America Quote by Yvonne Orji

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

My parents wanted me to be a lawyer.

— Nish Kumar

My dad wanted me to be a professional person, which I was - I was a civil engineer. I graduated from civil engineering at…

— James Hong

My father wanted me to become a doctor.

— Pankaj Tripathi

Being from a very traditional Chinese-American family, my parents believed the only options to have a successful life were to be a doctor, a…

— Phillip Lim

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

Like every father who wants his son to be either an engineer or a doctor, my father wanted me to become a doctor. I…

— Rajkumar Hirani

My mom came to America when I was six years old, and I didn't live with them until I was ten. They worked really…

— Dania Ramirez

My parents were engineers. In the 1970s, they came to the United States as refugees from Uganda. Seeing everything this country did for my…

— Reshma Saujani

I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight, my parents…

— Wilbur Smith

My parents wanted me to go to law school.

— Sasha Alexander

I came from a traditional immigrant family where education meant there were only a few valid paths: doctor or lawyer - and I didnt…

— Suheir Hammad