the dish, incomprehensible to a dog.
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The ego is like a kid in the basement: It’s best to keep him busy.
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Men often do things for women that they don’t want to do, so that women will do things for men that they don’t want to do.
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There is no greater feeling than when a groom turns to see his bride and has tears in his eyes because she is so beautiful.
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I have irrational fears, and they all go back to losing my father as a kid. I’ve never gotten over it.
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Nothing’s as easy as it is on a sitcom. Issues that we take care of in 20 minutes on the show can stretch out over years in real families.
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In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.
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But separate a man from his car – that’s inhuman.
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I love women. I actually prefer girls, as a parent, because they disappoint at a different age. They go through that, “Dad’s an idiot,” which lasted a little longer than I’d like.
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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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You don’t know what people are really like until they’re under a lot of stress.
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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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When somebody tells you they’re not very smart, they’re saying exactly the opposite.
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