Most of us can easily pull up a quote from our dad.

“Turn out that light.”

“Close that door! I’m not air conditioning the entire neighborhood.”

“Do I look like a money tree?”

But what about quotes about being a dad?

Here are a few.

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Inventor Lonnie Johnson stands with his Super Soaker water guns at JTEC Energy on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Atlanta. Johnson, a former NASA engineer, is currently working on a new energy technology through his company’s JTEC device that turns thermal heat into usable energy. (Natrice Miller/AJC)