American family Quote by Phillip Lim

My parents were electrical engineers, immigrants from China, and we were always just in a state of struggle, building our life.

— Simu Liu

My parents, or Asian parents in general, they're like, 'You should be a doctor, a lawyer, or a banker' - all that's laid out.…

— Eric Nam

My parents were typical Asian parents, and they do, like all parents, want their children to be successful. They really encouraged my brother and…

— Lisa Su

I came to America when I was six. In true African form, my parents wanted me to be a doctor or lawyer or engineer.

— Yvonne Orji

As a first-generation American, my parents expected that I would go on to have pretty tactical higher-education-type jobs - doctor, lawyer, engineer. Those were…

— Bozoma Saint John

Chinese parents always think you can do better. But it comes from wanting you to succeed.

— Alvin Leung

For years, my Chinese family supported me, but they wanted me to have an arranged marriage, so I ran away and worked as a…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

I was supposed to go to Northwestern and become a dental hygienist, get married, have babies. My father was very against me being in…

— Lauren Tom

My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I…

— Gary Locke

Every culture feels like their parents are the most stringent as far as, "We came to this country to work hard, we want you…

— Ato Essandoh

I am a first-generation American of Chinese decent. My parents were both born and raised in China and moved to the U.S. in their…

— Nathan Chen

My dad was Chinese-American and very conservative when it came to his family's futures. He said if I wanted to have a secure job,…

— Tess Gerritsen