Growing Up Quotes

3088 Growing Up quotes by 2315 unique authors

I'd be devastated if my son grows up to be a hetero. I mean, I'd still love him ... but as a parent you just… — Debra Messing
When young we have a vivid sense of basic values like trust and warm-heartedness, which we tend to neglect in today's competitive world as we… — Dalai Lama
I wish we could grow up about it, I'm sure we are contributing to global warming, and we must do all we can to reduce… — Alan Titchmarsh
When my parents were growing up the world's population was under three billion. During my children's lifetime, it is likely to exceed nine billion. You… — Tony Blair
Technological society leads to increasing numbers of people who cannot adapt to the inhuman rhythm of modern life with its emphasis on specialization. A class… — Jacques Ellul
God waits patiently for me to wake up, grow up, come to the awareness that great works take time, that nothing truly worthwhile can be… — Unknown Author
Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that… — Tavis Smiley
I have a lot of growing up to do. I realized that the other day inside my fort. — Zach Galifianakis
The people of the U.S. owe their Independence & their liberty, to the wisdom of descrying in the minute tax of 3 pence on tea,… — James Madison
Boys do not grow up gradually. They move forward in spurts like the hands of clocks in railway stations. — Cyril Connolly
You have to give them unconditional love. They need to know that even if they screw up, you love them. You don't want them to… — Alfie Kohn
Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English. — Mignon McLaughlin
A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books,… — Horace Mann
Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice columns, whoreoscopes, Hollywood gossip,… — Erica Jong
I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't. ... I want… — Joe Strummer
[T]he most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without… — James Madison
She knew the intensity of adolescence, and knew no cure for it except growing up. And then one has age and experience, and mourns the… — Sara Paretsky
We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or magic tricks for… — Lance Burton
I've been very blessed. My parents always told me I could be anything I wanted. When you grow up in a household like that, you… — Ricky Schroder
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows… — John Jay Chapman
I think that the main thing that you can learn from watching 'The Spectacular Now' is just learning about growing up and moving on. — Kaitlyn Dever
I wasn't trying to be different; I just did what I liked. Don't misunderstand when I say I really had no particular DP I was… — Gordon Willis
There’s no tipping point where you become what you are. Character development starts when you’re growing up. Your socioeconomic background contributes. The attitude that gets… — Maurice Clarett
It was a standard fantasy when you fell in love to imagine you could go back in time and find your beloved growing up, appear… — Norman Rush
As a little kid growing up in Hollywood, I was called 'a little crazy'. And now I guess I'm still that way. — Leonardo DiCaprio

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