I Was Raised Quotes

I think it's important to be with a guy who has a strong sense of integrity. That's how I was raised, and that's something I look for.

I was raised in a family where no one had a serious bone in their body and every answer was a riddle, a joke, or a prank.

Come to find out, the Russians were never afraid of the Americans. They weren't raised with the terror that we were by our government. I was struck by how our government misled us for so many years.

I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the Chinese question that I have raised. There will be more about that in a sequel.

If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.

Since the world began, God has raised up prophets who speak the will of heaven to the people of their times. It is our responsibility to listen and then apply the messages the Lord provides for us.

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

I was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California. I was very athletic, playing volleyball and softball. I did gymnastics for about ten years, too.

For women raised in the '70s, high heels can still carry a stigma; they're associated with being stupid, with just wanting to please a man. Other women find them empowering.

Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: That I have reigned with your loves.

I love living in Utah. I was born here but raised in L.A., but we decided about 13, 14 years ago to come here to Utah.

"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all," was how I was raised, and how I lived for most of my life.

No judicial system could do society's work if each issue had to be decided afresh in every case which raised it.

I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school.

Evil is in the face of every frat guy that ever raised a beer cup and went "whoooooo!"

I was raised with this idea of hard work and keeping doors open. To be able to choose what you want to do in the future. That was what we tried to tell our children, too.

I was raised in a family where we were taught that the best thing you could do with your life was to really kind of push the cause of progress and justice and human rights forward.

There's this Lebanese lady I dearly loved who raised 13 children in Toledo, and she retired in Phoenix. She said, I get up every morning and say, Thank you, God. I do the same thing now.

Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone.

In twenty years, the Lottery has raised over $1.4 billion. It has been run successfully and efficiently.

I was born and raised in the South, which is pretty conservative.

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.

I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and then I left there to go to the University of Evansville where I majored in theatre.

Im the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. Thats the way my mother raised me.

My parents didn't raise me to be a professional player. They raised me to be a good person.

I've lived the American dream. I was born and raised on the farm, first in my family to graduate from college. I spent 13 years working in our family business.

My parents really raised me with the value that it's important to give back, and I've always gravitated towards non-profits and charities that work with children.

If the sky stands still, if the earth quakes, if there is famine, if there is pestilence, at once the cry is raised: Throw the Christians to the lions! So many to one?

Born on a mountain, raised in a cave. Arresting fugitives is all I crave.

Hmm…” Jason snapped his fingers. “I can call a friend for a ride.” Percy raised his eyebrows. “Oh, yeah? Me too. Let's see whose friend gets here first.

What it is is that Barack Obama was raised by a white mother and two white grandparents who, A, told him he was black and that there was nothing wrong with being black.

I was born in London and raised in Rome until I was 4. Then we went back to London, where I went to school.

I think -- tide turning -- see, as I remember -- I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of -- it's easy to see a tide turn -- did I say those words?

I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. That's the way I related to it, being raised an Episcopalian. I went to Dallas and got confirmed.

I was raised in Oklahoma. I was actually born in Tulsa, but I grew up in a small town on the west side of Oklahoma called Elk City on a farm, where my dad grew up, actually.

In the contemplation of beauty we are raised above ourselves, the passions are silenced and we are happy in the recognition of a good that we do not seek to possess.

I was raised in the Church of Christ, which was a very abstinent faith. And I just didn't [drink] - there was never anything that I found seductive enough, I guess, to have a romance with it.

The way I was raised, if something wasn't tough it was not a valuable or enriching experience.

'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.

I was blessed with a God-given talent and my mother raised me the right way.

A big part of who I am is just the way I was raised. Nobody is better than anyone else, and if you really work hard, you might get lucky and get what you want.

I was raised by my grandmother on a farm, where we were really poor - we had dirt floors - but so did everybody else.

I grew up in a Jewish family, and we have raised our children in a Jewish tradition. Religion gives a framework for moral enquiry in young minds and points us to questions beyond the material.

Typically, historical black colleges and universities like Delaware State, attracted students who were raised in an environment where going to college wasn't the next natural step after high school.

Jesus did not ask us to believe that he would be raised from the dead.

I'm always interested to meet my friends' parents, or who they were raised by. Where they grew up, I always find very interesting.

We were raised right in the heart of the Bogside. Everything was so bad at the time that Mammy would bring us to the pantomime, circus, concerts because we were so confined at home.

I was raised in the theater and, as it turned out, a TV show was like performing a new one-act play. So, it was really no different.

I'm always researching ancient religions, and I was also raised Jehovah's Witness, so that kind of scarred me for life.

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