Quotes About Youth

I was 24 when Samori was born. His mom was 23.

My mom was pretty young, and she did what she could do.

Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom.

My mom was only 21 years old when she had me, and my dad was in his mid-20s.

My mom was really young so we had the opportunity to be really close and go through things together.

Listen to your mom and dad! They are almost always right, especially about boys.

My mom and dad were very young when they had me.

I've had letters from people who have read my articles and said, 'I'm a guy, I'm 18, and I've not come out to my mom and dad yet, but it was so nice to hear your story, and you know, I wish your article would have been longer, because you gave me hope for the future.'

My mom and dad had a store, and sometimes people would return broken stuff. I'd take it apart and reassemble it. At 16, I really understood the architecture of things.

Childhood is pretty fantastic but every age has its moments of beauty.

Kids have awkward moments.

A lot of it's mental - a lot of the juniors, once you break them or change the momentum, they go away very quickly.

I really feel like because I had my son so young, I didn't want everyone's help. I think people felt entitled to give advice, so I'm always very sensitive to moms and letting them feel their way out.

I love football, but I also want to give back. I want to take care of kids and single moms, so it's not only about playing football. I want my life to matter in that way.

I was an altar boy in an incredible monastery that was attached to a rectory. The theater of the church is the most incredible theater, and in this church, it was beyond. It was this huge monastery. It was landmarked. It's a beautiful building, and I kind of had the run of it.

Acceptance at home is fundamental, yes, but frankly, it's just not enough. Trans youth, like most young people, spend the majority of their time at school. If you spent Monday to Friday from 8 to 3 being told that you weren't okay, that you were wrong, how are you meant to think otherwise?

We've all had our thing. I listened to the Monkees when I was little kid.

I was 13 and one of the boys on the other team called me a monkey. When I was younger, that sort of thing got me angry. I was the one who got a red card that day.

I started acting when I was, like, five in monologue competitions at this private elementary school.

When I walk into a video arcade filled with 16- or 17-year-old boys, I may as well be Marilyn Monroe.

When I was 12 years old I discovered Bill Monroe and my dad got me a mandolin.

I was a monster, a problem child.

I want to create a kind of new monster language for kids to play with, pick up, and incorporate into their own vocabularies.

Kids in Spandex battling rubber monsters? It sounds beautiful. It does.