Famous Quotes & Sayings

Literature has always been a part of my life. I studied history and literature in college. My mother is a novelist; I grew up around books.

Eiza Gonzalez

I studied in American school, so yes, I grew up speaking English and Spanish. Obviously, Spanish is my first language.

Edward Brooke

I grew up segregated, but there was not much feeling of being shut out of anything.

Elle King

I grew up barefoot, dirty, climbing trees. It made me appreciate things more.

I grew up at a time in Singapore - the '70s and '80s - where it was still possible to go riding around the island barefoot. And I was one of these kids that was just climbing trees and running around the neighbourhood.

George Romero

When I grew up, there was no such thing as videotape, TV was B&W.

Tyra Banks

I grew up wearing a uniform to school, and now I have my stylist come to my apartment and create outfits for me to wear. Otherwise, I'd never get dressed.

Brian McKnight

I grew up in a time where anything was possible.

Gigi Hadid

I grew up on the beach, so I'm really comfortable in a bathing suit, playing volleyball, running around.

We really grew up a lot this season. A lot of that has to do with putting in a lot of work during the summer.

The Weeknd

I usually don't like to 'spoon feed' my audience, because I grew up idolizing story tellers who tell stories using symbolism, so it was in my nature to do the same.

Bill Hader

I grew up with my two sisters and my mom, so it's my lot in life to be surrounded by women.

Bobby Seale

The Black Panther Party was not a gang. They grew out of a young black intelligentsia on college campuses.

Eric Andre

I grew up in Boca Raton, Florida - the worst place on earth.

Lee Brice

Well, you know I grew up wanting to be a Clemson Tiger and I ended up being able to play there and I went to school there.

We did well and I'm happy with the kids. I think we grew a lot this tournament.

Ira Glass

I remember that in Baltimore, where I grew up, we would drive by the radio station and tower of WBAL, and I would try to picture the people inside and what they did there.

Naturi Naughton

I'm a true singer who grew up singing in church, so I love singing my heart out.

Lynn Flewelling

If you set your story in Rome, Ireland or Sheboygan, for that matter, go there. If you're broke, set it in the town where you live, or where you grew up.

Larry Ellison

Lanai at one time grew 98% of the world's pineapples. But the world's pineapples are now grown in two places, Costa Rica and Panama, because no one wants to spend $45 for a pineapple from the United States.

Leon Krier

I grew up in a small town that was absolutely a perfect embodiment of new urbanism.

Brian Austin Green

She really mellowed me out that way. We both definitely grew with each other and with the whole experience.

Bobby Moynihan

I grew up listening to a lot of Snoop Dogg and the Wu-Tang Clan. Actually, I was a huge Wu-Tang fan.

Birdman

I just love cars; I've been like that since I was a kid. It's an infatuation because we grew up poor. Cars was something we were always trying to get.

Andrea Barrett

I grew up on Cape Cod. We didn't live right on the water, but I could walk to it and did every day.

Marlon Wayans

I grew up in the projects. You have no choice but to fight. My jokes used to get me in fights.

Oliver Hudson

We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.

Samuel L. Jackson

I grew up watching those blaxploitation movies. Ron O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Pam Grier. For the first time, I saw 'The Negro' get one over on 'The Man.'

Avan Jogia

I grew up in Vancouver, which is a pretty liberal, gay Mecca of the West coast. There's San Francisco, and then there's Vancouver.

Bernie Mac

Like a lot of black people, I grew up straight po'. Wasn't no question about whether we was po', either. If you really wanted to know, all you had to do was look in our refrigerator.

Becki Newton

I started out a die-hard New Yorker but really grew to love working in Los Angeles. Even though I originally wanted to do theater, TV presented more opportunities for me, which led me out west.

Terry Farrell

I grew up on red meat and corn. But I don't eat like that anymore.

Timothy Simons

I grew up in Maine working at a video store and found myself being pulled more and more to on-camera stuff.