Young Quotes

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

I was a healthy young man, and I thought I was invincible before I was diagnosed with kidney disease.

I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public.

Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation.

Before, I was more concerned with getting on the radio, like many young artists.

I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

When you come to Christ as a real young person, I think when you become a teen-ager either you rebel or you search, doubt, and wonder.

I really learned the power of the tube on Sesame Street and how it can influence a very young mind.

As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.

I love fashion, but I don't come from a background of loving clothes, and I remember feeling badly dressed from a young age.

I don't want to tell your story because you're a insensitive, self-centered moron. I've told a lot of stories about young people, and I always feel there's hope.

Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle.

The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.

People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.

When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.

It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.

He painted me when I was young because he was in love with me, but now that he has loved me he doesn't paint me anymore.

I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.

I don't believe in happy endings, but I do believe in happy travels, because ultimately, you die at a very young age, or you live long enough to watch your friends die. It's a mean thing, life.

I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country.

Young writers should definitely research the current sounds and styles.

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

I think as a young actress, it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to serve some romantic purpose in a male dominated cast.

I don't think young men or women should feel pressured into marriage. You shouldn't marry anyone, in my opinion, who you have to try hard for.

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

I think that freshness and that innocence is something that is missing from a lot of female singers. I'm certainly not denying that I'm young, but I'm not fluff.

I'm too young for Medicare and too old for women to care.

When a role for a young guy is being offered to me, I think of River Phoenix. It feels like a loss.

A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.

And you can't complain about kissing Emma Watson. Isn't that what everyone in the world wants to do? I've known Emma for a few years. She's this amazing capacity of young and vibrant and brilliant, but also a bright, intelligent old soul.