Josephus Quotes

When I was young, I didn't like going to school, but I loved my dad. He was my professor.

My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.

What my father gave me more than anything else is great tutoring and a great brain, frankly. You know, my father's brother was a top person at MIT, went to MIT, graduated from MIT, was a teacher at MIT, a professor at MIT, a great engineer. I mean, you know, I have very good genes.

When I was a small kid, I grew up in the newspapers.

As a complete product of Issaquah public schools, there is absolutely no way I would be here if I didn't have well-funded arts programs and some great teachers who were constantly pushing me intellectually and personally.

My parents and my brothers and their wives are incredible and formed me as a person long before I got to Hollywood.

My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.

I grew up with older brothers, adore them, can't imagine going through life without them, and I definitely think I draw on that love when I'm writing about siblings. It's so powerful, the jump-in-front-of-a-train-to-protect-them kind of love.

My first memory is of the eyes of my brother; he was looking at me all the time.

It takes two men to make one brother.

I grew up in Winnipeg, in the Canadian midwest, the fifth child. It was a great household to grow up in - I was loved to sweet death.

My family supported me. I wasn't hot-housed at all as a young child; I didn't go to any kind of gifted school. They didn't exist in the very poor parts of England when I grew up in the 1980s. I had a great time to learn, had access to libraries and teachers who were patient and enthusiastic when I showed ability in some subjects.

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife.

All three of us - two sisters and a brother - were brought up with an emphasis on academics.

I have one brother who's five years older than me and he was a huge part of my childhood.

Whenever I discuss my family, I inevitably think of my brother Owen.

I have to thank my mother for this. When I was a little boy she used to teach me poems. I would go in church and tell the poems in church for the Easter program, and again for Mother's Day and any occasion she felt would fit. I was very energetic with delivery at that time as a boy, so it stuck with me.

My brother, Cecil Edward Chesterton, was born when I was about five years old; and, after a brief pause, began to argue. He continued to argue to the end. I am glad to think that through all those years we never stopped arguing; and we never once quarreled. Perhaps the principal objection to a quarrel is that it interrupts an argument.

Education is paramount in light of so many things that are out there.

I had a normal, nice upbringing in Cardiff.

As a child my life felt like an adventure, because my dad is such a fun guy. I had a brother and sister who were in and out of hospital a lot – one had a congenital heart problem and the other had a cleft palate. But my parents never stopped smiling.

I would pick any team if I could go with my brother.

I grew up with my little brother, and we were raised by my grandmother. I was an insider for real. I stayed in the house a lot, writing songs or playing video games, watching TV, or chilling with my girlfriend. It wasn't until 9th grade that I got into music. This guy in school heard me singing around the hallway to girls and stuff.

I never go a day without talking to either my mom or dad, and my sister is one of the smartest people I know.

They say Montenegrins are intelligent, and maybe that's why I was pretty good in school.