Growing up Quotes · Page 51

While growing up, girls are being conditioned to feel that they have to accept their husbands any way.

— Jaya Prada

I had to learn to stand up for myself, because I was small growing up.

— Josh Taylor

The world my children are growing up in is so much more sophisticated and exposed - emotionally, intellectually, sexually.

— Amy Grant

I've learned that not all goodbyes are sweet or bitter; sometimes they just don't have flavor

— Hmm

I grew up learning this stuff on the streets of New York. My brother and I used to play in the subway…

— Don Alias

Part of me is still waiting to grow up, to be an adult, and the other part knows there is no such…

— Richard Dreyfuss

I knew that it was harder to unite two lives than I had imagined growing up. I knew that relationships could be…

— Jill Biden

Growing up, every team that I've played on, I was a pretty important piece to the team.

— Amari Cooper

I watched a ton of cartoons growing up, but I don't remember specifically what networks they were on, I'll be honest. But…

— Maulik Pancholy

“A Fairy must make her own way in the world, for the world will never make way for her. That, incidentally, is…

— Catherynne M. Valente

When Asian people grow up fast they go to college at 13. White people grow up fast it's about fudge packing and…

— Adam Carolla

It's so important to raise people to grow up to be who they are and not be forced to be who they're…

— Marlo Thomas

A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can…

— Alfred Hitchcock

Growing up in Sunderland, I had two uncles on my mother's side - both of whom became father figures after my dad…

— George Clarke

Everything you do is autobiographical. Yeah, I grew up in a town called Redding and I had older brothers and sisters so…

— Ricky Gervais

A large part of the problem, is that young people are being born into the world and growing up without much hope.…

— Arthur Hertzberg

When I was growing up, my dad would encourage my brother and I to fail. We would be sitting at the dinner…

— Sara Blakely

Children are a burden to a mother, but not the way a heavy box is to a mule. Our children weight hard…

— Nancy E. Turner

Actually, when I think about growing up, I feel most affected by two travels that I made working in cargo boats when…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

When my son was growing up, I was always guilty, no matter what I did. Make decisions and be happy with the…

— Padmasree Warrior

Men grow up expecting to be the hero of their own story. Women grow up expecting to be the supporting actress in…

— Laurie Penny

I must confess my distaste for any proposal to use public funds for the support of selected, and thereby, privileged, industrialists, the…

— John James Cowperthwaite

Growing up, I watched softball and U.S.A .softball, and that was my goal of being able to represent my country and wear…

— Jennie Finch

What gave her [Diane Wilson] the courage? If you look at someone like Diane, it's easy to say, well I could never…

— Frances Moore Lappé

We teach what we need to learn. And we teach it until we get it.

— Anonymous

Because the weak do not want to get preyed on by the strong, they had to evolve

— Anonymous

People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be…

— Neil Gaiman

I was a big fan of Kurt Russell growing up and I always wanted to be the modern day Kurt Russell.

— Adam Sandler

I'm actually a Type 1 diabetic, so growing up, I had to eat pretty healthy.

— Derek Theler

I'm just humbled Hank Aaron even knows who I am. Growing up in Georgia... he's a legend everywhere, but even more so…

— Buster Posey

I love being the bad guy, simply because I was always so responsible, so predictable growing up.

— Sandra Brown

“Estragon: They're too big Vladimir: Perhaps you'll have socks some day”

— Samuel Beckett

My guy growing up was Deacon Jones from Eatonville, Florida, where I'm from.

— Ha Ha Clinton-Dix

If you had a son, it would be a great thing to have him grow up to be just like Gil Hodges.

— Pee Wee Reese

Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up? Marji: I'll be a prophet.

— Marjane Satrapi

Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the…

— Michael Caine

Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart.

— Beverley Mitchell

When we grow up, we lose the talent for loving without restrictions.

— Nora Roberts

Growing up, we were pretty much focused on becoming WWE superstars.

— Christian Cage