Elena Ferrante Quotes
For children parents are always a burden. But parents who draw too much attention to themselves are intolerable.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
-
For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
-
It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
-
Iggy Pop is God, if God looked half that good with his shirt off.
-
Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
-
I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
-
People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
-
I would like to do something that pushes me as an actress to make me better. I would love to do something dramatic or crazy. I think that would be so much fun.
-
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
-
I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.
-
I don't believe in the no-carb diet... I have a theory. I think if you give up carbs, you get cranky. You must include them in your daily diet.
-
I get plenty of, 'Is that song about me?' from men but I just tell them to get over themselves.
-
Education never really interested me, to be fair. I mean, education does interest me, but academic school study is a different thing. I can't quite grasp that.
-
But I'm very thankful that no one is slamming my head against the wall anymore.
-
I gained 60 pounds, and I'm proud of it. Why do I need to watch my weight when I'm pregnant? I could eat whatever the hell I want to eat.
-
Leadership is one of the things I really strive to excel in in my life.
-
I started modeling when I was 16. The odds were against me. At 5' 8, I was shorter than most girls in the business. Still, I gave it a shot, and like with most things in my life, I never gave up.
-
I am the sort of athlete who participates in a lot of winter sports - basketball, for example, is an activity that I'll spend many hours a week watching.
-
I have no interest whatsoever in pursuing acting or becoming a mogul. I love writing and directing; I see those two jobs as the most critical in the making of a film.
-
Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
-
My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.
-
I've numerous times heard mothers in stores tell their children not to go near me.
-
Are we not witnessing a situation where children are conciously rejecting their parents' value despite love and devotion given to them? The present situation has arisen because parents have failed to transmit a sustaining faith to their children. The basic reason for this failure is that the parents themselves lacked faith. Without faith, their love was an image not a reality, a statement of words not an expression of feelings
-
For children parents are always a burden. But parents who draw too much attention to themselves are intolerable.
