Quotes About Upbringing

I think you got to keep in mind that Obama was raised among Muslims, and I think he really does not want to use the word war on terror because he was raised in that community.

I was never somebody who grew up going, 'I really want to be a singer in a band,' and I never had any ambition toward anything, really.

My image is very important to me. I want to bring a good face to my family. That's the way I've been raised.

Our parents did not know how to empathize with you because their parents did not empathize with them when they were children. If your mother was scolded as a little girl when she cried, she believed that is the proper way to treat a child who cries. If your father was whipped for disobeying, he undoubtedly came to believe that is the way to discipline a child.

We don't need to be taught to lie, or to be selfish or cruel or vindictive—we need to be taught how not to.

My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family.

ON REFLECTION, I think it was probably my Granny who made me an anarchist.

I like to think my upbringing has made me pragmatic and thick-skinned, a coper and a realist

My father raised us like... we were not allowed to see people in any sort of colors, but also we were not allowed to call people fat. If ever we were to say, 'Oh that fat person, or this person,' he would make us put a bar of soap in our mouth and count to 10. We weren't allowed to look at people like that.

I grew up playing soccer with the boys - quite far from reading magazines.

I was aware of it, but I grew up in a very a-religious family. My mother never went to church, she never had any religious training or background. It was never a part of our social interaction.

Growing up where I did, I came from a politically progressive family so I was aware of social issues, but it seemed like a very separate thing from film.

I grew up in a family that despised not only communism but collectivism, socialism, and any 'ism' that deprived the individual of his or her natural rights.

I did have two dads; one was a socialist, and one was a capitalist. I really decided I would rather be a capitalist.

I was raised a socialist by two very socialist parents, and I still feel very animated about socialist principles.

My father brought me up to be a socialist.

My father was a socialist, so we had some of the most extraordinary people at home.

I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people.

I have always believed that national character... depends more on the female part of society than is generally imagined. Precepts from the lips of a beloved mother... sink deep in the heart, and make an impression which is seldom entirely effaced.

We come from a very humble background. A lot of my paycheck from 'Skins' went to paying the bills and getting us a new sofa.

I had a very hard father. I had two sisters. He was soft on them and hard on me.

I was raised like a little soft French kid, if you want to know.

My dad never told me he loved me, he didn't give me cuddles. He was my biggest critic all the time. I am a totally different father, I kiss and cuddle my kids every day and tell them I love them, which is terrible because I am making them too soft.

My dad is the softer one and my mum is the disciplinarian, the one who calls the shots.