Growing up Quotes · Page 87

Being mature is when you finally grow enough, to be able to joke about the things that once broke you as a…

— Anonymous

In a house without a genuine kitchen, one of the delights of growing up is lost.

— James Beard

Boys do not grow up gradually. They move forward in spurts like the hands of clocks in railway stations.

— Cyril Connolly

When I was growing up, my idea of Led Zeppelin was all epic lasers, castles, and ten-minute drum solos - that sort…

— Justin Adams

Growing up in Rhode Island, my friends would have strung me up if I had been a Yankees fan.

— Charlie Day

My greatest environments in which I can grow, or grow up, is in personal romantic relationships with a man.

— Alanis Morissette

Growing up on a small farm in New Mexico, my family didn't have much but we had each other.

— Ben Ray Lujan

I'm very fortunate to have parents who have kept me grounded, so I hopefully won't end up in a bad situation when…

— Raven-Symone

Growing up in Florida and having naturally curly hair was a bit tough. I had to learn to do treatments and masks…

— Brittany Snow

“Some days later, I understood what he was trying to say, that getting grown means learning how to work that current: learning…

— Jesmyn Ward

When I was growing up in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, I sold doughnuts, popcorn and Kool Aid every day after school…

— George Weah

If it weren't for Jesus, I would not be where I am today and my life would be without purpose. I've heard…

— Albert Pujols

I watched Floyd growing up and I never thought I'd be able to meet Floyd. I've been on some of his undercards…

— Jermall Charlo

I'm a coach's kid. Just kind of the rarity of being that way, I guess, seeing different things growing up and having…

— Jalen Hurts

I think growing up in skating, I was surrounded by the LGBT community, so I grew up very aware because I was…

— Ashley Wagner

Growing up I always felt like I was living on the other side of the tracks. I knew the people on the…

— Howard Schultz

I have to be careful, as I don't want to offend Midlanders, but growing up, it wasn't like growing up in London.…

— Alice Lowe

“Most of us won't see one another after graduation, and even if we do it will be different. We'll be different. We'll…

— Lauren Oliver

Like a lot of people, I read 'The Diary of Anne Frank' again and again and again when I was growing up…

— Monica Hesse

Growing up in a place that has winter, you learn to avoid self-pity. Winter is not a personal experience, everybody else is…

— Garrison Keillor

Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he’s been robbed.…

— Jenkin Lloyd Jones

I wasn't exposed to art as I was growing up, and can't recall the first time I saw a work of art.…

— William S. Burroughs

Boston was a great city to grow up in, and it probably still is. We were surrounded by two very important elements:…

— Leonard Nimoy

Well, do you do that consciously?" Daily Alice asked, only partly of Cloud. "Do what?" Cloud said. "Grow up? No. Well. In…

— John Crowley

I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.

— Michael B. Jordan

A solitary child growing up in Africa, you're really quite dependent on books.

— John Rhys-Davies

Growing up I had lots of role models. Looking back, my parents were my first role models.

— Kumar Sangakkara

I had trouble getting jeans when I was growing up. I had little skinny legs and this booty that came out of…

— Noah Cyrus

Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture that tries to skip it will never grow up.

— Thomas Nagel

The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von…

— Maggie Stiefvater

When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.

— George Papandreou

When I was growing up, I was very much a tomboy. I didn't want to be in nobody's kitchen, I wanted to…

— Tabitha Brown

I was a fan of T-Pain's music growing up. I bought 'Epiphany' and 'Rappa Ternt Sanga.'

— Quavo

I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.

— Gary Cherone

Growing up without my parents by my side is a weight I still carry today.

— Diane Guerrero

Sunday night was such a big night for television when I was growing up - you know, 'The Wonderful World of Disney.'

— Scott Bakula

Football was probably my favorite sport growing up. But I didn't have the body.

— Bradley Beal

When I was a child growing up in Glasgow my parents did Christmas incredibly well. They were as excited about it as…

— Douglas Henshall

When I was growing up in Texas, I didn't think there was anywhere else to live; that's how we're raised in Texas.

— Case Keenum

Back when I was growing up, I always had one foot in the street and one foot in music.

— Yo Gotti