Raised Quotes · Page 28

Answer hopelessness with a defiant smile and a raised middle finger.

— Daniele Bolelli

I was raised in rural south Jersey, and there was no culture there. There was a small library, and that was it.…

— Patti Smith

I need a sample of your blood,' said Kira. Marcus raised an eyebrow. 'I didn't know we'd reached that stage of our…

— Dan Wells

My brothers and I were raised by our parents to respect everyone regardless of background or race.

— Alan Wilson

Once you've raised a child to adulthood, you can only be as demanding as your offspring allow.

— Mariella Frostrup

I guess with a Netflix show, if you're a kid, it's all dependent on how you're raised and if you have access…

— Finn Wolfhard

The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.

— Anita Diament

“Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dog.”

— Ernest Thompson Seton

My dad is probably the most proud person when it comes to me, and we have a great relationship. If people have…

— Chance the Rapper

But nothing is solid and permanent. Our lives are raised on the shakiest foundations. You don't need to read history books to…

— Ron Rash

Incubated. And then raised. And then beheaded. And then plucked. And then cut up. And then put on a grill. And then…

— Mitch Hedberg

We trace the hand of the Almighty in framing the constitution of our land, and believe that the Lord raised up men…

— Lorenzo Snow

Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge raised security alert to a code red. Apparently Howard Dean has escaped. Did you see Dean's crazed…

— Jay Leno

When I first read the script to 'Black Hawk Down,' I didn't think it was the greatest thing in the world -…

— Brendan Sexton III

I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a…

— Patrick Carney

I pulled the oxygen tubes from my nostrils and raised the tube up over my head, handing it to Dad. I wanted…

— John Green

Bear with me on this, Evanlyn. I know you're anxious about Horace." WIll was a little puzzled by Halt's words. "No more…

— John Flanagan

My ancestors fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War; I was raised in Natchez, Miss.; I performed in the Confederate Pageant…

— Greg Iles

The significance of language for the evolution of culture lies in this, that mankind set up in language a separate world beside…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Christianity has a built-in defense system: anything that questions a belief, no matter how logical the argument is, is the work of…

— Bill Hicks

So the Great Santini was how he liked being referred to by his children. He would line up his seven children, and…

— Terry Gross

Until fairly recently, Amish teachers would reprimand the student who raised his or her hand as being too individualistic. Calling attention to…

— Howard Rheingold

I don't think so much about verbal comedy. I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always…

— Alexander Payne

When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always…

— Stephen Ambrose

Because I was raised in a Christian culture I never considered myself to be a totally free human being.

— Anonymous

We weren't raised to take, we were raised to give the shirt off our back to anyone in need.

— Brantley Gilbert

I was raised on Westerns. They were part of what going into the movies was.

— Tobin Bell

I was born and raised in L.A. My father was born and raised in L.A. So we're old hands here.

— Tim Matheson

Once upon a time, a little girl was raised by monsters. But angels burned the doorways to their world, and she was…

— Laini Taylor

Born on a mountain, raised in a cave. Arresting fugitives is all I crave.

— Duane Chapman

Jesse Ventura took American politics and raised it to the level of professional wrestling.

— Argus Hamilton

What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?

— Gloria Steinem

The way I was raised, if you have something to say to somebody, you tell them to their face.

— Jhiess Krieg

If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.

— Tom Ford

“I was raised to be a rich kid, only without the complication of money.”

— Richard Todd

I'm full of clichés - I was raised by a Southern black woman and they had a saying for everything.

— Willie Parker

I said to Life, I would hear Death speak. And Life raised her voice a little higher and said, You hear him…

— Anonymous

I think when my mother died, it was such a - you know, a shock to the logic that I had been…

— Jim Gaffigan

Most people were raised to believe they are just as good as the next person. I was always told I was better.

— Cecily von Ziegesar

I was raised on the purest comedy there is: 'I Love Lucy.' I was raised watching 'Three's Company' and sitcoms of the…

— Mayim Bialik