Growing up Quotes · Page 102

Thanks to the gods I didn't spend much time while growing up with my grandfather's mistress and preserved the flower of my…

— Marcus Aurelius

I had a lot of Barbies growing up, and a lot of porcelain dolls, but I was scared of them. I was…

— Melanie Martinez

I think you can show off too much, and that would have been such a no-no from me growing up.

— Ant McPartlin

Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional…

— Mario Lemieux

I used to play hockey when I was growing up. Everyone sort of learns how to skate and play hockey at an…

— Bob Dylan

“Your love life is insignificant when it comes to raising your children to be respectable human beings. The moment you see them…

— Shannon L. Alder

I have a lot of older brothers who messed up in different ways in my mother's eyes. So I learned from all…

— Kellan Lutz

I would have been a lot better off if I’d studied more when I was growing up, y’know. But you know where…

— Brian Regan

It's tough growing up where I grew up. My family is very small and really tight. Just being around the neighborhood, my…

— Derrick Rose

Just growing up and watching him play, everybody wanted to play like AP.

— Todd Gurley

I knew who Buckley and Vidal were growing up, being a political junkie.

— Morgan Neville

“Oh God, I'm miss­ing the gene which makes you grow up and buy a flat in Streatham and start visiting Homebase every…

— Sophie Kinsella

I don't think I was particularly in need of superheroes. I never had any fascination with Superman or Spider-Man or a Batman…

— Christian Bale

Growing up watching the league, Allen Iverson was my favorite player. But once I got here, Steve Nash instantly became my favorite.

— Shaun Livingston

Growing up, I used to watch 'Happy Days,' 'Laverne & Shirley,' 'All in the Family.' Those were the shows I watched growing…

— Mark Pellegrino

Sometimes, when you grow up in one of these poverty-stricken neighborhoods where the educational system isn't the best, you don't realize that…

— Keke Palmer

Growing up in Hawaii, the ocean is where I'm most at home. When I'm away from it and landlocked I long for…

— Scott Eastwood

As a kid growing up in Southern California, I was a frequent visitor to the Disneyland and developed a deep love of…

— Kidada Jones

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

— Pauly Shore

Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes.

— Annette Funicello

When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the…

— Marlo Thomas

Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. Being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop…

— Kat Dahlia

“That boy made me realize, for a while at least, that my parents were wrong, and I didn't have to be like…

— J.X. Burros

“It feels like the world is folding up around me, like origami paper, and I’m trapped inside of its breathless center.”

— Jennifer Elisabeth

Growing up in the Bay, I was still looking for a lot of East Coast hip-hop. I had an older homie put…

— G-Eazy

I learned English at school, or at least that's how it started. Also, in Holland - as opposed to some other European…

— Michiel Huisman

I'm not an actress; I'm not a singer. I guess I'm in the entertainment industry, but I'm in a different category. Hopefully,…

— Ayesha Curry

You can grow up with literally nothing and you don’t suffer if you know you’re loved and valued,

— Esperanza Spalding

I know what's it's like to grow up with ADHD and how important it is for parents, caregivers and patients, to have…

— Ty Pennington

Growing up, I played 'Ken Griffey, Jr. Baseball' and just whatever I could get my hands on. When I was really young,…

— Justin Verlander

Sitting here thinking, one day I'm not going to go to school tomorrow. One day I'm not going to be able to…

— Delaney Ridnour

My dad's a lighting director. Growing up in Hollywood, I was around the entertainment industry all the time. I knew I'd end…

— Meghan Markle

I don't speak French, but I took it for five years growing up. So, if I were in a situation where I…

— Eugene Mirman

As a very young man growing up in Texas, usually I got a shotgun or cowboy boots for Christmas.

— Robert Wilson

I figured out I wanted to tell stories in college. I'm an only child who moved around a lot growing up, and…

— Joe Robert Cole

I think that liberals need to grow up.

— Fareed Zakaria

Im all about small towns. I think its a great place to grow up.

— Kacey Musgraves

I just want to show other young kids growing up that it is not about just staying in England, getting loans. Explore.

— Jadon Sancho

I was born in a very small town in North Dakota, a town of only about 350 people. I lived there until…

— Warren Christopher

Queen is my all-time favorite band in history. I was an obsessive growing up after I discovered them at 10 at summer camp.

— Adam F. Goldberg