Quotes About Heritage

My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.

My brother and I were born in an Irish county called Tipperary. We were both very math- and science-inclined in high school. My dad trained as an electrical engineer, and my mom is in microbiology.

My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.

Culture, when it comes to food, is of course a fancy word for your mom.

I'm from Tennessee. My mom lives in Nashville. I'm born and bred country. That's all I listen to.

I don't know anyone on my mom's or dad's side that was a musician.

I still live today with my mom sending me, you know, Hebrew Scriptures or phrases or celebrating.

My mom is very good at being passive-aggressive, and my Dad is a total wiseass, so I think the mixture of the two of them is my comedy. But, I am definitely the first comedian in my family.

My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of our family.

I must admit, even though I'm the product of two Jewish parents, I think the Irish temper got in there somewhere, so I'm going to check Mom's genealogy.

Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.

I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic.

Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a devout Catholic and gave her a strong belief in the family.

My grandparents - my mom's parents - they're Jewish. But nobody ever pushed religion onto us. It wasn't something I ever grew up with.

My mom is a teacher, my dad was a writer for television, his dad was a writer for television, and combining those two has been sort of the goal of my life.

People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.

We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews.

When the green hills are covered with talking wires and the wolves no longer sing, what good will the money you paid for our land be then

There are many things in life more worthwhile than money. One is to be brought up in this our England which is still the envy of less happy lands.

I made my money the old-fashioned way, I inherited it.

In Land of Milk and Money, Anthony Barcellos mines rich family history to create a full-blooded tale that readers will find insightful, rewarding, and entertaining.

Poland and my roots are very important for me. That's why I decided to make a feature film in Poland, and with only Polish money.

I have no religion, but I can't escape being extremely Jewish ethnically - that is, culturally. In other words, I'm not religious, but I worry and I'm neurotic. And I'm very good with money.

Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.