Quotes About Upbringing

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

My father was very clear; I had to have an ordinary upbringing. I was put to work as a lowly-paid trainee after college. I didn't like it at the time, but I can't help but feel that that was probably the best thing for me.

By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.

I came from a very normal, un-Hollywood background. My parents provided me with every sort of normal upbringing that they could.

I had a pretty modest upbringing; it was no pleasure cruise. I don't think I would be as happy today if I hadn't been through that. It was tough; I made some bad choices myself.

I did improv for about 10 years professionally, and before that, I had done it in high school as part of an improv team. It was definitely a big part of my upbringing.

A great sense of morality was instilled in me through my upbringing in the Catholic faith - particularly because my father is a moral theologian. And morality is something I believe exists separate from faith, as an intrinsic human quality that one should aspire to understand and participate in.

The harshness of my upbringing did not affect me in the negative. But it has affected many people in the negative.

I had a Christian upbringing - it was all about sin and guilt. I was very happy just kissing people. I was like the make-out queen - not even second base.

Being by the nature of my upbringing, all my energies having been directed to one channel of activity, crippled from other activities and made helpless even to live.

I can only hope that neither of my daughters was scarred by their upbringing.

Although I was raised Jewish, my upbringing didn't include any formal religious education or training.

Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on this earth to sell records. Maybe it's because of my upbringing, but I do consider myself a moral guy.

My therapist says I still haven't got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I'm going to explode. But I'm still really happy. I know it looks like a strange and painful upbringing - all those experiences led me to the paths that I'm on now.

I guess I had what you could call an unconventional upbringing.

I have nothing to say about my childhood. It was a perfectly pleasant upbringing - it's not like it was unhappy or anything.

I make no bones about it, I'm a product of my upbringing and of the time I was brought up, so I'm not going to pretend not to be.

I never felt like I had to rebel against my convent upbringing, because it was comparatively regular.

I'm a free spirit and that definitely comes from my upbringing, so it's definitely shaped me as an artist.

I grew up incredibly poor and went to school and had a very average upbringing.

My Methodist upbringing was very formative in my politics. I was born in 1969, and there was all this ecumenical 'we're in this together' sensitivity that was part of the United Methodist Church in the 1970s.

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.

I've come to realize how much it really was a part of my upbringing, the Georgia part. We were away from town. It was just dirt and trees and spouses. And a lot of kids - my cousins, who were all like brothers and sisters to me - just a lot of kids at one time.

I look at old photos of me, and I don't feel connected to them at all. I would never wish my upbringing on anyone... but I wouldn't take it back for the world.