Upbringing Quotes

215 quotes by 200 authors

What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was… — Pete Townshend
I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body. — Joe Orton
The mind is everything. If you donâ€™t believe you can do something then you canâ€™t. If you believe that your upbringing was substandard and therefore… — Kai Greene
It's very interesting that most of the roles I've gotten are grim, when I'm actually a very well-adjusted man and had a happy upbringing. I… — Tony Todd
I wanted to be a visual artist because I grew up around a lot of painters and photographers and had a very artistic upbringing. And… — Jared Leto
My whole life, when I was growing up, not one race has ever accepted me, ... So I never felt connected or attached to any… — Jessica Alba
I think the ultimate challenge is to have some kind of style and grace, even though you haven't got money, or standing in society, or… — Madonna Ciccone
I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical — Tom Selleck
I had a very modest upbringing. — Balthazar Getty
Although I was raised Jewish, my upbringing didn't include any formal religious education or training. — Melissa Gilbert
Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto. — Eddie Vedder
Look at Satan. Created as an angel, grows up to be the Great Adversary. Hey, if youâ€™re going to go on about genetics, you might… — Terry Pratchett
The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me. — Lucinda Williams
My religious upbringing was comically strict â€” even the Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner was banned. In our house, no one was allowed to refer to… — Katy Perry
A lot of my upbringing was about denying or fretting or evading, — Jhumpa Lahiri
A bicultural upbringing is a rich but imperfect thing — Jhumpa Lahiri
The best gift from a father to his child is Education and Upbringing. — Muhammad
What the expression is intended to mean, I think, is that there is a better and a worse element in the character of each individual,… — Plato
Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing. — Ilya Ehrenburg
If you're associated with the Philadelphia media or town, you look for negatives. I don't know if there's something about their upbringing or they have… — Mike Schmidt

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