Growing up Quotes · Page 155

I didn't grow up in a home that glorified Hollywood. We didn't watch TV. We didn't have a lot of magazines around.

— Evangeline Lilly

“We got a saying around here about our corn, ‘it grows knee-high by the Fourth of July.”

— Richard Puz

The clitoris is the female sex organ, and the fact that we aren't told that when we were small children is devastating.…

— Betty Dodson

There's a song called 'The Lights of My Hometown' that goes back to me growing up a regular kid. I mean, I…

— Aaron Lines

It might be a little embarrassing, but I never ever missed an episode of 'Dawson's Creek' growing up.

— Brett Young

Growing up, one of my cousins was an out gay man.

— Eric Stonestreet

I'm a first-generation American, so I had friends from several cultures while growing up, including Indian and Iranian friends.

— Michael Steger

When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And…

— Bill Gates

We all grow, it's just that some of us grow apart

— Anonymous

I don't think I related to the Irish Catholic surroundings that was my environment when I was growing up.

— Isabela Moner

Initially with The Butcher Boy, there was this kid growing up in this strange, weird environment that I remember from when I…

— Neil Jordan

The knowledge that you were beaten and that this, as your parents tell you, was for your own good may well be…

— Alice Miller

I don't want to grow up but I'm sick of not growing up -​ that way. I'll find a different way of…

— John Lennon

I was a Panthers fan growing up, being close to Carolina.

— Chris Long

The last few years I became a lot more into sports. Growing up, the sports I liked were independent sports, like skateboarding.…

— Mark Hoppus

I was always determined to earn my own cash, even when I was at school and growing up at home.

— Gethin Jones

It's a bittersweet feeling because this [filming in Chronicles of Narnia] has been a part of my life for six years -…

— Skandar Keynes

Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you…

— B. B. King

I played piano growing up, had lessons and all that. I still try to touch up on that every once in a…

— Jrue Holiday

Growing up, I would say Wonder Woman and Nancy Drew were definite role models for me. Historically, I know Amelia Earhart stands…

— Keri Russell

I've had many idols growing up. The inclination for idol worship comes naturally to me. Or it did, anyway. I think I've…

— Kevin Corrigan

Growing up, the dream was to be on Broadway. I always loved theater.

— Lauren Worsham

I didn't grow up with my Kenyan family. I grew up in a small, conservative suburb of Chicago.

— Tom Morello

When you get older you realize its not as important to have a lot of friends. Its more important to have real…

— Anonymous

A lot of kids are growing up and only trying to play one position.

— Cordarrelle Patterson

When I grow up, I'd like to be dangerous.

— Kirsten Miller

Growing up in Ireland, there are a lot of aspects of God that hang in the air. And my music reflects that.

— Hozier

I think people talk about one love, but there is the need to love and the need to be loved are not…

— Stephen Fry

Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults. After growing up on a dairy farm, everything…

— Mike Johanns

I didn't have money growing up.

— Angela Yee

There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick,…

— Donnie Yen

When we were growing up, we supported Liverpool.

— Ryan Sessegnon

We were very athletic growing up. My dad basically trained us like boys when we were little, so being able to physically…

— Sistine Stallone

I was a ballet dancer growing up and that's what I was convinced I would be.

— Candice Swanepoel

Everyone comes into your life for a reason, some for good or bad, they may shape us, break us, but in the…

— Mario Tomasello

[My parents] met in university back in the '70s. And I didn't grow up with my father. He - they separated before…

— Kehinde Wiley

I remember growing up, getting the Colorado Springs Sun in the morning and the Denver Post in the afternoon, and my dad…

— Pat Forde

Why, oh why must one grow up, why must one inherit this heavy, numbing responsibility of living an undiscovered life? Out of…

— Anonymous

Having the chance to play sports growing up teaches you all kinds of life lessons. It gives young people confidence and instills…

— April Ross

Growing up, I played more centrally, which is why, whenever I do get asked to play there, I'm more than happy to…

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain