Growing up Quotes · Page 46

I wasn't taken seriously being the only girl playing in band growing up.

— Natalie Prass

I watched a ton of films growing up, but in a haphazard way. There was nothing scholarly or focused about it.

— Jesse Andrews

“Since when do you look out for me? You really have grown up." "Had to happen sometime," I say.”

— Ashley Newell

Courage, not cleverness; not even inspiration, is the grain of mustard that grows up to be a great tree.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.

— Joe Torre

Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.

— Sting

I knew nothing but love and devotion when I was growing up. Trust me, it makes everything easier.

— Julia Quinn

Growing up, I was confused about my identity: I felt like I wasn't black enough to be black, but not white enough…

— Mabel

Growing up and moving to a new place and meeting your goals may be painful as you'll be leaving those that you…

— Simphiwe Dumisani Ntuli

We are all powerless as children, and money looms so powerfully... we don't grow up to claim our financial power until we…

— Suze Orman

The last few years I became a lot more into sports. Growing up, the sports I liked were independent sports, like skateboarding.…

— Mark Hoppus

Growing up where I was, there were no Asians, no minorities, and there was always something to remind me of what I'm…

— Lee Isaac Chung

The Olympics had never really been on my agenda. I had been a huge sports fan growing up, But it never really…

— Tim Henman

Well, in Colombia everybody's very voluptuous, and you're supposed to be. You don't want to be skinny when all of your cousins…

— Sofia Vergara

I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world…

— Rosa Parks

Being overly identified with [a certain period of time] becomes a noose around your neck, and people don't want you to grow…

— Billy Corgan

When I was a kid I think the thing I remembered most about The Exorcist was Linda Blair being possessed by the…

— Marilyn Manson

Lollipops turn into cigarettes. The innocent ones turns into sluts. Homework goes into the trash. Detention becomes suspension. Mobile phone are used…

— Kayla

It is pretty cool to have my own video game. As a kid, growing up, it was something I never even thought…

— Tiger Woods

I pretty much started out writing full time. I was an at-home mom and when my youngest entered kindergarten, I started writing.…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

I have to be careful, as I don't want to offend Midlanders, but growing up, it wasn't like growing up in London.…

— Alice Lowe

But Stacie Orrico was my childhood hero. I was about 12 when I found her music. She is a contemporary Christian artist,…

— Christina Grimmie

When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become--whether lawyer,…

— Anonymous

I had a very marginal understanding of what faith in God was growing up because, although I went to a Catholic school,…

— Patricia Mauceri

I had, probably, a more challenging experience growing up than most middle-class chicks.

— Jennifer Hale

Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy.

— Nonito Donaire

I was always good at fixing things growing up. I wanted to work on boats. That was what my dad did.

— Finn Cole

“Whereas before I had been an open, outgoing, and inquisitive child, suddenly, I was quiet—almost shy.”

— Lin Wilder

The older I grew the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

— H L Mencken

I got bullied so much growing up for being a different color in a majority white school.

— Kane Brown

I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me.

— Brit Marling

There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify.

— Brandon Routh

Growing up, I didn't just watch 'The Cosby Show.' I watched 'Growing Pains' and 'Family Ties,' too.

— Lena Waithe

Film and television was so strange to me because I didn't grow up in the business, I didn't know anything about it.

— Patrick J. Adams

Growing up with my dad taught me to either lie like a pro or not bother.

— Tammara Webber

I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.

— Lisa Bonet

Study hard; and you might grow up to be President. But let's face it: Even then, you'll never make as much money…

— George H. W. Bush

Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.

— Keira Knightley

While growing up, my favourite part about Diwali was the delicious sweets.

— Catherine Tresa

Growing up, I realized as an actor I had to figure out how to use my platform in order to give back.

— Serinda Swan