Quotes About Childhood

I've grown up being obsessed by 'Harry Potter.'

I started re-reading 'Harry Potter' just to throw myself back into my childhood. I forgot how awesome the books are.

Yes, I remember as a child, I would potter around my mother in the kitchen and want to participate in everything she was doing. I have learnt most of my cooking from her. I also used to irritate her with a lot of questions.

Both of my folks were into art. My dad was an art collector, my mom had a little kiln in our basement, and we would make pottery. I think from about age five on, they sent me to art classes, and I was a huge colorer.

Once I remember shouting, 'Mum, can I get a pound for an ice cream?' and she said, 'I haven't got a pound, Kyle.' People take so much for granted, but I will never forget that.

When I was born, I was 10.5 pounds. My dad said I was like a little rock. It's stuck with me ever since.

My dad got an old bike for five pounds, re-sprayed it, made it look like a BMX and put big handlebars on it. I loved it.

Man, I've been big since I was a little boy. I was 10 pounds as a baby. I was 217 coming out of high school. I've been big.

I would cry after losses when I was a kid and pout. But I played like that.

I grew up in poverty. I was ashamed of the fact, when we were kids, we'd be at school hungry, our stomachs rumbling so we couldn't concentrate.

My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.

Most of us at least briefly considered answering, 'An astronaut,' when asked as children what we wanted to be when we grew up.

It's all about consistency, and what makes a child or a dog secure: order, clarity - all those things.

I guess it the one consistent thing in my life was that sense of magic that film provide - I still remember the movies from my childhood that I loved.

I'm absolutely obsessed with conspiracies and have been since I was a kid.

The thing that was most constant when I was growing up was just complete support and adoration from my parents.

Because of my childhood where I was constantly by myself, I always feel lonely. I have a lot of people that I absolutely love and I know love me but I can't get rid of that feeling of loneliness no matter who I'm with - even with my children.

Since I was a kid, I liked construction.

I have never - I have never let go of my childhood contacts. My best friends from childhood are still my best friends.

I'm very competitive. I remember being 4 years old trying to out-chug my dad in a milk-chugging contest. It's been in my blood.

First time I ever sang was in a contest in Louisiana when I was 9. And I won yodeling.

'Super Contra' was the game I fell in love with. I played and beat that game with my mom.

Contrary to what everyone thinks, in my family, we didn't talk about politics at home.

Because I didn't have a Mum - she died when I was a baby - my Dad was told by people in authority that it was best for me to go to a convent school.