Quotes About Youth

There is an entire generation of young people who know nothing about how viciously the FBI attacked The Black Panther Party, and why.

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

Old people should be heard but not seen. Young people should be seen, not heard.

It's hunger. It's homelessness, often. It's underfunded, under-resourced schools. It's abuse beyond the chilling. It's having overwhelmed parents and caregivers. Those are the things that young people are struggling with beyond our view.

I feel there's an existential angst among young people. I didn't have that. They see enormous mountains, where I only saw one little hill to climb.

Many young people don't know what Versace represent. I want to show what makes Versace an iconic brand.

I think, the world over, new ideas have come from young people. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it is rare that new or radical ideas come from old people.

Where there is peace, there is sports; where there is sports, there is peace. Peace is what allows us, especially young people, to dream, go after one's goals and prepare you for the next challenge in life.

Since we launched the original 'Pop Idol' in England, I've remained close with Simon Fuller. Working as executive producer on 'American idol' for its first seven years not only was an inspirational journey into the heart of American pop culture, it opened my eyes to the untapped potential of the incredibly dynamic young people in this world.

One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.

How hard have those intolerant of John Adams's perspective worked to strip from young people any hope of knowing the concepts and truths that help deal with life?

I'm an avid bridge player. I usually go to the local bridge club three or four times a week. I've always been a game-player, and I think bridge is one of the greatest games ever invented. It's too bad that not many young people play it any more.

I love spending time with young people. I love to hear about what they think. It keeps me young. And they need role models.

The cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt.

We're trying to challenge the gangs, not by repression, but by competing to get the young people to our side.

Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don't know why. It's ugly, everywhere.

For most, the school is the first model of a community, and it can be a very powerful one. We need to ensure that young people are raised in educational communities that they admire and that they will seek to emulate or re-create for the rest of their lives.

I am a beacon of hope to a vast number of young people and others who are still disillusioned and disgusted with the system.

What's amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It's so far away in time that they can't appreciate what it means for their whole life.

Psychology, unlike chemistry, unlike algebra, unlike literature, is an owner's manual for your own mind. It's a guide to life. What could be more important than grounding young people in the scientific information that they need to live happy, healthy, productive lives? To have good relationships?

When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?

With young people, there's often that carelessness, allowing yourself to get into danger - recklessness, I suppose.

School did stress me out, like it does for a lot of young people. I didn't like having to do work that I didn't care about.

I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there.