Growing up Quotes · Page 62

Growing up is such a barbarous business, full of inconvenience... and pimples.

— Anonymous

Growing up in the church in West Virginia, faith is always there. It's part of the fabric of the culture.

— DeVon Franklin

Owning the Eagles is the ultimate fulfillment of every fantasy I ever had growing up in Philadelphia.

— Norman Braman

Divorce is one of the key predictors of poverty for a child growing up in a home that's broken.

— Mike Huckabee

Just because I'm nice to someone, doesn't make me two faced. It's called growing up. You should try it sometime.

— Anonymous

Our father never had to yell at us much when we were growing up. No one ever wanted to let Dad down.

— Dorothy Bush Koch

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.

— St. Lucia

I mostly played 'Pac-Man', but I played 'The Sims' with my kids when they were growing up.

— Lea Thompson

Growing up in the Bay Area, I played early on with these quartet groups who set guidelines for me. I remember the…

— Raphael Saadiq

Even though my mother had told me growing up that, 'If you win, nobody cares what color you are,' that wasn't necessarily…

— Warren Moon

I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often…

— Alice Hoffman

Growing up with a name that rhymes with turkey - and jerky - was no great fun. But, as an adult, I…

— Clay Shirky

I lived with my auntie and my cousin when I was growing up, and they always wore black, and I thought it…

— Romy Madley Croft

I am my father's daughter. It was not up to me growing up. I was his hunting and fishing buddy, so I've…

— Amber Heard

I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I…

— Earl Monroe

Music has always been in my family down to my dad through my uncle. I'm just the next generation, since it's always…

— Jacob Latimore

When I was growing up in the '50s, I had never heard of a "woman film director," so I did not consider…

— Chris Hegedus

I enjoy working with writers and their scripts. It's very exciting to me. Eventually I would like to produce, direct and act…

— Tom Cruise

I know how I felt when I saw things like 'Fame' on television when I was growing up and how that was…

— Brian d'Arcy James

I was a swimmer growing up, which meant being in the pool at 5 A.M. You get used to it. You get…

— Teddy Sears

A woman growing up under American ideas of liberty in government and religion, having never blushed behind a Turkish mask, nor pressed…

— Susan B. Anthony

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

A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't people have an affection for me…

— Jerry Lewis

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself. Acting for kids…

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

I learned to cook from my mom. Most of what I ate growing up was Italian cooking.

— Steve Albini

To grow up is to wonder about things; to be grown up is to slowly forget the things you wondered about as…

— Henning Mankell

It is frustrating, because who wants to grow up and follow their parents?

— Chelsea Clinton

Even when I was growing up and playing with friends I used to get kicked.

— Shaun Wright-Phillips

Growing up, we loved 'The Royle Family'. Caroline Aherne, she was just incredible.

— Daisy May Cooper

That pain will always be there, but it's slowly fading, soon it'll just be a small numbness:)

— Rachel Copeland

Working with UNICEF made me grow up and recognize how fortunate I am.

— Roger Moore

The process of growing up was nothing more than figuring out what doors hadn't yet been slammed in your face.

— Jodi Picoult

When I was growing up, I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents.

— Angelina Jolie

My favorite singer is Lauryn Hill - all time, hands down. She was my biggest inspiration growing up.

— Leah LaBelle

Growing up in a very white area, I just think I didn't feel that beautiful... ever.

— Griff

Both my parents were working in politics when I was growing up, so going on stage was not that great a leap.

— Casey Wilson

I still have mixed feelings about what growing up is - this thing that happens to everyone, so I've heard.

— Taylor Swift

Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.

— Owen Wilson

Even though you're growing up, you should never stop having fun.

— Nina Dobrev

I didn't care if it was 'Daredevil' or 'Captain America,' I was a fan of all of it. It was just a…

— Jason O'Mara