Growing up Quotes · Page 185

Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it.…

— Henry Ward Beecher

My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California.

— Vanessa Marcil

Growing up in Sweden, I decided pretty early on that I wanted to go to acting school.

— Helena Mattsson

“it feels so scary getting old.”

— Lorde

I had the choice to either grow up and find God in the situation or become bitter. I chose to find God.…

— Heather Mercer

I asked myself, 'What are you going to do with your life? Are you going to be like everyone else or are…

— Luke Scott

Coming from California and growing up where I did, I've always had a fondness for and innate sensitivity to light, texture, and…

— Herb Ritts

I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.'

— Sarah Shahi

I can't tell you the number of times in high school I was allowed to be disappointed for not making the grade;…

— Rush Limbaugh

I certainly wasn't able to get it when I was a kid growing up on the Lower East Side; it was very…

— Martin Scorsese

“I felt for the first time, maybe ever, how much harder it was to be the adults. And I wasn't sure I…

— Barbara Hall

I'm pretty shy when I go home because I was pretty shy growing up, and I think I go back to that…

— Kerry Condon

“I wish on one of the stars for divine orchestration and save the rest of them for all of the other girls…

— Jennifer Elisabeth

“When I was twenty-something, I asked my father, “When did you start feeling like a grownup?” His response: “Never.”

— Shannon Celebi

You have to remember that when I met Elvis, you know, it wasn't the fanfare that it is today or even when…

— Priscilla Presley

I still love the theology of the Mormon religion and think it is a wonderful way to grow up.

— Katherine Heigl

Growing up in Vancouver, it's not like growing up, you know, in Middle America or the middle of Canada or something. It's…

— Evan Goldberg

Growing up, I loved Bill Cosby.

— Robin Thicke

Growing up in a band is weird - you get stuck hanging on to what it is you think you are. But…

— Dave Gahan

“I went on to spend an inordinate amount of my childhood bashfully attached to my mother's pelvis, mostly out of social anxiety,…

— Matt Bellassai

All women are strong. My mother survived Auschwitz, and fear wasn't an option when we were growing up. If we were afraid…

— Diane von Furstenberg

Keep in mind that part of growing up is dealing with difficult issues, and the benefits can be great if you have…

— Jack Canfield

“That time when past begins to look longer than the future”

— Whipplesnaith

No young kid growing up dreams of someday becoming a businessman. He wants to be a fireman, a sponsored athlete or a…

— Yvon Chouinard

“A certain door of life was shut behind her and could not be re-opened.”

— L.M. Montgomery

Everyone, everywhere, and all the time, used to laugh at me when I was growing up. So, when I was around 18,…

— Emo Philips

There's a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it…

— Betty Smith

Growing up, my friends played soccer or did gymnastics after school; I went on auditions with my mom.

— Kellie Martin

Growing up, I didn't know any writers and felt somewhat isolated.

— Marie Lu

I have always loved jazz music and as a teen growing up in New York City and then later on as an…

— Tony Bennett

I have a sort of sisterly feeling toward him [Ben Affleck]. I want him to do well and grow up and be…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

Growing up, my dad took me to the opera.

— Ava Max

All I had growing up was like 'Aladdin,' maybe I could be animated - or terrorist roles.

— Ramy Youssef

I remember seeing 'A Moon for the Misbegotten' with Colleen Dewhurst, and that made a really big impression on me, and I…

— Brooke Smith

The thing is, I moved tons. I was in like nine schools by ninth grade, so I moved a ton of times…

— Jessica Stroup

I feel like the life I live is extraordinary in a lot of ways but that it also comes with a lot…

— Kendall Jenner

As a kid, I was growing up in an era of celebration of the Civil War centennial, with a lot of 'Lost…

— Drew Gilpin Faust

I did the underground scene growing up. I lived in Albany, New York so I'd go see Stigmata, Hatebreed, Murphy's Law so…

— Maria Brink

...for the contingent out there who sneer at heroes like Superman and Wonder Woman and Captain America, those icons who still, at…

— Greg Rucka

Peter Parker's storyline hits every key point of growing up.

— Tom Holland