Alone Quote by M.I.A

My father left school at 14, my mother at 13. My father was clever and well-read. He took a newspaper, always watched the news,…

— Robert Harris

My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.

— Baz Luhrmann

My dad was so smart. He knew that I would need him, so he was always there for whenever I did.

— @efiosiugbore

I didn't leave home until 27. I was an only child raised in Philadelphia by my mother and grandmother. My grandmother controlled the stove.…

— Jill Scott

When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded…

— Mark Twain

My father was a trained engineer who got his qualifications at night school.

— David Starkey

My brother was older, very bright. He went to university. I wasn't academically bright - maybe at first, when I was little, but it…

— Suranne Jones

I remember spending evenings looking at the sky with my dad, who was interested. He was a civil engineer and was interested in science…

— Sandra Faber

When I was 12, my friend and I tried to sneak onto a plane from my hometown of Cleveland to New York City! My…

— Molly Shannon

I was only fifteen when I finished my high-school studies, always having held first rank in my class. The fatigue of growth and study…

— Marie Curie

The school in the Yorkshire mining village in which my father grew up in the 1920s and 1930s allowed only a few children to…

— Angus Deaton

I was a quiet, nerdy kid living in the Bronx. I spent most of my teens in my room, taking apart electrical items to…

— Grandmaster Flash