quotes about Only Child
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
-- Al Yankovic -
I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.
-- Beverly Cleary -
I was an only child. We were so poor, my parents and I had the same room.
-- David Copperfield -
I was an only child. I hung out with my parents.
-- Dhani Harrison -
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My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion.
-- Diane DuaneSource : "Wizards in a new millennium: an interview with Diane Duane". Interview with Kelly Knox, www.wired.com. August 7, 2012.
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I don't know much about only children. I was the middle one of three, and if ever I was alone with mum and dad, it was a rare moment.
-- Elizabeth Hurley -
An only child is never twelve.
-- Enid BagnoldSource : Enid Bagnold (1970). “Four plays”
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Being an only child is a disease in itself.
-- G. Stanley HallSource : "Yes, I'm an only child and, no, I'm not depressed - or beastly" by Audrey Gillan, www.theguardian.com. August 22, 2013.
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Being an only child, my mother reared me very carefully.
-- Heber J. Grant -
Music was like my first real toy. I was an only child for a while, and I was alone a lot of the time - and I liked it. I still like being alone.
-- Jeff Buckley -
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too...
-- Joyce Maynard -
I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse.
-- Joycelyn EldersSource : "'Penn & Teller: Bullshit!' ('Abstinence')". Comedy, Documentary, June 05, 2006.
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I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child.
-- Keith Emerson -
If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child.
-- Linda SunshineSource : Linda Sunshine (2012). “Mom Loves Me Best: (And Other Lies You Told Your Sister)”, p.20, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Women, then, are only children of a larger growth
-- Lord Chesterfield -
I think the biggest problem working with me would be that I'm an only child, and so I have an internal dialogue that goes on that I just assume you can hear.
-- Maynard James Keenan -
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I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.
-- Paul Nurse -
I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it was just me.
-- Vanessa Paradis -
As an only child, I never felt insecure and always had total love.
-- Willard Scott -
I wasn't an only child, but I was the youngest, and no one else in my family played music.
-- Angel Olsen -
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When you're an only child, you get very used to pleasing the adults around you.
-- Rachel BloomSource : "Rachel Bloom Upends Romantic Comedy Tropes On 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 17, 2017.