Mitchell Baker Quotes

I was an only child, so I was alone a lot.

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.

Being an only child, my mother reared me very carefully.

I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.

An only child, I always wanted a large hug-house.

Because I was an only child, I lived in a very grown-up world.

I was an only child and I wasn't going to share anything with anybody.

I'm an only child, so I'm pretty much a loner.

Being an only child is a disease in itself.

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

I am an only child and home-schooled, so I have no siblings or classmates.

Only children are weird. The only children I know, including myself, are either superweird or very talented and special or a mix of the two. I think there was always a certain independence and loneliness - I had a lot of imaginary friends as a kid.

I am very much an only child, meaning I am self-reliant, egocentric, sociable. I had my mother, father, and an uncle who lived with us, all doting on me.

I like to be by myself, probably because I have been a single child.

I'm an only child, and I don't mind being alone.

My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle's house in Dharwad, and I spent about six years there. So at a very young age, I was away from my parents. I developed an amount of independence and learned to stand on my own feet.

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

I grew up in Cazenovia, N.Y. I'm the second of five children, with three sisters and a brother.

Because as an only child, you have your own little world.

I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it was just me.

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.

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

I was an only child, and I spent a lot of time alone. My dad was an only child, too, so we didn't have a big family, and I was really close with both of my parents. Like any kid, I thought I knew more than they did.

I was an only child until I was six.

I had grown up with four sisters.