Growing up Quotes · Page 65

I am deeply inspired by the courage and achievements of young people who didn't have the safety nets I had growing up.

— Michael Skolnik

Los Angeles is my home - I have my wife and two daughters growing up there.

— Nobu Matsuhisa

Everything is so dreamy when you are young. After you grow up it kind of becomes -- just real.

— Elvis Presley

Obviously growing up in my house I knew I wanted to play sports.

— Larry Nance, Jr

I always thought, as I was growing up, that I'd be married with children. That hasn't happened.

— Esther McVey

We weren't poor growing up on Long Island, but it wasn't lavish - just a regular middle-class house.

— Criss Angel

Kids grow up connected to nothing these days, plugged in and living lives boosted to them from other people.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Most Missourians can't imagine growing up and spending their adult life without their family.

— Mike Parson

“Young women dream of romance and passion as men dream of conquest because those dreams are necessary goads to leaving home and…

— Erica Jong

When I was growing up, I said to my ex-girlfriend, 'I will not be successful until everyone in Holland knows my name.'…

— Afrojack

The great thing about people in the '80s is there was a great zest for life. It was a really exciting era…

— Paul Young

It is such a special thing. As a kid growing up, you look at the Ballon d'Or and how it is the…

— Mason Mount

Because when does anybody really grow up? I mean, I feel more grown up now, more in a place of solidity and…

— Priscilla Ahn

Growing up, I watched other teams, and I fell in love with Arsenal. I wasn't really interested in posters, but I saw…

— Matteo Guendouzi

I think teenagers in the States grow up too fast. In Canada, kids are exposed to different things. Like school is very…

— Neve Campbell

Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it's what I call the 'momily' - the inspirational and instructive mom-isms…

— Christine Pelosi

In the Middle East you get that sense that leadership decisions and the local powers that are working around us all the…

— Eran Riklis

I was growing up at a time when music was growing and changing so fast. I had learned all the big band…

— Jose Feliciano

I'm pretty happy with who I am. I like myself and what I'm doing. I don't need to be the world's greatest…

— John Carpenter

When I did TV shows and movies, the studios did demographic research. They were shocked to find that my audience isn't just…

— Pamela Anderson

I was born in the United States, I'm proud to be an American, I'm an American first. But obviously, I'm a Chinese-American.…

— Leroy Chiao

Humanity cherishes its swaddling clothes; but it shall not grow up unless it can free itself from them. Turning down his mother's…

— Andre Gide

My grandmother's grandparents were slaves. My grandmother Big Mama would tell me about the stories she heard as a child growing up…

— Michelle Singletary

I trembled to think of a world without stars. No guide for the sailor to trust at see, no jewels to dazzle…

— Michael Jackson

The world's best when I was growing up was Pele and he would have been a great player now, too, but Messi…

— Graeme Souness

All of my youth growing up in my Italian family was focused around the table. That's where I learned about love.

— Leo Buscaglia

I'm from a middle class family. I didn't grow-up rich, but I didn't grow-up poor. Each guy has to stick to his…

— SonReal

I've always been a strong family advocate. I had a wonderful family growing up

— Cheryl Ladd

Growing up, I was sort of a tomboy. I was the one skating with the boys.

— Amy Smart

Growing up, I have discovered over time, is rather like housework: never finished.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

That messed me up, growing up in the public eye when I was a teenager. That's when everyone is trying to find…

— Lauren Jauregui

I'm a big fan of 'The Last Dragon' - Bruce Leroy and Sho'nuff - that's one of my favorite movies growing up.

— Urijah Faber

My dad hit 152 home runs and that's the person I wanted to be like. My hero growing up.

— Ken Griffey Jr

Chelsea gave me all the trophies I have as a football player. I saw my kids growing up in London.

— Fernando Torres

This is going to sound really sad, but I didn't really have any heartthrobs when I was growing up. I was a…

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

I saw a lot of stuff growing up as a young kid that I don't want my kids seeing.

— Sol Campbell

She's been through growing up without a mother & makes my heart all of a sudden.

— Kang Seung-jo

Growing up, I used to literally run home from school to watch the Dior and Galliano shows online.

— Kim Petras

I didnt really watch Dallas growing up, as I was a bit young and into other things, like sports.

— Jesse Metcalfe

Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.

— Mike Johanns