Quotes about growing-up
growing-up expression punk
PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions. Greg Graffin
growing-up book eye
Part of growing up is learning your strengths and weaknesses. What better way to figure out that hand-eye coordination ain't your thing than by getting drilled in the mouth by a red, rubber ball? You only gotta get beaned in the face so many times before you figure out, 'I better hit the books because this is not working out. Greg Giraldo
growing-up self-esteem kids
It's all about self-esteem now. Build the kids' self-esteem, make them feel good about themselves. If everybody grows up with high self-esteem, who's gonna dance in our strip-clubs?
growing-up memphis st-jude
Growing up in Memphis, I have always admired St. Jude's for the magnificent work they do. Ginnifer Goodwin
growing-up grandmother animal
My grandmother lives on a farm. And growing up, I assumed that the animals that I was eating and the animals that I was wearing all came from farms like my grandmother's. They all had names, they were all smothered with love, and they all lived to be very old.
growing-up winning men
Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had this relationship with Blue Collar America and I really liked it. I felt that lots of those people looked forward to me winning. Gerry Cooney
growing-up fool firsts
It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool. Harold MacMillan
growing-up islands nantucket
For me when I was growing up, some of the happiest times were when we went to a small island called Nantucket off Massachusetts. Gwyneth Paltrow
growing-up men feelings
I have a sort of sisterly feeling toward him [Ben Affleck]. I want him to do well and grow up and be a happy person and a fully realized man.
growing-up teenage kids
Basically, growing up, and being a teenage kid, I've always been interested in charity. And one of the benefits of being on a TV show and having a fan base, you kind of have the power to spread news around. Gregg Sulkin
growing-up superhero fans
I was a big Superman fan, growing up. I've always been a big superhero fan. Grant Gustin
growing-up als crooks
You had to grow up sometime. The fellows who grew early, they were in jeopardy. They became the cops and the crooks, and the crooks became the gangsters. The crooks became the Al Capones. Jack Kirby
growing-up men maturity
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. J. D. Salinger
growing-up hate use
When you're growing up in a small town You know you'll grow down in a small town There is only one good use for a small town You hate it and you know you'll have to leave. Lou Reed
growing-up cost fantasy
Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost. Lloyd Alexander
growing-up years saws
Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing. Manuel Puig
growing-up maturity alive
To grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable. Madeleine L'Engle
growing-up drama grows
To grow up is to find the small part you are playing in the extraordinary drama written by somebody else.
growing-up real hero
Growing up, I looked up to real women. I didn't go in for hero worship and I still don't. Everybody has feet of clay. Lucy Lawless
growing-up thinking serious
They keep coming up new all the time - things to perplex you, you know. You settle one question and there's another right after. There are so many things to be thought over and decided when you're beginning to grow up. It keeps me busy all the time thinking them over and deciding what's right. It's a serious thing to grow up, isn't it, Marilla? Lucy Maud Montgomery
growing-up children half
That's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them.
growing-up pay behind-you
You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.
growing-up want might
We'll all grow up someday, Meg, we might as well know what we want. ~Amy March~ Louisa May Alcott
growing-up meg pretending
We'll all grow up Meg, no pretending we won't.
growing-up trying grows
Don't try to make me grow up before my time…
growing-up pain mentor
Sometimes, life threw up problems that even the wisest, most trusted mentor couldn't solve for you. It was part of the pain of growing up. And having to stand by and watch was part of being a mentor. John Flanagan
growing-up hero chinese
When I was growing up I had three wishes. I wanted to be a Lindbergh-type hero, learn Chinese, and become a member of The Algonquin Round Table. John F. Kennedy
growing-up children school
Let's concede that we have decided to let our children grow up in two separate nations, and lead two separate kinds of lives. If, on the other hand, we have the courage to rise to this challenge to name what's happening within our inner-city schools, then we also need the courage to be activist and go out and fight like hell to change it. Jonathan Kozol
growing-up philadelphia pittsburgh
If you grow up in the South Bronx today or in south-central Los Angeles or Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, you quickly come to understand that you have been set apart and that there's no will in this society to bring you back into the mainstream.
growing-up cities missing
You could grow up in the city where history was made and still miss it all. Jonathan Lethem
growing-up ethics oppression
If you grow up in a WEIRD society, you become so well educated in the ethic of autonomy that you can detect oppression and inequality even where the apparent victims see nothing wrong. Jonathan Haidt
growing-up america wealth
Something has happened where you almost never grow up in America. Maybe it's the greater wealth. Jonathan Ames
growing-up writing play
When I was growing up, my parents asked me what I wanted to do, and I said that I wanted to live in Springfield. They were like, "Well, that's not how it works. There is an actor who play Homer, and someone who writes what Homer says." So, I was like, "Well, I want to write what Homer says." Jonah Hill