Upbringing Quotes

215 quotes by 200 authors

I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved… — Kevin Bacon
My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it. — Brigitte Bardot
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 really happy. I… — Drew Barrymore
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 men don't cry. — Andrea Bocelli
My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian. — Jim Carrey
Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings. — Julian Casablancas
A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does. — Anton Chekhov
A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why. — Amy Chua
I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they… — Amy Chua
On the one hand, the idea of marriage and the sort of traditional family life repulses me. But on the other hand, I long for… — Madonna Ciccone
I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving. — Tori Amos
I've had a fairy tale life. I had a perfect family, a beautiful childhood, an incredible upbringing. I lived a lot of life but a… — John Stamos
All men and women are born, live, suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly… — Joseph Epstein
I can only hope that neither of my daughters was scarred by their upbringing. — Georg Solti
Creativity does not depend on inherited talent or on environment or upbringing; it is the function of the ego of every human being. — Silvano Arieti
Genetically influenced behavior is not necessarily good and not necessarily unchangeable. Explanations of bad behavior that appeal to genes do not absolve a person any… — Steven Pinker
Fundamentally, we are a product of choice, not nature (genes) or nurture (upbringing, environment). — Stephen Covey
I am the result of a loving upbringing in a peaceful country, with wonderful parents and siblings, a very long-term relationship, stability, support - but… — Michael Kirby
Be like the bluebird who never is blue, For he knows from his upbringing what singing can do — Cole Porter
It isn't that some gay will get some rights. It's that everyone else in our state will lose rights. For instance, parents will lose the… — Michele Bachmann

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