Growing up Quotes · Page 54

Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.

— Anonymous

Being popular does not make any difference to anyone else. What makes you special is making a difference in someone's life.

— Anonymous

Growing up, I watched a lot of TLC - I loved 'Four Weddings' and 'Hoarding: Buried Alive.' They're so binge-able.

— Lili Reinhart

When I was growing up, one or two girls were beautiful, but it was not an aspiration, right?

— Susie Orbach

The best discovery true friends can make is growing up without growing apart.

— Anonymous

There are people that helped me growing up. I want to be able to help people that are not able to help…

— Sony Michel

Don't try to grow up to fast because one day you will want to be a kid again!

— Anonymous

I didn't grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to…

— Chris Isaak

Most people grow up thinking everybody wants to come to America because America is the sweet spot of the planet. America is…

— Rush Limbaugh

I grew up in Berkeley and my parents were hippies, obviously, since my name's 'Jorma.' I didn't watch much television growing up…

— Jorma Taccone

My musical influences growing up were limited to Korean folk songs and hymns as I went to a Christian boarding school where…

— Jihae

I am still in touch with my Secret Service agents, most of whom are retired now. They really get to be your…

— Susan Ford

The African greats who were playing when I was growing up inspired me - players like George Weah, Abedi Pele, Tony Yeboah,…

— Michael Essien

“It’s not such a wonderful thing, to be young,” I said. “It’s heartless, and selfish.” “But, oh, so free,” Nod said sadly.…

— Christina Henry

Ian Kabra rolled up his window. "My god, what's that smell?" Behind the wheel, Sinead laughed. "It's called fresh air. Growing up…

— Gordon Korman

“How do you explain to a child who likes everyone in the world that adult life consists to a great extent of…

— Miranda Emmerson

“Not to grow up properly is to retain our 'caterpillar' quality from childhood (where it is a virtue) into adulthood (where it…

— Richard Dawkins

Little kids grow up discovering the world that's shown to them and then when you become a teenager, it kind of shrinks…

— Kenneth Lonergan

Yet you could feel a vibration in the air, a sense of hastening. It had started with the moon, inaccessible poem that…

— Patti Smith

“It was a very ordinary day, the day I realised that my becoming is my life and my home and that I…

— Charlotte Eriksson

Most times a person grows up gradually, but I found myself in a hurry... Hoping to find an answer, I uncovered an…

— John August

It's tough growing up where I grew up. My family is very small and really tight. Just being around the neighborhood, my…

— Derrick Rose

There was on section in First Corinthians 13 that talks about (showing) patience, kindness, politeness, how can I demonstrate forgiveness to my…

— Alex Kendrick

I made sure that instead of people making fun of me, like every comedian probably says, I made fun of myself first…

— Eliza Coupe

I didn't see a lot of women who looked like me on TV when I was growing up.

— Kelly McCreary

If you didn't grow up like I did then you don't know, and if you don't know it's probably better you don't…

— Junot Diaz

I'd always been quite quiet growing up, and singing was a way of having a voice.

— Leona Lewis

There is a certain expectation of girls to eventually grow up and behave and fall in line. I've always bucked against that.

— Lizzy Caplan

As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.

— Jim Evans

While growing up, every sitcom you could think of, I would watch it, and I loved it.

— Jennifer Bini Taylor

I would say out of all the things I studied growing up, math was probably one of the things that I liked…

— Hikaru Nakamura

I was able to grow up and do silly things and have a life with only a small amount of public scrutiny.

— Keisha Castle-Hughes

I followed Man United growing up, and still have a little feeling for them I suppose. I still enjoy watching them.

— Dwight Gayle

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

— Lela Loren

I've had many idols growing up. The inclination for idol worship comes naturally to me.

— Kevin Corrigan

Growing up in Connecticut, all the Colonial houses looked alike. In Los Angeles, the diversity is so extreme, it's baffling.

— Moby

I've always known exactly who I am, but growing up has always been a struggle. I've even been called an 'it.'

— Jazz Jennings

I want my grandkids to grow up in the great outdoors. The last thing I want is for them to grow up…

— Phil Robertson

Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

— Anonymous

...most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.

— Aldous Huxley