Raised Quotes

The environment I was raised in, you had to, to survive.

Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised.

And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.

I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries.

When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president. He didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically - that's not how he was raised - he cared that it was the right thing to do.

I was raised with a huge Armenian influence, always hearing stories of Armenia, celebrating Armenian holidays.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

I was raised in an atmosphere of 'everything's fine.' But as I got older, I was like, 'Well no, everything's not fine. There is stuff that's sad.' I am a really sensitive person. I think I am too sensitive sometimes.

I had a lot of anger because I wasn't happy with the way I had been raised.

The biggest challenge in my life is getting all these kids raised. I've helped with nieces, stepchildren and my own son, so the biggest challenge is making sure the kids are raised and finding enough quality time with them.

Well, because lots of questions had been raised about the toxicity of the drug, which is very serious.

I was raised on pop music.

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

I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.

I was raised a Catholic and when you're raised a Catholic they don't teach you to think for yourself. You're taught not to think too deeply about things.

When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.

I was raised in the environment where it really wasn't about sittin' around dreaming all the time, it was about practicing and workin' really hard and if a dream ever came to you, you'd be prepared for that opportunity.

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.

I was raised in a very blue-collar family.

Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker.

In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down.

Being raised Catholic in a pressure-cooker household besieged by alcohol and bill collectors enforced and heightened a sense of sentry duty in me, the oldest of five children and the one most responsible for keeping everything from capsizing. Wild indulgence was for other people, the non-worriers.

It's absolutely of no importance who or what V was under the mask. He isn't a who or a what, he's an idea. The thing is, you couldn't continue it. Now and then the idea of a sequel has been raised, in vague forms, but I think it would be a bad idea. The story's finished.

I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.

I believed in raising my children as I had been raised.

I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are.

I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted.

Everyone related to me in my circle was from church: church friends, church school, church activities. All my friends weren't allowed to watch MTV or go to PG-13 movies or listen to the radio, so I didn't really know anything different. That's how I was raised.

I'm very proud of the way that I was raised, I'm very proud of the way that my parents raised me.