Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Quotes

My dad's supportive of all my endeavors.

I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.

A lot of peoples' parents aren't very supportive; my mom is super supportive.

I have an excellent father, his strength is making me stronger.

Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world.

I believe the person who was out conquering the world, who was out fighting in the world were our fathers, so to have them come... I adored my father more than anyone in the world, but my father had more advice on work policies and how to get a job and how to survive in the work environment than my mother because my mother never worked outside of the home. So I think the support of fathers is very important.

Not hippie - my parents were not hippies - but they were very supportive and encouraging, and that does a lot for someone, and it gives them a lot of confidence.

My uncles and other relatives are against encouraging girls in every aspect, and that includes sports. I hardly interact with them. My parents are more open. They back me all the way.

I would say that my parents were supportive of me.

There isn't a dude outside my dad who had greater influence on my life.

My parents were the best. They were very supportive.

I grew up with four sisters - four very talented and intelligent sisters - and two parents that were very supportive of whatever we wanted to do.

My parents were an ordinary East End family and very supportive - they would have supported me no matter what I wanted to do.

I came out to my mom at the age of 14. She didn't understand it at first, but she's been very supportive since.

My father was very encouraging.

My parents just had faith in me, and thank God they did. They weren't stage parents in the slightest.

My parents are really supportive of everything I do.

I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans.

There's absolutely no part of what I do that my dad doesn't have the utmost pride in. It doesn't matter what the job is - he's... supportive. Same with my mother.

I guess when you come from a supportive family they always expect the best of you.

My parents are supportive of me, whatever school I go to.

I don't know, my parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she was very supportive of. You know, whether it was BMX bike racing or being in the Boy Scouts or surfing or anything else, she always seemed to sort of support it.

I'm thankful that my daughter's father has allowed me to do what I do because that really makes a difference. I do believe a woman can have it all.

Fathers represent another way of looking at life - the possibility of an alternative dialogue.

When the time came to say, "Mom, I want to do this as a job," it was brutal. She was really against it. There were screaming matches. Some people are shut down by that and get defeated by it, and other people are empowered by the negativity. My father kind of encouraged me through that.