Growing up Quotes · Page 100

Growing up, theres a lot of pressure to be normal. But normal isnt as fun as being yourself.

— Bridgit Mendler

Maturity doesn't come with age but rather with the acceptance of responsibility.

— Nishan Panwar

“Stop using him, and start protecting him. I know he thinks he doesn't need it, but sometimes he does. Sometimes we all…

— Rachel Caine

I have a good idea of how lucky we are to be growing up in Canada.

— Patrick Chan

Growing up, you want to make it to the NBA. That's everyone's goal.

— Collin Sexton

I've been such a massive fan of Linkin Park and Fort Minor my whole life growing up.

— G Flip

Since I was growing up, I liked love songs - Smokey Robinson, Sam Cooke. That was the kind of songs getting the…

— Gregory Isaacs

Growing up in a small town, in the Midwest, and Catholic - those are sort of three layers of repression.

— Paul Rust

I had a feeling about what I wanted to say, and I wasn't really qualified to discuss real things out of America…

— Johnny Marr

I always felt like an outsider growing up. In school, I felt like I never fit in. But it didn't help when…

— Margaret Cho

I guess everything having to do with your background has some influence on how you tell stories but it's hard to parse…

— Joel Coen

When my sister and I were growing up, she was made out to be the goody-goody one. I have as much privacy…

— Princess Margaret

Even though I accomplished the whole WWE thing, which I feel like was everybody's dream when you were growing up, but it…

— Brian Cage

Growing up in a specific area has a certain sociological and economic reason, so I'm interested in using myself as a case…

— Martine Syms

When I was growing up, the honor role kids were picked on by the jocks. And those kids said, 'You know, 15…

— Justin Lin

Growing up in Iowa, there weren't many people who looked like me. And then when I moved out to L.A., every guy…

— Paul Rust

One should be able to say to our children: You are a marvel! You are unique. In all the world, there is…

— Pablo Casals

The knowledge that you were beaten and that this, as your parents tell you, was for your own good may well be…

— Alice Miller

When I was growing up, I didn't really know much about being popular or cliques or anything like that. In elementary school…

— Taylor Swift

I learnt since I was a child growing up in a small village in the Czech Republic that I had to be…

— Pavel Nedved

I wasn't thinking about history. I was thinking about how we were going to end segregation at lunch counters in Atlanta, Georgia.We…

— Marian Wright Edelman

We are often sad and suffer a lot when things change, but change and impermanence have a positive side. Thanks to impermanence,…

— Nhat Hanh

I don't know what rituals my kids will carry into adulthood, whether they'll grow up attached to homemade pizza on Friday nights,…

— Barbara Kingsolver

A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. They'll never know what it means to have…

— Edward Snowden

People probably growing up said U.S. Open wouldn't suit me, because I'm a long hitter, I'm a bomber.

— Gary Woodland

The Comedy Store attracts all types of people, growing up I was able to meet them all.

— Pauly Shore

“Adulthood is accretive by nature, a thing which arrives in ragged stages and uneven overlaps.”

— Stephen King

Growing up, being a rapper wasn't my goal, but it became my destination.

— Dom Kennedy

Stop trying to grow up so fast. Childhood only lasts so long, so savor it.

— Anonymous

I have a lot of growing up to do. But I think, 'Hell, is it too late?'

— Ronnie Wood

Growing up, I was listening to a lot of Metallica, a lot of instrumental guitar music because I started out as a…

— Ludwig Goransson

Public libraries were a huge source of comfort and joy for me when I was growing up. I still spend time there.

— Hong Chau

I've always been sort of drawn to storytelling, and I was always very playful growing up.

— Megan Boone

“This is the first fall that I haven't gone to school. Maybe that's why I feel weird all the time.”

— Jennifer Close

Growing up in Charlestown, we didn't have money, but we weren't poor either.

— Howie Long

Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me.

— David Boreanaz

Growing up, there was nobody in TV or radio that looked like me - that sounded like me.

— Rosie Jones

I had incredible teachers growing up, and they gave me so much that I just wanted to give it back.

— Jordy Nelson

When I was growing up my parents never thought I would be an actor.

— Charlie Plummer

“If he could only prevent himself growing up! He did not want to be a man.”

— Thomas Hardy