Only child Quotes · Page 3

Women, then, are only children of a larger growth

— Lord Chesterfield

Being an only child is a disease in itself.

— G. Stanley Hall

I was an only child until I was six.

— Sophie Dahl

I am an only child. I have one sister.

— Woody Allen

I have an only child. She's so independent and good with adults.

— Tim Allen

An only child, I always wanted a large hug-house.

— Jerry Lewis

Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Gratitude and fear can't stand the sight of each other.

— Robin Sharma

I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child.

— Keith Emerson

I don't want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when…

— Astrid Lindgren

Books are like brothers. I am an only child. Gatsby [is] my imaginary eldest brother.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Being an only child, you just have a lot of time on your hands, figuring things out. Just doing music, man -…

— Luke James

My mom was a single mom and I'm an only child, so growing up it was really just me and her against…

— Denise Bidot

I have six siblings but grew up an only child. I was adopted by my aunt and uncle.

— Rocky Carroll

I'm actually an only child with very supportive parents, so I didn't have the sibling rivalry to draw from.

— Aidan Gallagher

I was an only child. I've known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents.

— Jane Smiley

I think the biggest problem working with me would be that I'm an only child, and so I have an internal dialogue…

— Maynard James Keenan

Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy…

— Lincoln Chafee

I'm an only child. My mum and dad are six in each family. They're both twins, and they only wanted one. I…

— Luke Evans

I think when you are an only child, parents are more protective and fearful because they've only got one of you. I…

— Rosamund Pike

I consider myself lucky to be an only child because if I had other siblings, my mother would not have been able…

— Lea Michele

I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to…

— Ari Graynor

We don't get enough pampering. If we were once the only child of an adoring mother, we developed a taste for it;…

— Barbara Holland

I was born in an elevator, and - as my mother said - naturally it was going down. She said, "All I…

— Jack Lemmon

Blood doesn't make you family. Hell, an only child can bleed. It's the sharing of pain that makes you family. 'Cause, you…

— Christopher Titus

I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the…

— Garrett Hedlund

I can't even begin to describe how I miss him. He always supported me in everything I did. He was a very…

— Dhani Harrison

A father's interest in having a child--perhaps his only child--may be unmatched by any other interest in his life. It is truly…

— William Rehnquist

I'm a quasi-only child. With my brother and sister, I've more of a tendency to be semi-maternal. So, yes, I spent a…

— Natalie Dormer

I wrapped my arms around my knees and stared through the window's wavy glass. The red velvet curtains were drawn around the…

— Ally Carter

My heart is hurting so bad no one can make me believe this is real Father God I pray that you send…

— Tyrese Gibson

Part of writing is discovering the rules of the game and then deciding whether to follow the rules or to break them.…

— Billy Collins

Maybe it's because I'm an only child or just an extroverted person, and I'm a kind of a ham, you know?

— Michelle Zauner

I would tell people some years later that I was raised an only child and so was my brother.

— Anonymous

I was an only child, and my mom threw me into some modeling classes to get me out of my shell.

— Tamara Taylor

I was an only child, so I was very demanding. I enjoyed it thoroughly, but I wasn't very pleasant.

— Christopher Plummer

I had a very lovely childhood, and, being an only child, I'm very close to my mom and my dad.

— Luke Evans

I'm an only child, and I'm a bit of a weirdo - I really kind of absorbed everything around me.

— Ti West

Prejudice is taught. If the world were full of only children, it would be a much better place.

— Michael Jackson

I grew up with my dad. I'm an only child. My father was a cowboy, and he really loved me very much,…

— Cindy McCain