Quotes About Upbringing

Growing up in a sports household where my dad was a coach, I never had to fake my knowledge.

I grew up in a culturally different household.

I was athletic growing up and that was, of course, a big part of my household, but it wasn't something that I was necessarily passionate about.

I grew up in a household that was very friendly towards the theatre and acting.

My household, as I was growing up, was a house of hidden shame.

I have grown up in a positive household.

She was just Ma, and I didn't grow up in some kind of acting dynasty: Orson Welles didn't come round and give me a piggyback; Vivien Leigh never read me a bedtime story. It was just my mum and our housekeeper, whom I adored, and after that, it was boarding school.

I had what you could call a chaotic childhood. My parents divorced when I was 2; I went back and forth between my mom's and dad's houses for years.

My dad was a cop, you know, and I grew up three houses down from people who used Confederate flags as curtains.

We lived in eight or nine different houses and six or seven different apartments growing up.

My mother made me do all the housework as a boy. I still do it, even in hotels.

I try to give my best to everything I do. I don't think of housework as beneath my dignity; that's just the way I was brought up.

I'm a kid from housing estate in Glasgow.

I grew up in Houston, in a pretty urbane setting.

I grew up poor in East Houston. I used to be ashamed of it, but I'm not anymore. It's kind of a badge of courage now.

When you grow up in something, you don't even know if it's bad or good. You just know that's how it is.

In Long Island, people care about how much money you have. Even I did when I was growing up. I never wanted kids to see my mom's house because I was embarrassed that they'd tell everyone, 'Oh, Madison's mom is poor!' And she was definitely far from poor.

My dad didn't hug me every day and say he loved me and anything like that.

The way my parents brought me up to see the world is still absolutely key to what I am about. The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me.

Where you come from is such a huge part of who you are today.

When you're Scottish you're brought up to play anywhere and it's fine to play for one or two games but you need to play in your right position, especially on the back of scoring nine goals for Hull City.

I really, really admire my parents so much, for how they raised me. They're some of the best human beings I know.

There are no human rights to corrupt our children.

It's how I was raised. My parents put me in a nice position, but that's all it is - a nice position. You've got to put in the work. You've got to humble yourself.