Raised Quotes · Page 49

I couldn't be more American if I tried. I was born in Ethiopia, but I was raised and educated as an American.

— Dinaw Mengestu

Here you do have forests, where pigs could be raised by letting them root about in the forests for a good part…

— Marvin Harris

I was raised really strongly on The Beatles; they were huge in my family, my parents loved them, and they used to…

— Eric Hutchinson

My family is heavily involved in the Marines and close-combat training, and I was raised doing Japanese sword training, so I've always…

— Samaire Armstrong

My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without…

— Valerie Jarrett

Gavroche had fallen only to rise again; he sat up, a long stream of blood rolled down his face, he raised both…

— Victor Hugo

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

— Oprah Winfrey

At the end of the day, it's all about how you were raised and your perspective. It's all about if you want…

— Sean Garrett

Before 2013, if you said the NSA was making records of everybody's phone calls and the [Government Communications Headquarters] was monitoring lawyers…

— Edward Snowden

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

— Howard Rheingold

My mom raised me to be clean, so it's in my nature. I have two little girls, and I'm married, but we've…

— Vanilla Ice

What you see at fight club is a generation of men raised by women.

— Chuck Palahniuk

The truth is, every son raised by a single mom is pretty much born married. I don't know, but until your mom…

— Chuck Palahniuk

My whole theory about why I couldn’t find any creators who realized they were leaving out female characters is because they were…

— Geena Davis

Plenty of people are raised Catholic and then aren't Catholic anymore, like any religion.

— Danny Masterson

I was been raised to believe I was an artist. I believed what my parents said and fulfilled it, like a prophecy.

— Ariel Pink

I was raised in a family where we were taught that the best thing you could do with your life was to…

— Benjamin Jealous

What am I to do with you?" Redd asked. "M-maybe you could-" Jack began. The Cat raised a paw. "I know." "It…

— Frank Beddor

I was raised a Catholic, so I can even feel a little, you know, embarrassed or guilty if I'm really offending people's…

— Stephen Adly Guirgis

My mom is from Texas, but I was raised in Florida.

— Kate Upton

I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are.

— Nia Vardalos

So I went ahead and made me a guitar. Igot me a cigar box, I cut me a round hole in the…

— Lightnin' Hopkins

I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11.

— Jeri Ryan

Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.

— Mary Kay Ash

We don't think a child of 13 should be held responsible as a man of 23. That's true for most people, but…

— Ron Paul