Madeleine Albright Quotes

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

I had intelligent, high-minded, liberal parents who wanted to make sure my values were just like theirs.

My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me.

My parents were definitely the biggest influence in my life.

I'm the way my father taught me to be.

I learn from my family. And it's not like I learn from them on the sets only.

Even though my parents experiences were different from mine. I wasn't a child actor brat; I didn't travel with them in the circuit. But I got a look into their world, so I did know what I was getting into, to an extent. And they are a constant source of grounding.

Certainly my personality, my sense of humor, my outlook on life was informed by the experiences of my parents and the stories they shared with me.

My mom is from Texas, but I was raised in Florida.

I'm influenced a lot by my family. I have a big family.

I was given the opportunity to write the kind of book that I wanted to write, rather than one that catalogues where I sang and what I sang and what I wore. I wanted to write a book about an American family, the family that has produced me. The longer I live, the more I realise the incredible support and love we were given as children.

I come from a very big family, and I grew up in restaurants.

My main teachers were my father and my mother and my brother.

As you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland.

My childhood was very, very, very, very traditional.

My father was a huge influence on me.

Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests.

I don't come from an intellectual family.

We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.

I'm a product of this visionary mother and father.

I grew up until I was seven in Jamaica with my grandmother, who I still think of as the greatest person I have known in my life.

My name is Jidenna, which means 'to hold or embrace the father' in Igbo. It was my father who gave me this name and who taught me countless parables, proverbs, and principles that made me the man I am today.

My father used to give me a lot of advice.

My father insisted that each of us have a career. His family were refugees and he understood the vicissitudes of fortune.

We have really good parents, and even though they broke up when we were little, we were still raised by two people who had really good ethics. They were never going to let us turn into Paris Hilton. I think that it wasn't really an option to become spoiled brats.