Growing up Quotes · Page 96

In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.

— Henry A. Wallace

When I was growing up, both my grandmothers would play the organ, and we would all sing.

— Janelle Monae

I've been mostly influenced by experiences in the theater growing up.

— Cate Blanchett

Growing up, I looked up to real women. I didn't go in for hero worship and I still don't. Everybody has feet…

— Lucy Lawless

Growing up, I always considered the Grand Ole Opry to be hallowed ground.

— Chris Lane

The people who had the most impact on me when I was young were Freud and Darwin, but growing up I also…

— Hugh Hefner

I always played 'FIFA' and stuff like that growing up, and seeing those guys celebrate, I kind of got inspiration from that.

— Adam Thielen

Most Australians who've got an ear can do an American accent because we grow up listening to them on television and in…

— Jacki Weaver

“I want to understand the strings that are tied between me and certain other people and if they really can stretch through…

— Jennifer Elisabeth

I still don't think it's sunk in that I won the Heisman. I'll be able to reflect back on the season, appreciate…

— Robert Griffin III

I've learnt music, since this is a part and parcel of growing up in a traditional Tamil Brahmin family. In fact, I've…

— Hema Malini

But when I do book signings and personal appearances, the audiences are mostly white. Growing up here, I expected that and understand…

— George Pelecanos

With each year that's gone by, and as I grow up and get older, I've become more mature, of course, but you…

— Hope Solo

Growing up, I didn't see that many Muslims on TV and we don't see many now. But essentially I am a mother…

— Nadiya Hussain

When I was a kid a growing up in Ontario, Canada, Lake Erie was so polluted, I never thought it would ever,…

— Rick Danko

My mom and dad played this music all the time when I was growing up, so to me songs by Jerry Lee…

— Chris Isaak

This last year... I learned something about family. Like it's not about blood alone. It's being connected... it's growing up together and…

— Karen Kingsbury

I talk to our kids now that they are grown up, and I ask them about the experiences that had growing up…

— Clayton Christensen

I am a little girl lost in the fantasy of imagination; never wanting to grow up; loving everyone. I am a teenager…

— Rachel C

Because growing up as an Asian-American and growing up as someone who is not white, oftentimes in this country you can feel…

— Lee Isaac Chung

It was a great place to grow up. There were always kids around in our neighborhood. We had a basketball hoop in…

— Eli Manning

Growing up, I was a little hippie kid. I went to some good concerts... Amnesty International with Bob Dylan and Tracy Chapman...…

— Summer Sanders

Hey, Tink," Reed called to his wife. He'd given up on the poker game and was cradling the little pink handle that…

— Cindy Gerard

I think right now the way society's going, I think role models are important, and kids need direction. If I didn't have…

— Jeremy Lin

“I met a boy whose eyes showed me that the past, present and future were all the same thing.”

— Jennifer Elisabeth

Acting was the only passion I had while growing up, so it couldn't have been anything else.

— Kunal Kapoor

I didn't know I was a conservative when it didn't matter to me growing up.

— Herman Cain

The TV that I knew growing up, and I think the TV that a lot of people knew, it's just not completely…

— Nate Bargatze

If you don't do stupid things while you're young, you'll have nothing to smile about when you're old.

— Komal

Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you're young. But I don't think we make any fewer when we're grown up

— Jodi Picoult

I want to show every part of me and every color of me. And I think, growing up Albanian, I wanted to…

— Bebe Rexha

If I could ban boxing, I probably would, but I'll tell you in the same breath, I loved it growing up.

— Jonathan Banks

When I was growing up, you couldn't even find 'martial arts' in the encyclopedia.

— Frank Dux

I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like DYING.

— Holly Black

When you grow up poor, you have to either work really hard to try and get where you want to be, or…

— Dat Phan

My kids are Irish; I want them to grow up playing Gaelic football and learning Irish.

— Shane Filan

How does one grow up?" I asked a friend. She answered, "By thinking!

— May Sarton

When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love…

— Queen Latifah

“Remember, it's still a mystery to be an adult. If you knew it all before eighteen, you'd have nothing to look forward…

— Carew Papritz

If I had planned to be a singer, I would have got trained. In fact, I was more into theatre and plays…

— Mohit Chauhan