If you had met me as a kid you would have never predicted me to be a success. I had a pretty… — Joe Wicks Copy Share Image
I watched Elvis Presley become - I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard. I… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
My father was the nurturing one, the one who always made sure my sister and I ate properly and that our hair… — Kenza Fourati Copy Share Image
I feel a responsibility to myself, and not so much for the world at large. Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was… — Anton Corbijn Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have a slightly bourgeois upbringing, I guess. My parents paid for me to go to school, which is nice, but I… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
There's a lot of people talking about elitism and all of that.Yes, I went to Princeton and Harvard, but the lens through… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
While I loved aspects of the law, my upbringing had shown me that in politics, you could make policy decisions that actually… — Annastacia Palaszczuk Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a wealthy and respected merchant in Montclair, New Jersey, where I was born. But his estate was wiped out… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on this earth… — Jesse McCartney Copy Share Image
People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist. — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
I had a very humble upbringing, earned everything I got, and learned how challenging it is in the pro wrestling business. — Jim Ross Copy Share Image
You do need parental guidance and I was in a great position with both my mum and dad. They split when I… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Perhaps this is one of the last remaining strands of my Catholic upbringing, but to me the word 'worship' means absolute unquestioning… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
How true Daddy's words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
My whole life, when I was growing up, not one race has ever accepted me, ... So I never felt connected or… — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
The upbringing my parents gave me has got me through the ups and downs in my life. My parents always believed that… — Sonali Bendre Copy Share Image
Science is showing us that there are neurological (brain) factors that contribute to self-control and willpower, along with learning and upbringing. And… — Russell Barkley Copy Share Image
Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
The right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children is among the unalienable rights with which the Declaration of Independence… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Someone with a fresh mind, one not conditioned by upbringing and environment, would doubtless look at science and the powerful reductionism that… — Peter Atkins Copy Share Image
I had quite a chaotic home life, it wasn't stable, my diet wasn't great. I was never an overweight child, but I… — Joe Wicks Copy Share Image
What has worked for America is not caring about how the rich are doing, or the politics of envy. What's worked for… — Anthony Scaramucci Copy Share Image
A distinguished cognitive neuroscientist confessed to me that, because of his religious upbringing, he could not get rid of psychoneural dualism. The… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
You see, for the most part it was a normal upbringing. Sure, there was the Nobel Peace award; sure, there were people… — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
Catholicism believes in the Virgen de Guadalupe. The mother of God is worshipped, especially in Latin America. I find her very empowering.… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I was privileged in terms of where I grew up, and I come from a very loving, supportive household. But when I… — Adwoa Aboah Copy Share Image
My parents aren't artists or anything, but growing up in Wales, especially in a Welsh language school and community, they have this… — Iwan Rheon Copy Share Image
My therapist says I still haven't got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I'm going to explode. But I'm still… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
We live in a culture that is much happier talking about organic brain disease than about psychic illness because the former suggests… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Maybe it's the remnants of my religious upbringing, but I do try and insert a sense of social justice into the work.… — Patricia Rozema Copy Share Image
I was friends with all different people and all different groups. And that led me to being friends with a few people… — James Maslow Copy Share Image
The beauty in the story is at one with suffering. That is also part of our upbringing - we don't think there… — Joan Chen Copy Share Image
