Young Quotes

As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble.

When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious, it became a much more private process.

I'm quite an independent person, and I had to be. As a boy and growing into a young man I had to look out for myself. And now I'm very family-oriented. It's a big priority in my life.

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.

Young girls look to me as a role model and think I crash diet to keep slim. That's not true, I always eat properly.

I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.

I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young.

I think a lot of young kids at school are very conscious of trying to keep credibility in case they kind of stand out in a crowd and get bullied by trying to stay cool and stuff. And my whole thing, all the way through school, was I was just a goof... I didn't care.

It's because it was at a time when women didn't have any power. It was so unusual for a young woman in her 20s to have power that I seized the power but tried not to flaunt it.

I lost my parents when I was fairly young.

Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them.

A lot of young actors will do a scene and then run off and look at themselves. I don't believe in that at all.

Young people are not only rebels. They have a special heart.

I'm talking like 10, 12 years old. Either junior brings Mom and Pop or Mom and Pop bring the kids. I'm talking young here, not a college drinking crowd.

But it's true, when you see some television, you carry it with you. It's like 90210. Tell me what young shows were being done then... We were thrilled about the ratings around the world.

Cooking today is a young man's game, I don't give a bollocks what anyone says.

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on.

Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball.

I came along at a time when the industry was eating its young.

I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me.

Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.

The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.

The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.

I like my whisky old and my women young.

I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.

I saw Mussolini tirelessly contemplate a parade of thousands of young men.

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.

The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the eyebrows almost as much as the suggestion of bringing them up to the Stage.

I applaud the American Cancer Society for all they do to eradicate smoking. Their local, state and national efforts help to discourage young people from taking up this deadly habit and the resources they provide have helped numerous smokers quit.