Sebastian Maniscalco Quotes

I can't say for sure where I was headed the first time my mom put a blue blazer on me. Church, probably. West Side Presbyterian in Ridgewood, New Jersey, specifically, where my blazer was paired with a clip-on tie and a pair of khakis for a Sunday morning with my fellow congregants.

The purity of Jewish upbringing - the restrictions that one carries through life being a 'nice Jewish girl' - what a burden.

I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for.

You're a Catholic in Italy when you're born, it's unthinkable to stop being Catholic. You just take the rules a lot more seriously, because it pervades your culture.

My family is very traditional, Catholic.

I come from a time when every kid dressed up. Everybody. If you didn't, you wouldn't be able to hang out. It was very tribal. There's nice things in that. It's culture; it's roots for me.

What it depends on is someone's upbringing and the traditions and that is how you decide if you are Jewish or not.

My father, who is deeply spiritual and religious, always stressed that my siblings and I remain true to our Indian roots.

Even leftists can appreciate the beauty of traditional religion and culture. Unfortunately they tend to reject the spirit that animates that beauty.

I grew up in the '60s and '70s when men were required to wear a suit, shirt, and tie every day to be taken seriously. I was at the tail end of that generation, and it had a significant impact on me.

An Ulster Scot may come to disbelieve in God, but not to wear his weekday clothes on the Sabbath.

The one great poem of New England is her Sunday.

I grew up in a family where, through my teenage years, I was expected to go to church on Sunday. It wasn't terribly painful.

There's so many strict ideas and rules, whether it's from religion or it's just generations and generations.

I was always taught how to dress for the occasion.

Tradition is nothing but ancestral peer pressure.

Wearing a suit can seem like a somewhat archaic gesture, a concession to formality in a determinedly casual age.

I grew up in a small, rural community, where my extended family were mountain-folk type people, and some were very religious.

No tummy showing, no cleavage, no leg show - those were the rules laid down by my folks! But yeah, I am the original thong girl in India.

I grew up Catholic, so I had a more traditional relationship with religion.

I don't think I related to the Irish Catholic surroundings that was my environment when I was growing up.

I come from an orthodox Muslim family.

The key to Judaism's survival is the emotional attachment to the religion.

All of the Arabic women I grew up listening to or watching had a very strong character.

I like putting on a suit. I like putting on a tie.