I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you.

Maybe it was the home tutoring, or the late start to formal schooling, or an overly cautious and protective upbringing, but in any case, I never became a talkative person. As an adult, I am not always comfortable in social gatherings with small talk. I must have inherited my father's gentle nature.

Now I can look back and say I actually like the upbringing I had and my father was very attentive and a great educator.

I can't change myself for others as my upbringing has taught me to be nice and cordial with people around me.

On the one hand, I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum, who has kept me grounded, but on the other, the wild experiences through my dad.

For me, the beauty of a person is a matter of the whole package. You have to look at the whole thing, not just a matter of outward appearance or whatever. It has to do with one's character, personality, upbringing and so on.

We all have baggage from our upbringing! That's life!

I was lucky because my upbringing was so eccentric. It has helped me cope with unreal situations.

With my Roman Catholic upbringing, I have a set of principles that serve me well in good times and bad.

It's not how you start, even with a rough upbringing. It's what you make of it after.

I definitely feel like I had a different upbringing to a lot of other people, but not in a bad - or good - way.

My father was Catholic, my mom Baptist, so we were raised Baptist but had a lot of Catholic upbringing: fish on Fridays, no birth control.

My parents were on the road a lot in the 1970s. Winifred Kelly, a nurse from the hospital where I was born, was hired to care for me. Her love and discipline had a big influence on my upbringing.

The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me.

That was my upbringing: you treat people with respect.

I'm a strong believer in God. It could be because of my upbringing and my family environment.

My home and my upbringing and just the problems in my family within my extended family were such that it truly was a mix of the good, bad, and the ugly.

We are such a product of our upbringing and environment.

A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.