Growing up Quotes · Page 102

...most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.

— Aldous Huxley

To foreswear romantic love forever. To never grow up, never get married. To be maiden eternally.

— Rick Riordan

Growing up in Connecticut, all the Colonial houses looked alike. In Los Angeles, the diversity is so extreme, it's baffling.

— Moby

I've always known exactly who I am, but growing up has always been a struggle. I've even been called an 'it.'

— Jazz Jennings

I want my grandkids to grow up in the great outdoors. The last thing I want is for them to grow up…

— Phil Robertson

I've had many idols growing up. The inclination for idol worship comes naturally to me.

— Kevin Corrigan

I was a kid growing up in Houston, didn't have a lot - three younger brothers, a single mom. It was tough.

— DeAndre Jordan

When I was growing up, I lived in a neighborhood that was largely Latino and I thought I was Latino!

— Meagan Good

My dad is 20 years older than my mom. Growing up, I felt like he knew everything. I felt like, for every…

— Catriona Gray

I think even though things are changing a bit, we still kind of tend to grow up with girls being like, 'Don't…

— Courtney Barnett

I feel like it's my responsibility to honestly cover a lot of subjects in part because I have two little girls and…

— Carre Otis

[Growing up in rural Ohio], all of my girlfriends were cheerleaders. I'm more comfortable with straight women. I don't have any lesbian…

— Jackie Warner

I'm not sure what I want to do when I grow up, or if I'm sure I ever want to grow up.…

— Jerry Doyle

When you grow up in one town and your life revolves around it, you are very aware of any darkness on the…

— Melissa Etheridge

As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being…

— Harper Lee

“[...]And his head is on fire with new things[...]he called himself the little blue hermit, scuttling across the sand in search of…

— Terry Pratchett

Growing up in the South, it was very patriarchal. When I applied to Stanford, I was told by a [male] college counselor,…

— Reese Witherspoon

I think I can adapt quite easily from having a Spanish mother and an English dad and growing up in both places.…

— Ana Mulvoy-Ten

There are many tired gardeners but I've seldom met old gardeners. I know many elderly gardeners but the majority are young at…

— Allan Armitage

I wouldn't compare my sound on the mixtape to anything, but my influences are like - the minimal amount of hip-hop that…

— CJ Fly

I grew up in a small town in Washington State, so I wasn't really aware of costume design as a career growing…

— Colleen Atwood

“Desert heat or not, the idea that my younger self was facing her last moments was a bucket of cold water in…

— C.E. Murphy

I realized I was growing up or something like that. You have responsibilities...you've got to think about getting your act together. I…

— Van Morrison

You know, growing up my - you know, I came from Compton, Calif., and, you know, it was a place where a…

— Venus Williams

I always wished I had a chance to meet an NFL player or even a college player when I was growing up…

— Stephen Baker

I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me.

— Damian Lewis

Maturity is not when we speak big things. It is when we start understanding small 0nes.:)

— Megz

I grew up. I stopped letting people push me around all the time. I learned that you can't always be happy. I…

— Anonymous

I know growing up as a young gay person how much you hate yourself, how much you already think you're different.

— Cat Cora

Growing up, I supported Manchester United, and my hero was Mark Hughes.

— Brian O'Driscoll

As a child growing up during the Korean War, I knew poverty. I studied by candlelight.

— Ban Ki-moon

How do you know they're growing up? Well, the bite marks are higher.

— Phyllis Diller

“I tried on different versions of myself. I was so many different girls...”

— Jennifer Elisabeth

Glenn McGrath's my hero, so I did a lot of reading on him when I was growing up.

— Stuart Broad

Growing up, it was tough to balance, but looking back I appreciate my parents' efforts to make sure I was well-rounded.

— P. K. Subban

I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.

— Amy Sedaris

When I was growing up, I knew I wanted to be a mathematician, but I had no idea what that entailed.

— Terence Tao

My dad was my swim coach growing up, and I tried to get kicked out of practice every day. I was a…

— Ryan Lochte

I sang in church, but growing up in the neighborhood, music was more of an expression of relief or entertainment.

— Q-Tip

I'm going to make my own 'Trapped In The Closet' one day, about a black kid growing up in the hood.

— Goldlink