Anderson Cooper Quotes

It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.

My mom came from such humble beginnings and especially my dad as well. He didn't go to university.

I come from a large family, but I was not raised with a fortune. Something more was left me, and that was family values.

I'm not Chinese, but both of my parents were born in Iran; my brother and I were the first ones born here. First in our family to go to college, that whole thing.

I grew up in South Florida, and my family was pretty poor. We weren't your upper-class whites by any means.

My dad was born with no money.

I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was a secretary. Neither of them got through high school. But they worked hard and they gave me very, very important opportunities to go to school, get a good education.

My family's journey is something I am very proud of - in front of me, behind me and every part.

My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education.

I was not from a middle-class family at all. I did not have middle-class possessions and what have you. But I had middle-class parents who gave me what was needed to survive in society.

I come from a very working-class background.

I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York.

I come from a very working-class background.

On my mother's side, I come from Midlands engineers and, on my father's, from tenant farmers near Oxford.

My grandfather was a Methodist preacher, and my father was an unsuccessful businessman. We didn't have status or wealth.

I was raised in a lower-income family, and we were wild.

Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.

My parents have always been very concerned of making sure we know who we are and where we come from. I have to give them credit for that. Knowing your roots is quite important.

A little bit about my family: We didn't really come from much, and we didn't take family trips to California, so my first trip to California was actually my first day of school.

I grew up on Chicago's South Side in a working-poor family, so I watched everything on television. It was like my window on the world. But we also went to the movies pretty regularly - mostly on Tuesdays, because that was Ladies Night, and my mom could get in for free.

I started school in public housing. My dad had a sixth-grade education.

I come from a middle-class family, but we are open-minded people.

I didn't grow up with my dad, or around the whole legacy. I was post-Motown, so I'd always hear stories and wonder what was it like.

My mum came from an incredibly big family.

Sometimes in Asian homes it is all about where we've come from, which is important too, but it is about where you live and where you're born and the people who are the same as you.