--- title: "10 Thinking Young Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Thinking Young quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Thinking Young sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/lauren-k-mckellar-57926_helpless_aren-t-you-kind-of-cute-thinking-i-m-so_365068.jpg" --- > [“Aren't you kind of cute, thinking I'm so young and helpless?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-k-mckellar/aren-t-you-kind-of-cute-thinking-i-m-so-young-and-helpless/) [Lauren K. McKellar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-k-mckellar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/lauren-k-mckellar-57926_helpless_aren-t-you-kind-of-cute-thinking-i-m-so_365068.jpg) > [I keep thinking how young can you die from old age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drake/i-keep-thinking-how-young-can-you-die-from-old-age/) [Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17a/drake-44_age_i-keep-thinking-how-young-can-you-die-fr_645133.png) > [Writing is a concentrated form of thinking...a young writer sees that with words he can place himself more clearly into the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/writing-is-a-concentrated-form-of-thinking-a-young-writer-sees-that/) [Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a27/don-delillo-294_feelings_writing-is-a-concentrated-form-of-thinki_2823721.jpg) > [“Whenever I feel old—which seems to be happening more and more often these days—Alice tells me to imagine taking a picture of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-richmond/whenever-i-feel-old-which-seems-to-be-happening-more-and-more-often/) [Michelle Richmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-richmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/michelle-richmond-23246_time_whenever-i-feel-old-which-seems-to-be-ha_948933.jpg) > [I'm always thinking about young people first when I'm writing music. Whenever I can reach that young person and inspire them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-m-always-thinking-about-young-people-first-when-i-m-writing-music/) [Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/janelle-monae-3903_always-thinking_i-m-always-thinking-about-young-people-f_821971.png) > [I'm always thinking about that young girl or young boy who doesn't quite know if their music, their messaging, their imaging, their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-m-always-thinking-about-that-young-girl-or-young-boy-who-doesn-t/) [Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/janelle-monae-3903_always-thinking_i-m-always-thinking-about-that-young-gir_225238.png) > [Sure I love my parents, but they're going through this phase of thinking I'm too young to make my own decisions. About…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sure-i-love-my-parents-but-they-re-going-through-this-phase-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/anonymous-1_child_sure-i-love-my-parents-but-they-re-going_1627971.jpg) > [I started growing up in a hurry and taking a lot of the philosophy I'd heard from church as a kid a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-brubeck/i-started-growing-up-in-a-hurry-and-taking-a-lot-of-the-philosophy-i/) [Dave Brubeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-brubeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/dave-brubeck-10370_church_i-started-growing-up-in-a-hurry-and-taki_638338.jpg) > [I suffer whenever I see that common sight of a parent or senior imposing his opinion and way of thinking and being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-suffer-whenever-i-see-that-common-sight-of-a-parent-or-senior/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_common_i-suffer-whenever-i-see-that-common-sigh_2790017.jpg) > [“It frightens me that I can't do anything sensible about it." "Are you scared that you'll wind up with a boring job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gunnar-ardelius/it-frightens-me-that-i-can-t-do-anything-sensible-about-it-are-you/) [Gunnar Ardelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gunnar-ardelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/gunnar-ardelius-62039_every-day_it-frightens-me-that-i-can-t-do-anything_729744.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking-young/#itemlist", "name": "Thinking Young Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Aren't you kind of cute, thinking I'm so young and helpless?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren K. 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