Growing up Quotes · Page 47

Growing up, my idols were Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper. And Scottie Pippen.

— Dirk Nowitzki

When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun…

— Karen Kain

Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive another day.

— Tracy Morgan

I had a hard time growing up, and boxing kind of served as my second family.

— Daniel Jacobs

Growing up, a lot of people wore baggy stuff. I went in the opposite direction. Just trying to be different.

— Jordan Clarkson

Growing up in the Raleigh theater scene was a big factor in developing the ability, which I have now, to be freely…

— Lachlan Watson

As a younger boy growing up I've always found myself in fights. But I never started them.

— Josh Taylor

We tell children what they should do when they grow up so we can impress the people next door.

— Anonymous

I'm not trying to snowboard for other people anymore. That just kind of comes with age and growing up. That's helped me…

— Kelly Clark

I grew up in a semi-attached row house in Queens in New York. And my family and my grandparents and my father's…

— James Gray

There wasn't a lot of music in the home when I was growing up. We didn't have a piano or anything like…

— George Brandis

“I fantasize the night sky to be like a cosmic blue print of my life as I close my eyes and unbutton…

— Jennifer Elisabeth

Having two families is just natural to me. I guess when you're growing up, whatever is happening around you is the natural…

— Erin Moran

I always loved watching and reading family-friendly mysteries growing up, like the shows Murder, She Wrote and Nancy Drew, and am thrilled…

— Candace Cameron

I'm not sure that love and like aren't like cats and dogs: One can't grow up to be the other, but they…

— Anonymous

Growing up in New York, we lived all around the city depending on our economic circumstance. I also lived in Puerto Rico…

— Jimmy Smits

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

— Yvon Chouinard

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

— Michiel Huisman

We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or…

— Lance Burton

It is not always easy to be who we are, but as we grow up and mature and develop coping mechanisms that…

— Keith Boykin

When you have kids it's nice to have a place where they can always return to and some place where they will…

— Angelina Jolie

I was lucky to grow up with phenomenal parents who were into talking about things. When something hit me hard as a…

— Eric Lange

I usually base my characters on composites of people I know. One trumpet player in SIDE MAN is really a mix of…

— Warren Leight

Growing up, I was obsessed with Disney movies like 'The Little Mermaid,' 'Aladdin' and 'Beauty And The Beast.' I was always singing…

— Mandy Moore

Growing up in Hollywood, like I did, I have a passion and a love for the movies, so I go to the…

— Leonard Slatkin

Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically.

— Ed Sheeran

Well, growing up, my favorite ever was apple slices with peanut butter and cinnamon. That's one of my favorite snacks.

— Gracie Abrams

I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of…

— Tammy Blanchard

We grow neither better nor worse as we get old, but more like ourselves

— May Lamberton Becker

I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.

— Bear Grylls

A square egg in a dish of lentils won't make a marrow bend with the wind, nor will it make rhubarb grow…

— Les Dawson

Growing up, my room was covered in posters. I was like, "I want to make posters."

— Ryan McGinley

I was always taught growing up that great players show up to big games.

— Brad Marchand

I was the little kid growing up. I wasn't picked on because, honestly, I was fast, so I could run away from…

— Robert Knepper

It was tough, so hard; it really was horrible when I was growing up. I was called so many names, all sorts.

— Toni Duggan

I always felt the Jewish part more. In fact, growing up I felt like a Jew among WASPs. My brother is more…

— Carrie Fisher

I wanted to act from a young age and it didn't seem like a reality for me growing up.

— Keeley Hazell

A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all.

— Edward Snowden

My mother isn't particularly vain. Growing up with a parent who put emphasis on personality over looks was important.

— Alexa Chung

We all feel like outsiders when we're growing up. I think everybody feels like that.

— Taylor Russell