Growing Quotes · Page 115

I always felt the Jewish part more. In fact, growing up I felt like a Jew among WASPs. My brother is more…

— Carrie Fisher

For me when I was growing up, some of the happiest times were when we went to a small island called Nantucket…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious.

— Mark Batterson

It's like our daddies and moms always used to tell us growing up, you don't get what you deserve, you get what…

— Tom Brands

Yeah, I feel like 'Younger' definitely has similar connotations to 'GROWING UP IS' as they both have a coming-of-age story/narrative.

— Ruel

I've always had to prove myself to people growing up. I had to show them that I could do this and I…

— Russell Westbrook

[Flying kite with my friends] is one of the seminal memories of growing up for me.

— Khaled Hosseini

I was looking for a last name that was a first name. Growing up, I knew a kid who was the most…

— Paul Reubens

One goal of the Clean Water Act of 1972 was to upgrade the nation's sewer systems, many of them built more than…

— Charles Duhigg

I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul,…

— Mayer Hawthorne

Growing up, I was a huge fan of horror movies. There's nothing more fun than going into a movie with a smile…

— Ashley Bell

It was hard at school because, growing up, some people wanted to be friends with me just because they wanted to get…

— Francia Raisa

There was always a piano in the house when I was growing up - my dad played, and I thought it was…

— Laura Mvula

Growing up, I remember my parents feeling a little wary of 'The Simpsons.' This was the late eighties, and there was a…

— Mindy Kaling

It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that…

— Elena Kagan

A life that is never willing to change is a great tragedy - a wasted life. Change is a necessary part of…

— Rick Warren

I noticed the plants growing around me. Tall with leaves like arrowheads. Blossoms with three white petals. I knelt down in the…

— Suzanne Collins

He had never thought of himself as much of a praying man, but as he sat in the car in the growing…

— Elizabeth George

Each night the black sky and the bright stars were my stunning companions; occasionally Id see their beauty and solemnity so plainly…

— Cheryl Strayed

When the moon shall have faded out from the sky, and the sun shall shine at noonday a dull cherry red, and…

— William Jacob Holland

We're facing growing climate change, more floods, more droughts, more crisis on a planetary level, and the systems we put in place…

— Margaret Atwood

The band and I were leading at a Youth Specialties convention. We were asked to back up Matt Maher for one of…

— Chris Tomlin

One of the coolest things about being an actor is growing, and changing with everything, and never making the same decision twice…

— Emma Stone

I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria. And so I always say that I'm literally an African American.…

— Terry Gross

Certainly the animation technology is growing like crazy. All media technology is.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because…

— Felicity Jones

Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other option but to question everything.

— Noam Chomsky

Ultimately, I remain optimistic about not just America's future, but the direction that the world is growing.

— Barack Obama

We are stronger as a group than an individual. Think in a cooperative and communal way, set up local food hubs and…

— Arthur Potts Dawson

I was actually a big Owen Hart fan, but I wasn't a Bret Hart fan at all growing up.

— Kevin Owens

Growing up I always loved films that transport you to another world and has things you never see in every day life.

— Chris Hemsworth

I don't like my physique. Who does? I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny…

— Jamie Dornan

“I want to be the best version of myself for anyone who is going to someday walk into my life and need…

— Jennifer Elisabeth

“I thought I was growing a garden, but the garden was quietly growing me all along.”

— Bhuwan Thapaliya

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

— Chris Isaak

I didn't know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didn't know any arty types.

— Stephen Mangan

In my home state of Indiana we prove every day that you can build a growing economy on balanced budgets, low taxes.

— Mike Pence

We split a bottle of Norman cider. Not everybody sells Norman cider by the bottle.

— Robert B. Parker

I remember specifically my mother telling me growing up don't put my business in the street. I was like seven, and I…

— Karrine Steffans

I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.

— Jill Scott