Fran Kirby Quotes

My mom is an art teacher and is very much into the performing arts. What can I say? She is the female in my life and has guided me on how to act and conduct myself. A lot of my strength comes from her.

My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.

My grandmother influenced me so deeply.

Shout-out to my dad - he influenced my style when I was 17.

I'm blessed because I had my mom as a teacher - sixth through eighth grade - and she is one of the best teachers I've ever had.

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather.

My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me, he was still a rock star.

My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.

My father made me who I am; he was incredibly intellectually generous.

I've seen all of my mom's films. She's the reason why I do almost anything.

I think my dad is definitely my biggest role model, personally, just in my day-to-day life.

My father's mother really had a profound influence on me. She literally began her day with an hour of reading. But the most fundamental impact was education.

I am greatly influenced by my father who was a journalist.

My mom, Latha Sriram, is my first guru.

My dad has always inspired me.

My dad had a huge influence. He's my idol, and I'm following everything he did, looking for something I can use myself.

My father was a footballer, and he has inspired me.

I never grew up with heroes in show business. My hero was my father.

The person who has the most influence on me is my mother. Think of life as a flight where we fly higher and higher. If I were a bird that needs feathers to fly higher, I would regard my mother as my strongest feather.

My mom wasn't so much such a great cook. But I don't know, I think I have a very strong mother, and it's funny, because both of my sisters - I have two sisters, and I'm the baby, but they all work hard. I'm not sure where I get it from, and I'm not sure where they get it from, but they must get it from somewhere... I like to work.

When I go speak to these kids through my foundation and am able to sit down and tell them some of the things that I've been through, they can look up and relate to me, and they can understand the feelings I had that are similar to what they're going through and feeling.

I would say that my role model, as far as just somebody leading by example, which to me is what a great youth counselor does - they are there to talk to and lead by example - would be my mom, but she wasn't a youth counselor. She was a teacher, and she is a good person and definitely one of the biggest influences in my life.

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.

My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.

As a single mother of four, my mother taught me that you always want to show up strong for the moments that really matter with family, friends, and community. I now recognize how her strength helped shape the person I am today and the mother that I have become.