Karl-Anthony Towns Quotes

Lot of things depend on the up bringing of a child.

Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up.

My parents made us do everything, try everything.

Growing up, my parents were my heroes, in the way they conducted their lives.

How I was raised is what I am today.

My parents never raised their hand or fired me. Their way of disciplining me was to tell me what is right or wrong.

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.

I think I've been brought up very well by both my parents. I am very cautious and I think I'm now fit for the world I'm in. They're very much behind my modelling and very supportive.

No matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.

I suppose that when I'm building a character, it's usually related to what their family is like and who their parents are, as well as how I grew up - that nurture side.

As with most people, my ideology and my attitudes about life were informed by parents and family.

But I think role models also start in the home with your parents.

I believe we are more a product of our homes than of any other single influence.

My mother was a free-spirited clinical therapist, and I had the most hard-working father, a television lighting director by trade. My mum raised me to be a global citizen, with eyes open to sometimes harsh realities.

The French talk about education, the education of their children. They don't talk about raising kids. They talk about education. And that has nothing to do with school. It's this kind of broad description of how you raise children and what you teach them.

A lot of things come down to your roots and how you're brought up.

I did not bring up my child to think that she was a star. If I had treated her any differently, it would have messed everything up. She was brought up normally, like other kids, in a normal house, and it was a normal, middle-class life.

Good homes are still the best source of good humans.

In my family, there was not an abundance of wealth, but there was an abundance of love. So there was always humor, and there was joy and there was comfort and there was this environment just to have a good time.

My earliest memories are of my brother, pointing the home video camera at me and saying, "C'mon, Ange, give us a show!" Neither of my parents ever said, "Be quiet! Stop talking!" I remember my father looking me in the eye and asking, "What are you thinking? What are you feeling?" That's what I do in my job now - I say. "OK, how do I feel about this?" And I immediately know, because that's how I grew up.

Between the two [parents], it was a really unique upbringing, I think, especially for where I was from.

The more passions you have the happier you'll be

Growing up poor, I never missed out on anything. My parents did a beautiful job of not making me feel like I was lesser than any other kids.

Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all.

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, 'I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.' That is why dogs make such a hit. They are so glad to see us that they almost jump out of their skins. So, naturally, we are glad to see them.