Isla Fisher Quotes

There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.

I was raised by a very strict, good mother, so I won't be getting out of line anytime soon.

My father had a very violent temper, and he was never home. So I was kind of a mama's boy.

My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way.

My kids get everything they want and are raised well.

When a child does bad things, the parents are always going to love their child even if they do something bad.

I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

I think there is a lot to be said for the respect that our parents had for children, and for my brothers and sisters and me at a very young age, and for exposing them to the world and what's out there.

When I was a kid, I thought my dad was a little bit harsh with me at times. Sometimes I needed an arm around me instead of my dad telling me what I did wrong, but it obviously worked.

My childhood was protected by love and a comfortable home. Yet, while still a very young child, I began instinctively to feel that there was something lacking, even in my own home, some false conception of family relations, some incomplete ideal.

My parents were perfectly open-minded about everything. They never tried to convince us of what was true or what wasn't true in their minds. We were just presented with the information that was around and pretty much allowed - though, I mean, we knew how they felt. We knew they didn't go to church. So obviously that had an effect.

The way I was parented did affect my parenting - probably in the reverse. My dad was pretty strict, and the next generation probably wants to be less strict.

I am a father who never pushes or forces his children into anything.

I had good parents. My mother had morals and standards and she brought us up to be good kids - some of the families around were just laws unto themselves, it was really tribal.

My parents were fantastic. I was an only child, so I had a lot of love and too much attention. I don't think I was spoilt. My mother was quite a disciplinarian, but I did have a lot of attention and quite a lot of pressure to do well at whatever I was doing.

We have really good parents, and even though they broke up when we were little, we were still raised by two people who had really good ethics. They were never going to let us turn into Paris Hilton. I think that it wasn't really an option to become spoiled brats.

My father never raised his voice or his hand on me when I was a kid.

The most important influence on a child is the character of its parents, rather than this or that single event.

The British have always made terrible parents.

It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at Mommy and Daddy, running the show.

When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.

While having two biological parents at home is, the statistics tell us, best for children, a single-parent household is almost as good.

My standard comment is, 'If you don't want your kids to be like Bart Simpson, don't act like Homer Simpson.'

We didn't have a TV in the living room and all my friends thought we were kind of weird. When they'd come over, my mom wanted to talk to them about current events.

Our parents were very strict. Not in a brutal or awful way, but there were definite rules, such as after six on a school night you didn't go out, and at weekends you had to be home by a certain time. It wasn't particularly sheltered, but we were well brought-up.