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Whenever one of my children says, 'Goodnight, Daddy,' I always think to myself, 'You don't mean that.

Whenever one of my children says, 'Goodnight, Daddy,' I always think to myself, 'You don't mean that.

Jim Gaffigan

Fathers Day, Children, Dad

FaceBook post by Jim Gaffigan from Oct 19, 2012

Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent.

Jim Gaffigan

Dad, Laughing, Parent

Jim Gaffigan (2013). “Dad Is Fat”, p.25, Crown Archetype

As a dad, you are the Vice President of the executive branch of parenting. It doesn't matter what your personality is like, you will always be Al Gore to your wife's Bill Clinton. She feels the pain and you are the annoying nerd telling them to turn off the lights.

Jim Gaffigan

Pain, Dad, Light

I was the youngest of the six kids, and to make my older siblings laugh, that was very important. I did a great impression of our dad that made them all laugh, so that gave me a lot of power within the family.

Jim Gaffigan

Dad, Sibling, Kids

"Q&A With Jim Gaffigan: ‘Hot Pocket’ Comedian Reaches Out to Our Wounded Soldiers (VIDEO)". Interview with Joshua Kors, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2012.

If you're a guy over 30 by yourself in the hotel pool, you automatically look like a murderer who's just relaxing after he strangled a family. "Yeah-that dad was a tough one to kill."

Jim Gaffigan

Funny, Dad, Guy

Twitter allowed me to talk about parenting in short snippets and find out what I really wanted to say about it, which is that I'm a dad who had no idea what he's doing.

Jim Gaffigan

Dad, Ideas, Wanted

"Jim Gaffigan Talks Family, Food And Dad Is Fat". Interview with Samantha Abernethy, chicagoist.com. May 10, 2013.

We all take Mother's Day seriously and then it's like a month later, a bunch of kids get together and say, "I guess we should do this for the old man, too." Father Day's is weird. It's like celebrating Darth Vader's birthday. It's odd I think. Even the gifts we give dads. Like neckties, which are just like a silk noose. Or books. Would you ever want someone from another generation to give you a book?

Jim Gaffigan

Dad, Father, Book

Source: www.esquire.com

All I want to do is be a good dad, but I'm pretty bad at it.

Jim Gaffigan

Dad, Want, Good Dad

"Jim Gaffigan On Parenting". Interview with Chris Wright, www.esquire.com. May 6, 2013.

My wife and I, we work together. And we wrote this book, "Dad Is Fat." And in the book, I was encouraged constantly by my editor to be more personal and talk about more personal experiences.

Jim Gaffigan

Dad, Book, Editors

"Comic Jim Gaffigan On Stand-Up, Faith And Opening For The Pope". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2015.