Formative Years Quotes

28 quotes by 27 authors

It is mother's influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child's basic character. Home is the place where a child learns faith, feels… — Ezra Taft Benson
I have two different categories of favorite films. One is the emotional favorites, which means these are generally films that I saw when I was… — John Carpenter
Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try to talk about… — David Foster Wallace
I Lived on the street when i was a kid, i wasnâ€™t even at school, so i had a whole different set of experiences for… — Jared Leto
I don't mind being classified as a jazz artist, but I do mind being restricted to being a jazz artist. My foundation has been in… — Herbie Hancock
Now, today, some children are enrolled in excellent programs. Some children are enrolled in mediocre programs. And some are wasting away their most formative years… — Barack Obama
Even now, after whatever gains feminism has made in involving fathers in the rearing of their children, I still think virtually all of us spend… — Reynolds Price
Maybe deep down inside we were all still in our formative years. Maybe it was never too late for any of us to change. — Claire Cook
The general disinclination of Spain to accept slaves from Islamicized regions of Africa during the formative years of Hispano-American society had enormous consequences for the… — Ned Sublette
I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues… — Gary Neville
I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have the confidence that I have if I… — Michael Lee-Chin
The funniest thing is not who influenced me positively, but who influenced me negatively. I had such an aversion to what Busby Berkeley did; in… — Stanley Donen
My mother was a politician in my formative years. — Antonia Fraser
It's not a deliberate thing. It's not like I was rejecting the UK, which is what the papers said. It's just that when you spend… — Joss Stone
You could spend the rest of your life trying to outlive the scars that are left by what you go through in your formative years. — Todd Edwards
A Fraternity, too, is of such character that after men have left college they delight to renew their own youth by continued association with it… — Newton D. Baker
You're always looking at last year, or 10 years ago, or your school days, or your teenage years, your formative years. Because that's exactly what… — Paul McCartney
I have great parents, and they both taught me great things, but my formative years were boundaryless. — Roseanne Barr
I could never work in a recording studio where you have this lovely view and a beach and the waves are crashing. For me, it's… — Madonna Ciccone
I'm very comfortable in Argentina. I was raised there as a baby and stayed there until I was 11 years old, so the first decade… — Viggo Mortensen

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