"My mother refused to let me fail. So…" — Walker Percy
"My mother refused to let me fail. So I insisted."
More Adolescence Quotes
- The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that… — J. G. Ballard
- What laughter is to childhood, sex is to adolescence. — Martha Beck
- I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult. — Kate Beckinsale
- Apart from a period of crisis during my adolescence, when my voice was changing and I could not tame it… — Andrea Bocelli
- I had been afraid of breast cancer, as I suspect most women are, from the time I hit adolescence. At… — Geraldine Brooks
- Adolescence is just one big walking pimple. — Carol Burnett
- Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken… — Coco Chanel
- You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. — John Ciardi
- Perhaps it is better in this present world of ours that a revolutionary idea or invention instead of being helped… — Nikola Tesla
- At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I… — Jules Feiffer
- The meaningful role of the father of the bride was played out long before the church music began. It stretched… — Tom Brokaw
- Radio wasn't outside our lives. It coincided with and helped to shape our childhood and adolescence. As we slogged toward… — Vincent Canby