Childhood Quote by James A. Michener

My parents were very unusual. They were pro-women and independence and they wanted me to have my own career. And because of my lineage,…

— Anoushka Shankar

I was raised by my mother. My father died when I was 15. He was just 41.

— Toto Wolff

My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my mother had... to put up with the disapproval of…

— Julian Fellowes

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be.

— Marian Wright Edelman

My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago.

— Paul Rudd

I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.

— Maya Angelou

I'm coming to that realization that I'm going to be seen as a mom to someone, and it makes you think about your own…

— Cobie Smulders

My childhood was kind of complicated. I have an older sister, but my father, my mother's husband, died when I was four years old.…

— Orlando Bloom

Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.

— Otto Schily

Knowing what I know now, if I could have chosen parents, I would have chosen exactly the ones God selected for me.

— Coretta Scott King

My parents were in high school when I was born. My mom was 16, my dad was 17. They were kids, at the very…

— Mahershala Ali

I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me - they're completely incredible people.…

— Dan Stevens