Quotes About Upbringing

Punish you for what? said Jack. Everything! Nothing. I don't know. That's the problem, said Holly. That's what happens when you grow up the way I did. You spend the rest of your life just waiting for God to smite the shit out of you.

My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables.

Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion.

They were brought up in these ruins and no longer notice them.

I grew up in a normal family. I have sweet parents, who are still married... But my life is so different from how I thought it would be.

Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother.

The purity of Jewish upbringing - the restrictions that one carries through life being a 'nice Jewish girl' - what a burden.

I had grown up accustomed to living a life of high drama.

I grew up singing in Kansas. My dad had a band when I was growing up. So I sang in church and school and started singing with his band when I was seven. So I've been singing all my life.

I'm always researching ancient religions, and I was also raised Jehovah's Witness, so that kind of scarred me for life.

My priorities are leaning more towards family, and I credit my southern upbringing to that. I was raised in the church as well, and God plays a big role in my upbringing and my life.

The daily lesson of slum life, visualised, reiterated, of low standards, vile living, obscenity, profanity, impurity, is bound tobe dwarfing and debasing to the children who are in the midst of it.

Growing in poverty imparted a certain DNA in the life of their children.

The home marks a child for life.

My dad has always been such a great dad, and he's brought so much culture to my life. He dragged me to see every single movie at the cinématheque as a kid. I saw everything from Star Wars to Bergman.

My mum and dad have always enjoyed life, and it's something that's been instilled in me. I wake up in a good mood most mornings.

You don't get it, Clary. You don't understand what it's like to live always at war, to grow up with battle and sacrifice. I guess it's not your fault. It's just how you were brought up-

For my scale, how I grew up and live my life, I'm making plenty of money.

I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.

My mom's a great cook but I wasn't really allowed a lot of sugar or junk. That has served me well in my life.

I was born and have ever remaind [sic] in the most humble walks of life.

Everyone in my family is an artist. Both my parents are painters and my mom's an opera singer. I was never shown any other way to process life.

If my parents were still alive, they would be very proud. They gave me a good start in life, the values that have driven me, and the confidence to believe in myself.

I've been around responsible gun ownership my whole life.