Attention Quote by Alice Munro

That came from my mother. She was the biggest influence on my life. I remember once refusing to get on a bus with her…

— Tony Wilson

I did my fair share of stupid stuff in high school, like anyone. I had a healthy fear of my parents, and I certainly…

— Christine Lakin

As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of…

— Audrey Hepburn

I've done smarter things in my life. Once, for example, I threw myself out of a moving car in order to take on a…

— Jim Butcher

Being stupid at home. I was very stupid. I was very clumsy. I was always joking around with my older sister and I guess…

— Michael Clark Duncan

When I was 14 or 15, a camp counselor told me I was smart. I had never been very good in school, but he…

— Alan Dershowitz

It once amused me that it took me three tries to pass my driver's test and that my driving instructor told my mother that…

— Jane Smiley

My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.

— Sylvia Plath

I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children

— Sherman Alexie

I had the worst brain injury possible.

— Matt Hughes

When I was in the hospital, everyone was worried for me, and I realised that I had to do something in my life so…

— Arunima Sinha

My parents treated my like I had a brain - which, in turn, caused me to have one.

— Diane Lane