Upbringing Quotes · Page 11

The interesting thing is I grew up a Jehovah's Witness and I had a very, very strict upbringing.

— Danielle Colby

The deeds of the children are a testament to the upbringing they received from their parents.

— Christopher Paolini

When you have a solid upbringing and a strong sense of place, that sustains you. My sense of home never leaves me.

— Lyle Lovett

For me growing up, I had a Christian upbringing, and I just noticed this Catholic influence in school.

— Hozier

I spent my first three weeks there on a wing with 21 murderers. I met some very evil people there but also…

— Jeffrey Archer

I think George W. Bush's personality was overwhelmingly shaped in negative ways by his upbringing.

— Ralph Nader

IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE

— Thomas A. Edison

Hitch was interested in what I had to offer, like one of my background ideas for Norman's upbringing.

— Joseph Stefano

Between the combination of Judeo-Christian religious 'be good be good be good' and Capitalist 'something's wrong with you, buy this' and the…

— Eve Ensler

My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally…

— Bayard Rustin

“In fact, the mothers of all her girl friends impressed on their daughters the necessity of being helpless, clinging, doe-eyed creatures. Really,…

— Margaret Mitchell

I'm not a very complicated person. I don't feel like I need a lot of things to make me happy. I feel…

— Hilary Swank

Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on this earth…

— Jesse McCartney

You do need parental guidance and I was in a great position with both my mum and dad. They split when I…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired…

— E. O. Wilson

“By genetics and upbringing, I was fated to follow the same path as them—just like so many young adults with dysfunctional childhoods…

— Bella Forrest

I had a complicated upbringing, so I had to rely on myself and figure out what that meant and rely on my…

— Jaz Sinclair

If you had met me as a kid you would have never predicted me to be a success. I had a pretty…

— Joe Wicks

My father was the nurturing one, the one who always made sure my sister and I ate properly and that our hair…

— Kenza Fourati

I feel a responsibility to myself, and not so much for the world at large. Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was…

— Anton Corbijn

I watched Elvis Presley become - I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard. I…

— Al Jarreau

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.

— Robert Mankoff

I had a very humble upbringing, earned everything I got, and learned how challenging it is in the pro wrestling business.

— Jim Ross

I have a slightly bourgeois upbringing, I guess. My parents paid for me to go to school, which is nice, but I…

— Dean Wareham

I don't like crying. I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that…

— Andrea Bocelli

I make no bones about it, I'm a product of my upbringing and of the time I was brought up, so I'm…

— David Davis

I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry.

— Andrea Bocelli

But, at the end of the day, you live in the world with billions of people, and everyone has a unique upbringing…

— Becky Hammon

The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more…

— Tom Wopat

My family are amazing. I had like, the perfect upbringing. It sucks for people like Lindsey [Lohan], but it's not her fault…

— Kristen Stewart

It was a very big principle in my upbringing that you should respect everybody's work. The street sweeper. Everybody. You should never…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

The key thing I took from my upbringing is that people are just people. My parents never worried about status.

— Hugh Dennis

Brass bands are part of my upbringing. Brass band records were among the first records I listened to.

— Johann Johannsson

My mom and dad met at U. Conn., and their lives couldn't have been more different in terms of their upbringing.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

People have compact to go beyond our own culture and upbringing to a degree that I think we don't acknowledge enough really.

— David Oyelowo

I had a gypsy upbringing, so I moved around all over the place and can't remember a street I grew up on.

— Vanessa Hudgens

Ultimately, it's one's upbringing, consciousness and circumstances that decide the path you'll choose.

— Vikram Bhatt

I went through a lot. I had a difficult, in some ways, a difficult upbringing. I had this kind of urge, this…

— Lola Young

My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got…

— Trisha Yearwood

I had a pretty modest upbringing; it was no pleasure cruise. I don't think I would be as happy today if I…

— Vanilla Ice