Quotes by category:Growing Up

My mother was raised very, very strict Catholic in the Midwest. There was so much fear and intimidation [in the faith]. So, growing up, I was always looking for my connection. I've found myself praying before meals, before bed; there's always been this gratitude for things that are bigger than me.

Alicia Keys

gratitude growing-up mother

Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always so fun to watch. I kind of wanted to model my career after hers.

Alicia Sacramone

growing-up team fun

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults.

Alison Bechdel

growing-up adults book

We know that kids who grow up in an environment of warmth and support will thrive and function in whatever environment they find themselves. What we need to do is to do more to help poor kids have such an environment.

Alison Gopnik

support growing-up kids

We provide a secure, stable space for children to grow up in, so children will be able to take risks and have adventures and do things that are unexpected. If there isn't a risk that your children can fail, then you haven't succeeded as a parent.

Alison Gopnik

growing-up adventure children

Growing up I used to love bands like Free and ELO and the Rolling Stones. When Robert Plant got in touch it made perfect sense to me.

Alison Krauss

rolling growing-up perfect

The biggest thing about growing up in Canada is you know that Los Angeles and New York are not the only places in the world. They're not the only places where brilliant acting happens.

Alison Pill

growing-up acting new-york

There are many tired gardeners but I've seldom met old gardeners. I know many elderly gardeners but the majority are young at heart. Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized. The one absolute of gardeners is faith. Regardless of how bad past gardens have been, every gardener believes that next year's will be better. It is easy to age when there is nothing to believe in, nothing to hope for, gardeners, however, simply refuse to grow up.

Allan Armitage

growing-up dream death

I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.

Allen Iverson

hard-times growing-up way

I remember running up to my dad and saying, 'I want to be an actor when I grow up!' And him saying, 'Yeah, well we'll talk about it.'

Allen Leech

growing-up dad running

I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a total drawback. There was nothing good about it at all.

Allison Janney

height growing growing-up

I'm a big Aqua fan. "Barbie Girl" was a big deal growing up.

Allison Williams

aqua growing-up girl

We're seniors." "I know," I said "So aren't you... curious?" "About what?" "About life. Out there. Life!" she said again. "Tell me, Cameron Ann Morgan, what do you want to be when you grow up?" We'd reached another door, and I stopped and looked up at the camera that monitored the entrance, just as I whispered, "Alive.

Ally Carter

senior growing-up doors

Tell me Cameron Ann Morgan, what do you want to be when you grow up?... Alive

Ally Carter

growing-up alive want

Teenage girls read in packs. It's true today, and it was true when I was a teen growing up in a small town in northeast Oklahoma.

Ally Carter

teenage growing-up girl

When you grow up, your heart dies.

Ally Sheedy

growing-up heart breakfast

I want to live 50 more years. I'm 33 years old... and I want to live to at least be 80 and see my kids grow up and see my grandkids. That's important to me.

Alonzo Mourning

growing-up sports kids

I've grown up with kids watching me and as they're growing up, I'm growing up.

Amanda Bynes

growing growing-up kids

I was always depressed growing up. There wasnt a reason for it, I just was. I was sad and morose. I cried a lot, I wrote a lot, and I read a lot; and that was how I dealt with it.

Amanda Hocking

morose growing-up reason

I enjoyed acting growing up; I did musical theater. I had a secret desire to be a television and movie actress, but it wasn't something I admitted to myself that I wanted to do, I guess.

Amanda Schull

growing-up musical secret