Jerry Lewis Quotes

I grew up as an only child.

I was happy as an only child, but I've always wanted to be part of a bigger family.

My siblings were pretty far apart in age, so I sort of grew up as an only child.

I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.

I don't have a brother in real life.

The one thing that was nice about being an only child is that my friends' parents would always ask me whether I would want any other brothers and sisters? My mom wasn't able to have any more children, and they didn't know that, but I would always say that I can have friends over, and whenever I get sick of them, I can just send them home.

My mother has a very big family in Shanghai, so I have, like, almost 40 cousins, so we stayed together all the time. So by the time I get to Hong Kong, I become the only child and the only one surrounded by adults, you know.

I'm one of seven kids. That'll keep your ego in check.

Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.

Being an only child is a disease in itself.

I was an only child and grew up in York where my parents ran a surgical supplies shop. When I say I wish I had brothers and sisters, friends say it's not what it's cracked up to be, but I think it must be good to have someone who knew you from the beginning.

I grew up as an only child, so inherently, most of my life was centered around me. My parents taught me to play well with others and to share my toys, but I was still an only child who didn't have to share my parent's attention with siblings. As great as my childhood was, I always wanted brothers and sisters.

My family big as hell, man.

I grew up as the only child, and we did not have a large family. So for me and my mother, our friends tend to become our family.

Not to psychologize, but it's hard growing up in a family of 14 to ever feel like you're the center of the universe, or that you're that special or different. Because when it comes down to it, you're still fighting for food at the dinner table.

My parents had five children in six years and one week, meaning that my mom was pregnant for most of the '60s and driving carpools for most of the '70s. When we were young, she dressed us alike so she could pick us out in crowds: identical skirts for the four girls with the color-coordinated pants for my brother.

I was alone a lot as a kid, because my parents were divorced.

I'm an only child, so I don't even have nieces or nephews.

Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents.

You know, as an only child, you're kind of in a bubble, and there are all sorts of things about my childhood that I still can't really place.

One of my sisters is physically and mentally handicapped. She took a lot of my parents' attention, so I grew up in my own world, playing in my room for hours and hours.

I love kids. I always have. I was an only child until I was 12, and then my sister arrived.

I grew up as one of six kids.

I'm the third of five children.

God bless you if you have one child, but I don't think anybody should have just one child. Everybody needs a sibling. I have siblings, and I have so many amazing, precious memories with my siblings. I don't know what I would do if I had been an only child.