Tuppence was what my grandmother nicknamed my mother, so she gave it to me. My sister is called Angel, and my brother was going to be called Bubba or Sonny, until they let me and my sister name him Josh.


Tuppence Middleton

  Email Quote to Friends   Link to Quote   Create Short URL  Publish Text About This Quote   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Quotes For You

Related

My mother wanted to name me Jackie or Jacqueline but she got to name my sister and my brother, so my...
ARIEL WINTER
My parents called me their wise little baby. I was mature when I was 4 or 5. My brother and sister w...
ANNABETH GISH
My mother was the worst kind of stage mother. She would make me and my younger sister and brother li...
RENEE FLEMING
I was scared when I lost my mother, my father, my brother, my sister.
ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE
I called my parents and everybody was OK. My brother, Roberto, lives in Madrid and he's OK. My siste...
CONCHITA MARTINEZ
I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me e...
RONALDINHO
Hurt like it was my family, know what I'm saying? I've had them so long they is like family to me, s...
CURTIS BOLDEN
My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends...
T.I.
I'm really close to my mother. She sacrificed a lot for me and my sister. She gave up her career...
RANBIR KAPOOR
My mother is with her sister in Arkansas, my brother is in Baton Rouge with his wife's family and my...
BOB BALLARD
He is my brother. She is my sister. Come what will, they are my kin.
PHILIPPA GREGORY
My family is everything. I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... bec...
RONALDINHO
It's Frederick Dierks Bentley, but my whole family goes by their middle name - my sister, my bro...
DIERKS BENTLEY
I raised my sister. I was six when she was born. My mother had to make a living for herself and it w...
NATALIA VODIANOVA
My brother and sister were much older. They were planned. I was not planned for. I was called the mi...
PENNY MARSHALL
I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.
BEAR GRYLLS
She loved to travel with me and my sister. If we called and said we were going anywhere, we had to t...
LINDA THOMPSON
My mother was a teacher. She was grooming my brother and me to be successful, accomplished people.
LAVERNE COX
My sister called her pillow a pilgo. My brother called his pacifier his nimma. But I don't think...
ANDREW CLEMENTS
My mother went into the Peace Corps when she was sixty-eight. My one sister is a motorcycle freak, m...
BILLY CARTER
I was raised by my great-great aunt. I was adopted within our family. My mother had me when she was,...
ERIC DICKERSON
My mother was like a sister to me, only we didn't have sex quite so often.
EMO PHILIPS
She just got to where the grocery stores started wanting it, so she called my brother and me.
JOYCE GILES
Then I had another brother who wanted to come, ... Then my sister called and she had friends, and th...
MICHAEL ALLEN
My Aunt Helen was my favorite person in the whole world. She was my mom’s sister. She got straight...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
My older sister is bossy, my brother is a stirrer and me - well, I am perfect!
JENNY ECLAIR
My brother's my best friend, without a doubt. Me and my big sister get along so well. She moved ...
WILL POULTER
My sister and I cooked a lot together; my sister was a very healthy vegetarian. She was always a rea...
GUY FIERI
teacher:"I'm teacher, not because i want to teach children something. I am teacher just because I li...
MY TEACHER
He's my father married to my sister. That makes me his son and his brother-in-law. That is such ...
RONAN FARROW
And my sister, my Lindsey, left me in her memories, where I was meant to be.
ALICE SEBOLD
I can remember my sister and me volunteering for Nixon. My parents liked him. I liked my parents. So...
DOUGLAS MCGRATH
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she...
BIBLE
When I heard my name called I was just so psyched. I'd heard they were one of the teams interested i...
BLAKE WAGNER
Just before my final year of high school, my brother, sister and I moved with my mother to San Franc...
ERIC ALLIN CORNELL
If I tried to shout over my older brother, my mother told me keep quiet. If I tried to shout over my...
PETER WELCH
I basically drew my own family. My father's name is Homer. My mother's name is Margaret. I h...
MATT GROENING
I grew up in a broken home, working class. My paternal grandmother raised me and my brother; my fath...
ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ
I had a sister who was killed in a motorcycle wreck when I was around 4 years old. My parents adopte...
BIG SMO
When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened ...
DENZEL WASHINGTON
My name is Nick Berg, my father's name is Michael, my mother's name is Susan. I have a brother and s...
NICK BERG
My mother's sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my...
ALAN KING
My childhood was kind of complicated. I have an older sister, but my father, my mother's husband...
ORLANDO BLOOM
What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and br...
GENE TIERNEY
My sister Tiffany told me years ago, 'You can never write about me.' Then she called six mon...
DAVID SEDARIS
I thought about him going into my mom's when she was little and hitting my mom and holding up her re...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
I believe the information so far is good enough, ... I would let my sister, my mother, my wife ... h...
ANDREW KENNEDY
My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the sch...
SAM ABELL
Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, ga...
ROSEANNE BARR
My mother didn't want me to be in fashion. She was in the fashion business, so was my brother, a...
DONATELLA VERSACE
I knew that my niece was working nearby with some bank, so my wife rang up the mother and the mother...
LEE KUAN YEW
My dad's a professor of medicine; my mum was a nurse. My little sister is going into healthcare....
WILL POULTER
I was not expecting my sister to ask me to be her best man. I was so honored.
BRAD GORESKI
It took me until my teenage years to realize that I was medicating with music. I was pushing back ag...
HENRY ROLLINS
My mother's very proud of the name she gave me. She thought it sounded rhythmically better. It d...
HOLLY MARIE COMBS
Education was something my parents always put a lot of emphasis on. It was naturally in me, and my s...
IMRAN AMED
I was born 20 years after my eldest sister. I was the pampered child. That kind of love gives you an...
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN
And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell...
BIBLE
My grandparents never understood why my mother Noreen chose such exotic names for her children: Damo...
NATASCHA MCELHONE
My mother would work 14 hours, and she'd come home, and she'd just get right into cooking......
MICHELLE PHAN
I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it ...
VANESSA PARADIS
My sister is an ER doctor, and my brother is a teacher.
RAMI MALEK
When I was a child, next to my own mother, no woman that ever lived took as much interest in me, gav...
HEBER J. GRANT
My mother's very proud of the name she gave me. She thought it sounded rhythmically better. It doesn...
HOLLY MARIE COMBS
My angel-boy is close now, as in five-feet-away close. There's no way I'm going to burst into song i...
LAUREN MYRACLE
My brother and sister-in-law started the church in Warwick and that was when we became part of it. F...
GARY DEGRAIDE
When I was 4 years old, my brother and sister died of hunger, so I achieved my success through confi...
CHEN GUANGBIAO
I don't look at negative comments because my parents and family don't let me. My big sister ...
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN
oh shit, i think. my cheeks are on fire; my heart starts to pound.
JODI PICOULT
is it like this every night, while we're asleep?
JODI PICOULT
i'm sure i'm worth a lot more dead than alive
JODI PICOULT
so i do what i do best. i move in the opposite direction.
JODI PICOULT
there's something nice about knowing that i'm not the only one who doesn't quite fit the part.
JODI PICOULT
i don't need you. i never needed you."
"well, i fucking needed you!
JODI PICOULT
don't say it. don't tell me that nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. don't tell me it ...
JODI PICOULT
something is always falling apart in me.
JODI PICOULT
I thought about him going into my mom's room when she as little and holding up her report card and s...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
I was tired, but I had to fight through it. My team needed me, and when my name was called I stepped...
BRANDON HEATH
My mom was a single mother, raising my sister and me. My mom has an incredible talent for living in ...
GABY HOFFMANN
I tried to get my mother to move in with me, but she wanted to stay in her own home. When my mother ...
CAROL REBELLO
I tried to get my mother to move in with me, but she wanted to stay in her own home. When my mother ...
CAROL S. REBELLO
My great-grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, m...
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
My grandmother was a teacher, my sister was a teacher, my daughter was a teacher and is now a superi...
LONI ANDERSON
My grandmother was amazing. She completely believed in me and was very encouraging. She would go to ...
MARC JACOBS
My father was a military judge, and my mother was a psychiatric social worker. My brother and sister...
JULIANNE MOORE
As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my broth...
BILL COSBY
All my siblings became artists. One's a novelist, my brother is a painter, my sister was a costu...
CAIO FONSECA
My mom worked as a pharmacist, but she is one of the best storytellers I know. My sister is a gospel...
TUNDE ADEBIMPE
My mother, grandmother and older sister all cooked, so it was hard to get into the kitchen. So I hav...
CHERYL LADD
My sister, she played with my grandparents, my aunts and my uncles. That's mainly what we did. It mu...
JAMIE JOHNSON
They just called me up and said get over to Stony Brook Hospital right now. Ed had a heart attack. I...
LAURA TARTAMELLA
My mom had me at 16 and took me every place she went. I remember going on peace marches. She tried t...
DEBI MAZAR
Then love knew it was called love.
And when I lifted my eyes to your name,
suddenly your...
PABLO NERUDA
As far back as I can remember, my mother would have me down by the bed at night with her, praying. I...
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL
I called them because my car was taken without my permission. My baby was inside of my car and they ...
KRISTA ALLEN
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abus...
ERIN MERRYN
He killed my brother-in-law and tried to kill my sister. I'd like to see him get the death penalty.
BRIAN EILERMAN
My mother and my sister are big Jon Snow fans.
CARICE VAN HOUTEN
My sister, mom and I all wear the same size, so I shop a lot at a boutique called 'my mother'...
ZOEY DEUTCH
When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front po...
TOMMY SHAW

More Tuppence Middleton

I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.
TUPPENCE MIDDLETON
With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you...
KATE MIDDLETON
Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All...
KATE MIDDLETON
I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister.
KATE MIDDLETON
I was lucky. My parents and teachers provided me with a wonderful and secure childhood where I alway...
KATE MIDDLETON
There's no one quite like William - I bet he's really kind. You can just tell by looking at ...
KATE MIDDLETON
I hope we will be able to have a happy family ourselves.
KATE MIDDLETON
No, I had the Levis guy on my wall, not a picture of William, sorry.
KATE MIDDLETON
No parent would fail to call the doctor if their child developed a fever.
KATE MIDDLETON
We need to help young people and their parents understand that it's not a sign of weakness to as...
KATE MIDDLETON
I find doing speeches nerve wrecking.
KATE MIDDLETON
No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really...
KATE MIDDLETON
Some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them because the adults in ...
KATE MIDDLETON
Imagine if everyone was able to help just one child who needs to be listened to, needs to be respect...
KATE MIDDLETON
It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional ...
KATE MIDDLETON
I have learned that delivering the best possible palliative care to children is vital, providing chi...
KATE MIDDLETON
Change the way we all talk to each other about our mental health.
KATE MIDDLETON
I'm still very much Kate.
KATE MIDDLETON
We have seen that two heads are better than one when dealing with a mental health problem.
KATE MIDDLETON
By far the best dressing up outfit I ever had was a wonderful pair of clown dungarees, which my Gran...
KATE MIDDLETON
Well I think if you really go out with someone for quite a long time you do get to know each other v...
KATE MIDDLETON
I think I know I've been working very hard for the family business, sometimes those days are lon...
KATE MIDDLETON
Parents, teachers, and other school staff need the tools to help these young people early in their l...
KATE MIDDLETON
There is no rule book, no right or wrong; you just have to make it up and do the very best you can t...
KATE MIDDLETON
Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to h...
KATE MIDDLETON
It's a bit startling to achieve global recognition before the age of 30 on account of your siste...
PIPPA MIDDLETON
As a child, I felt that Hallowe'en was a time when creatures of the night suddenly came to life ...
PIPPA MIDDLETON
When I was a child, my December weekends were spent making cards, decorating the tree, hanging the w...
PIPPA MIDDLETON
There's no hate lost between us.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
My nearest And dearest enemy.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
By many a happy accident.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
The Incarnation is the medicine of the soul, undoing the Fall and bringing man to the Tree of Life, ...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
A child's mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same qual...
KATE MIDDLETON
From taking photographs of George and Charlotte, I have been struck by the wonderful lack of self-co...
KATE MIDDLETON
When hosting a party, move any clutter from the space where you're entertaining.
PIPPA MIDDLETON
Throughout my work with family and child support organizations, one thing that has stood out to me t...
KATE MIDDLETON
The bread which is taken, blessed, broken and shared out, is Christ, who is that ladder linking heav...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
The evil of the Church is the doing of Church work in a spirit of business, something to be got thro...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
There is a kind of thinking in the Church that wants to reduce the priest to a mere functionary, a m...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
The task of a priest, in some respects, may be different today, but the principles upon which Herber...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
A priest is the God-bearer or Christ-bearer, a living Eucharist of the divine presence, bringing a s...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
We don't want advisers to advisers to advisers who have never done the job-we want priests like this...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
We are to introduce our people into the life of the Church, which is salvation, that they may grasp ...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
Gladstone, at the end of the 19th century, said that the task of the priest had become much more dif...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
Priesthood is forever and does not cease when a priest cannot carry out that priestly ministry.
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
Together with open conversations and greater understanding, we can ensure that attitudes for mental ...
KATE MIDDLETON
The most memorable engagement for me, I suppose, was an away-day to Leicester. I went without Willia...
KATE MIDDLETON
As I have found out, recognition has its upside, its downside and - you may say - its backside.
PIPPA MIDDLETON
There is no real need for decorations when throwing a barbecue party - let the summer garden, in all...
PIPPA MIDDLETON
'Celebrate' is meant to be a guide to party planning and, as such, it has to cover the basic...
PIPPA MIDDLETON
I remember the noise of the bells ringing at school as the effigy of Guy Fawkes we'd prepared ea...
PIPPA MIDDLETON
That's my job, to come off the bench and score.
CEDRICK MIDDLETON
We knew we couldn't have a late letdown like we had at Miami. The whole team knew we had to get it d...
CEDRICK MIDDLETON
We knew we had to settle down in the second half. We relaxed out there and started to hit some shots...
CEDRICK MIDDLETON
I thought we would be in for a battle. This (easy victory) came from having a good week of practice ...
CEDRICK MIDDLETON
First-class delivery of children's palliative care is life-changing. When families are confronte...
KATE MIDDLETON
Turkeys are perfect for feeding larger gatherings.
PIPPA MIDDLETON
The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
Every child deserves to grow up knowing their potential and feeling confident that they won't fa...
KATE MIDDLETON
It's snowing out. There's nothing really else to do.
ALEX MIDDLETON
I'm pretty good, but I'm not the greatest.
ALEX MIDDLETON
The first two games we really struggled finding our identity, but now we've come together and starte...
ALEX MIDDLETON
Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Priesthood is not a convenient, historically conditioned form of Church organisation, but is rooted ...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
It brings spiritual warfare and suffering for the priest as he identifies with those who suffer, and...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
My reaction was 'Wow,' just, 'Wow,' ... That's all you can say about it. When somebody says that, yo...
FRANK MIDDLETON
Times have changed since George Herbert... but the principle and spirit in which he ministered as a ...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
I often get asked why I decided to spend time highlighting the mental health of children.
KATE MIDDLETON
Around a third of parents still worry that they will look like a bad mother or father if their child...
KATE MIDDLETON
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme In misery; such jo...
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Two other tender drops, which ready stood, Each in their crystal sluice.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Two other precious drops that ready stood, Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell Kis...
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
The strongest and the fiercest spirit That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Let no man seek Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall Him or his children.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
For the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign A melancholy damp of cold ...
THOMAS MIDDLETON
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete Against another object more enticing?
THOMAS MIDDLETON
And with necessity, The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Laughter holding both his sides.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
All was false and hollow, though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear The b...
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Anything for a quiet life.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Who reigns within himself, and rules Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Who aspires must down as low As high he soar'd.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
I have been a soldier, Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
How fallen, how changed From him, who, in the happy realms of light, Clothed with transcendent...
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
She has now determined (Kirk) is competent to stand trial. That is not an issue,
FRANK MIDDLETON
Have you summoned your wits from woolgathering?
THOMAS MIDDLETON
All is not gold that glisteneth
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Though I be poor, I'm honest.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
A wondrous necessary man.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Why not collect and clean chicken wishbones in the run-up to Christmas, spray them silver and use ea...
PIPPA MIDDLETON
She is an intelligent, independent girl who wants to have her own career.
KATE MIDDLETON
It's gratifying to see that hospitals and healthcare systems are placing such importance on patient ...
BLACKFORD MIDDLETON
There's a big pressure for health IT to become less expensive.
BLACKFORD MIDDLETON
With respect to the acceptance of dissociative disorders, as with most issues in life, it is counter...
WARWICK MIDDLETON
The Church's note must be a supernatural note which distinguishes incarnation from immanence, redemp...
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
When affection only speaks, truth is not always there
THOMAS MIDDLETON
If we don't do what we need to do, who knows what might happen. Nothing is etched in stone.
EMOGENE MIDDLETON
He's lucky to be going out with me.
KATE MIDDLETON
Black spirits and white, red spirits and gray,/ Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may!
THOMAS MIDDLETON
It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously u...
KATE MIDDLETON
What you leave behind says as much about you as what you bring along.
JACQUELYN MIDDLETON
That was the first game where we checked plays [at the line] and they knew where we were going, what...
FRANK MIDDLETON
We can't whine about nothing. We just got to grow up and stop whining and complaining about stuff, a...
FRANK MIDDLETON
Sapp is the last of the great D-linemen. They don't make them like Sapp anymore, ... This should be ...
FRANK MIDDLETON
It's like getting two fat boys in the ring, ... and whoever wins gets to eat.
FRANK MIDDLETON
He taught me a lesson, ... Never slow down.
FRANK MIDDLETON
How can you maul for 61 pass plays?
FRANK MIDDLETON
We like what he's done to this offense. We always had that little short yardage passing game and we ...
FRANK MIDDLETON
Some people save up their emotions for when they count, and I think Callahan is one of those guys,
FRANK MIDDLETON
We're not concerned about competition, we just want a level playing field.
ED MIDDLETON
This year we're at 41 teams.
ED MIDDLETON
That's the biggest donation we've had, ever.
ED MIDDLETON
They need to know there's a role they need to play in getting the things done that need to be done.
EMOGENE MIDDLETON
He said, well you paid your money didn't you? I said yes you did, but you still had to move back. He...
EMOGENE MIDDLETON
This store that we're standing in front of, The Gap, was really Kress five and ten cent store and it...
EMOGENE MIDDLETON
Well?” he asked, smiling devilishly. “I promise, I won’t hurt you, Nikki. In fact, I imagine y...
KRISTEN MIDDLETON
The capacity for dissociation enables the young child to exercise their innate life-sustaining need ...
WARWICK MIDDLETON
We see it as the future of content consumption. We think the digital home is the way of entertainmen...
CRAIG MIDDLETON
They will have to re-do the ad and the terms and conditions.
CRAIG MIDDLETON
They'll basically figure out what the power tables will be in the new restaurant. Then we will figur...
DAVID MIDDLETON
I have narrowed it down to a top six but it is a very difficult task. Someone else might come up wit...
DAVID MIDDLETON
The defense of the value of industrial property within the school district is necessary to assure th...
DAVID MIDDLETON
At this point, we've not had a chance to discuss it with our board.
DAVID MIDDLETON
Once we can expand this program, we'll be looking at a major.
DAVID MIDDLETON
There has been a massive amount of students who are interested in the Spanish minor.
DAVID MIDDLETON
The Spanish classes are always closed because they are full of freshmen and sophomores.
DAVID MIDDLETON
You can do this.
JACQUELYN MIDDLETON
When we penetrate the smokescreen of controversies regarding false accusations, ‘recovered memorie...
WARWICK MIDDLETON
We have fangirl shorthand.
JACQUELYN MIDDLETON
The coolest thing about fandom is the friendships made along the way with people who share your pass...
JACQUELYN MIDDLETON
He paused for a minute and I could feel him trembling. “I love you,” he whispered against my ski...
KRISTEN MIDDLETON
There's quite a bit of speculative selling because of the doom and gloom on the demand side. That de...
ORRIN MIDDLETON
I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON
It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON
He did not engage in the conversation.
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Truth is not beautiful, neither is ugly, Why should it be either? Truth is Truth.
OWEN C. MIDDLETON
If the Nazis have really been guilty of the unspeakable crimes circumstantially imputed to them, the...
JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY
The Dream of a Queer Fellow I write the words again and they appear doubly pregnant with meaning. It...
JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY
It is impossible to convey the depth to which Tim immersed himself in this endeavor to see it to fru...
NEISD SUPERINTENDENT RICHARD MIDDLETON