Quotes About Youth

We remain a country where a young person's chance of fulfilling their potential rests on the vagaries of where they were born and what their parents do, rather than their innate talent and ambition.

Who doesn't know the easy, breezy, beautiful Covergirl line? I'm so excited to be the face of the brand in Australia and help all girls find and rock their inner Covergirl!

I like the idea of creating from your inner youth. You don't have to think too hard about it. Just make what feels good.

We don't know: some little black boy or girl growing up in the inner city might grow up and cure cancer for all of us - if we let them do it.

I grew up playing basketball in the inner city of Seattle, and by the time I was a senior, I earned a full scholarship to the University of Denver.

Too many of our children are being left behind, especially in our inner city schools.

As kids, we all wanted a bike. But a lot of people don't have that opportunity, especially in the inner city.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

Innocence has died in Bollywood.

I just feel like every kid is growing up too fast and they're seeing too much. Everything is about sex, and that's fine for me. I'm not saying I don't like it. But I don't think it should be everywhere, where kids are exposed to everything sexual. Because they have to have some innocence; there's just no innocence left.

I've been really lucky when it comes to casting kids, and I don't particularly like child actors. Too often, they just show up, and they've had whatever real innocence that's in a child just beaten out of them. They start to perform for you, and you can just see it coming. It's no good.

There's innocence in a young mind, say 18 or 21, writing a script. But we have to acknowledge that they have to open up to life's experiences to be able to add those layers of depth into the script.

SpongeBob is an innocent, and people respond to an innocent. I don't think it matters if you're young or old.

This record was kind of, like, innocent. It's called 'The Innocents.' So it's the concept of being young enough to not really understand the implications of your decisions and then kind of feeling the weight later and being, like, but I was innocent. Like, did I deserve this?

I didn't want to write a grown-up account of Gallipoli. I wanted to find out what would happen if I looked at Gallipoli through the eyes of an innocent.

I was never, ever the ingenue. The young, innocent lead was just not me.

I think when you are 17 you are very innocent.

Young people must feel that they can be real actors in our economy and be creative and be imaginative and be innovative.

Our young people are some of the best and most talented in the world - they are driven, entrepreneurial, and innovative - and with the help of people who have already made it in the world of work, they can go on to be the bosses and employers of the future.

The first album, I'd had some input, but I was 14 years old then, and I really didn't know what I was talking about.

Most of the students whom I have lectured were inquisitive to learn and contribute towards my vision. So, the youth who want to achieve in life can do a lot for society.

'Chewing Gum' ages me 15 years every time I do it - it's insane.

I was a problem child, and problem children do the seemingly insane because they are trying to find out how to fit into the scheme of things.

Broad City's first season is full of moments that are insane... and yet make total sense.