Grew Quotes · Page 60

When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'

— Rip Torn

I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.

— Tea Obreht

I grew up listening to great music that molded my character and my artistry, that helped me.

— Scarface

I grew up, I was going I want to be Jerry Lee Lewis. Only I can't play piano and sing that good.

— Chris Isaak

I grew my beard out a little bit just to show that, indeed, I am a man.

— Johnny Weir

I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie,

— George McGovern

My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil.

— Arto Lindsay

I grew up in a community that was bilingual. I've done it for a while, singing in both languages.

— Jon Secada

We've got a bunch of new writers now who tell me they grew up watching The Simpsons. It's bizarre, and they're writing…

— Matt Groening

I grew up in Mexico, not the U.S., and the fact is that there just aren't any parts for Latin actresses. I…

— Salma Hayek

It's a tough one for me, politics. I grew up in a house where my father is a Christian book salesman and…

— James Corden

I was a kid that grew up in the South and was always outdoors fishing and hunting and, you know, swimming in…

— Tye Sheridan

Any kid who grew up with an alcoholic parent will tell you how nauseating it feels never to know what it will…

— Steve Largent

There are absolutely no problems between me, my dad and my sister. Obviously I grew up with just my mum, but my…

— Norah Jones

I grew my dreadlocks 12 years ago because they give me the freedom to roll out of bed and not spend hours…

— Valerie June

Although Omaha is my birthplace and the place I grew up, I don't see myself spending extended amounts of time there. I…

— Conor Oberst

Our law very often reminds one of those outskirts of cities where you cannot for a long time tell how the streets…

— Walter Bagehot

When I grew up, and I think about City Council, I look at the men and women then - these were people…

— Brad Wenstrup

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy. But, I wanted to put a somewhat different spin on it. The whole trope…

— George R. R. Martin

Most of us grew up with a very damaging story that something is wrong with us. Gradually - or as in my…

— Tara Brach

I grew up on the crime stuff. Spillane, Chandler, Jim Thompson, and noir movies like Fuller, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang. When I…

— Frank Miller

My elementary school is still there [in Luttrell, Tennessee]. I drop by my high school. It's a small community. I say this…

— Kenny Chesney

Had a dog. I had many. I grew up in rural Washington before I moved to the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and…

— Justin Kirk

[Malcolm X] had said a great deal about nonviolence, criticizing nonviolence, and saying that I approved of Negro men and women being…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

As I grew older I became a drunk. Why? Because I like ecstasy of the mind.

— Jack Kerouac

I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels.

— Jane Fonda

I love the fact I grew up wanting a brother and now I have four.

— Zayn Malik

I grew up in San Francisco in the 1970s. We were part of a church that belonged to the California Jesus movement.

— Sara Zarr

I grew up on Raffi. That was my first impression of what a rock star was.

— Jack Antonoff

I'm a very rooted person. I grew up in Norwich, Connecticut, I still live in Connecticut.

— Wally Lamb

I'm really grateful I grew up in a house in which media literacy was a survival skill.

— Chelsea Clinton

One thing that has helped me to become patient and cool is that I grew up with sisters.

— William Kamkwamba

I grew up in a bookish family, so I read very widely. I was omnivorous, really.

— Guy Gavriel Kay

Two roses on one slender spray In sweet communion grew, Together hailed the morning ray And drank the evening dew.

— James Montgomery

I grew up in a haunted castle, boys. If you've never had a ghost try to push you down the stairs, you've…

— Gaelen Foley

I grew up as an only child. My parents weren't great conversationalists. We had a quiet house. I'm not very verbal.

— Matthew Morrison

I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.

— Barbara Kingsolver

I grew up around some people whose parents toured a lot: tough on the marriage, tough on the kids.

— John Darnielle

I grew up with art from the innocent age of ten - with art, but with no sense of identity.

— John Lone

Job endured everything - until his friends came to comfort him, then he grew impatient.

— Soren Kierkegaard