I Was Raised Quotes

Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.

I can't raise the bar of others if I haven't raised the bar for myself.

As I said, the matter of the Pan African Parliament was raised with us by other African countries who said we should host.

I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me.

My mom raised me to be successful and not be a knucklehead and do the wrong things. She still talks to me to this day about those things.

[Caine] "Interesting. Me, I've always wanted to know who my real parents were." [Sam] "Let me guess: you're secretly a wizard who was raised by muggles.

I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.

I was raised inside the gang culture.

I was raised to be charming, not sincere.

My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.

One study found that people who just thought about watching their favorite movie actually raised their endorphin levels by 27 percent.

If the money is raised by taxation, then the burden will fall where it ought to fall, . . . and the rich and stingy will no longer be able to evade the duties of citizenship and of humanity.

The walls are raised against honest men in civic life.

I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point.

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts.

All I can do is take influences from where I was raised.

He lifted the violin to his shoulder then, and raised the bow. And he played.

If you get offended by words - by noises we make with our mouths - it means you were raised by bad parents.

I basically raised myself.

I've raised my daughter with no television.

Tupac the son of the Black Panther, and Tupac the rider. Those are the two people inside of me. I was raised off those ideals.

I was raised with pretty thick skin. And I think people are hungry for politicians who aren't afraid to say what they think and mean it.

I would tell people some years later that I was raised an only child and so was my brother.

I was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Madrid, Spain. Then I moved to New Jersey.

In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew.

Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dogs.

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

It might suprise you to know I think I raised them too much, too

Our father died when we were very young, so our mother raised six kids. We saw the world filtered through her eyes, being a minority woman raising six kids.

Beneath the blossoms with a pot of wine, No friends at hand, so I poured alone; I raised my cup to invite the moon, Turned to my shadow, and we became three.

I don't do drugs. Because my grandmother raised me. I think like an old, black, Southern woman. If I'd have done coke, I'd probably be cooking pancakes.

Awareness about heart disease has got to be raised.

With regard to precipitous heights, if you are beforehand with your adversary, you should occupy the raised and sunny spots, and there wait for him to come up.

Raised during Reagan, suffered through Clinton

I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no.

I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom.

I was born and raised in St. Louis, and this little town, eight blocks away, place no one ever heard of, a black man there commands the attention of the world for months? That ain't my world.

We were raised with the idea that we had limitless chances and we got very shocked to learn that wasn't the case.

City's just a jungle; more games to play Trapped in the heart of it, tryin' to get away I was raised in the country, I been workin' in the town I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down

This generation, raised on "Eyewitness News," conditioned by the instant replay, and spared the illumination that comes from tedious historical study, tends to be even more ahistorical than most.

Japans humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are resistant to earth tremors.

You have to realise that I am the third out of six children, and I am raised with very strong core values and a very strong upbringing. I always put myself in other people's shoes.

Petersburg, growing up at home, all by my family and friends, Petersburg really, city-raised me, you know everybody there.

For some reason I am one of those people who act like they were born and raised during the Depression.

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.

I was raised in the theater and I started acting when I was nine. To me, the idea of being an actor was about playing different characters and being a chameleon. That's why I was in the theater.

Anti-Tax fetishist Grover Norquist owns a bust of Ronald Reagan, who raised taxes 11 times.

I have fancied myself a rebel, but at every critical moment of my life, I have been exactly the child my parents raised.

So, using his pride like a shield against despair, dejection, and-most important— self-pity, Raoden raised his head to stare damnation in the eyes.