Growing up Quotes · Page 188

I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.

— Grace Jones

We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always debates. Being of Greek background, it's…

— Zach Galifianakis

Making a living out of acting sounded like science-fiction when I was growing up. I didn't know anyone around me who lived…

— Penelope Cruz

Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere Only motivation for what the dealer's supplying That rush, that drug, that dope Those pills, that crumb, that…

— Macklemore

Growing, up I didn't really have anyone to look up to. There weren't a lot of Mexicans on T.V. except for those…

— Cain Velasquez

I am not in any hurry to grow up.

— Sylvia Earle

Growing up in Wales, there was a lot of fervour about being Welsh. But the more that I travelled, I realised that…

— Ioan Gruffudd

I'm not really big on video games at all, I played a lot at the arcade as a kid. I didn't have…

— Kyp Malone

I applied to drama school when I was about 18 and didn't have any luck anywhere. They basically turned me away and…

— Taron Egerton

You score goals as a kid. Then you grow up stupid and become a goalkeeper.

— Gianluigi Buffon

I've never wanted to grow up too fast. I wanted to wear a sports bra until I was 22! ... The allure…

— Emma Watson

I personally always find something really scary about watching little girls learning to manipulate their dads by baby talking. Then they grow…

— Megan Fox

I loved growing up in Canada. It's a great place to grow up because - well, at least where I grew up…

— Ryan Gosling

As you grow older you'll realize that entertaining ignorance is a waste of time. Time that could be spent on more productive…

— Sonya Parker

Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up. You…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Growing up in London was the best.

— Rita Ora

Growing up, I had to cobble together a scarecrow of things I loved from various different writers.

— Jenny Zhang

Growing up, I wasn't as comfortable expressing myself as I am now, and I think that's why I chose acting: because it's…

— Leslie Mann

I was really inspired by '90s alternative rock records with 'Sour,' especially alternative rock girls. I think the albums from that time…

— Olivia Rodrigo

Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.

— Mandy Moore

Growing up where I did, I came from a politically progressive family so I was aware of social issues, but it seemed…

— Ryan Fleck

I'm from Sacramento, and I have no idea what growing up in a city is like.

— Lela Loren

We all get misinformation growing up about people who are different from ourselves.

— Beverly Daniel Tatum

“For the first time in my life, I actually wished that everyone was the same. And I despised myself for my "differentness"…

— Laura Hanna

I never really saw [my father] at all when I was growing up.

— Carrie Fisher

New York City pretty much reeked of music. Reeked of rap and hip-hop. As for me, growing up in a strict West…

— Phife Dawg

By teaching our children to stay in line we create well-behaved followers. While this may make parenting a bit easier, it has…

— Cheryl Richardson

Growing up on the border there, we were always frustrated with people's pronunciations of towns in Michigan, and people mispronouncing Illinois. There…

— Sufjan Stevens

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, the color of my skin and my rather peculiar background as an Ethiopian immigrant delineated…

— Dinaw Mengestu

When I was growing up, I always felt there was an expectation that I would do one of two things: be great…

— Marya Hornbacher

You have to give them unconditional love. They need to know that even if they screw up, you love them. You don't…

— Alfie Kohn

It evolved from my experience in the fifties, growing up during the McCarthy era, and hearing a lot of assumptions that America…

— Warren Farrell

I was a child of the '60s basically, which is a real blank. I really started growing up, I think, in the…

— Gavin Friday

I was a huge 'Star Trek' fan. I loved the 'Twilight Zone' growing up. In the future, I hope to create some…

— Seth MacFarlane

After a while, you're growing up so quickly and you begin to not know your parents anymore. You're left with the memories…

— Diane Guerrero

Travis Scott is definitely a big inspiration. Lil Wayne was a big one. Lil Wayne, 50 Cent. Those were my two, like,…

— Lil Skies

When a cult grows up, it becomes a culture.

— Jan Shipps

Hey, remember the feeling you got when you cleaned your room without being asked and no one noticed? That's what adulthood's like. . .

— Rick

Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a relationship you don't get with anyone else.…

— Joseph Jarman

That feeling like everyone has moved on but your on that same spot.........i know

— Onyeulo Amarachi