Growing Up Quotes

Young men today are growing up with Oklahoma, much the same way young men grew up with Florida State in the '90s. Eleven-, 12-year-old kids, by the time they get to high school, Oklahoma is already on their minds. - Chuck Long

Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do. - Judd Nelson

You wake up but not really. In the bedroom you grew up in. It's the only place on this entire planet that is yours. The only place on the planet that understands you. It understands the way your nerves flare everytime you think about talking to anyone, scared into shyness at the thought of opening your mouth but the way you are the best hypocrite around when you're in front of a microphone. It knows what turns that switch on and off and on again. It understands the way when you don't have a smile on your face everyone only spits: what's wrongs and you look tireds. So the way you keep it on your face just wide enough to avoid questions. It understands how neurotic you have become, the way you treat your flaws like old friends. The way you look in the mirror and think of yourself as Mr. Misery... - Peter Wentz

You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up. - Dylan Moran

You think of Canada, you think of hockey, you think of Wayne Gretzky. This is where he should be. I couldn't imagine it any other way. You saw what he meant to us in 2002. For most of us, he was our idol growing up. When he says something, you're going to listen. - Joe Sakic

You never expect to have anything like this, but this is what I worked for. This is what I spent my summer training for. I wanted to be as good as I could. ... I always liked the way (Thornton) played, and I watched him play a lot growing up, when he was in juniors. He's a great passer, and I like to shoot. - Jonathan Cheechoo

You live and you learn I guess that's all part of life and growing up. I know not to make the same mistake twice. - Unknown

You know, it really wasn't that long ago that all this happened. I couldn't imagine growing up in that type of generation. Seeing what Jackie Robinson ... went through. He just wanted to play baseball. That's so tough. My hat's off to the people before me who put up with that. - Sam Perry

You know, I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. - Hank Azaria

You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going. - P. J. O'Rourke