Quotes About Youth

And however much the princess was assured that in our time young people themselves must settle their fate, she was unable to believe it, as she would have been unable to believe that in anyone's time the best toys for five-year-old children would be loaded pistols.

In my youth I looked for answers with a terrible urgency. I craved certainty. Then I started telling myself that, in the end, we have to accept there's a vast amount we just don't know.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed, to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace." —From John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech, January 1961 Given

I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.

The young will always to some extent view ageing as a matter of taste, as if the fact you do not appear to be young any more is a decision you've made, like selecting a certain type of carpet or paint for your house.

As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, 'This is what I love doing, and I hope I'm going to be able to do it forever.'

I don't think I started kicking a ball until I was six or seven. Horses were my first love, so I was occupied with that.

I wanted to sing when I was little. That's what I liked doing. It didn't occur to me that you became famous or anything like that.

When I was a girl, we all wanted to have fun. That's all we thought about. It didn't occur to us to get married and have babies.

When I was 12, that's when I went to college. All my friends were 20, 21, and I was 12. It didn't even occur to me that that was strange.

I love 'Ocean Avenue' by Yellowcard. That's always been one of my favorites.

When I was 18, I moved across the ocean just for the opportunity to play for a club that played against Barcelona. So to have the honour of playing for Barca? It was incredible.

As you're growing up, it's odd, because directors don't expect you to grow up. They think you'll be young forever, but as an actor, there is an awkward period when you're too young for old or too old for young, and it can be an odd time.

As a kid I was very conscious of trying to be functional and not be too odd.

I started acting pretty young, so I haven't had too many odd jobs. But I used to sell candy out of my locker in middle school.

It's called 'Odd Boy Out' because as I was writing it I realized I was a bit of an oddity as a child.

When you're young, oddly enough, you're more afraid, more conservative about what it is you have.

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.

When I was younger, I was thinking of ways I could get respect so people wouldn't bother me. I was down for whatever. I ended up going to juvenile hall, facing a good amount of time for a first-time offense.

I always try to play hard as possible to help my team - it doesn't matter if it's on defense or offense. I would say when I was young I was playing like that, too.

The only problem that I had in my younger years and in college was not knowing if I had the confidence on the offensive side to just take over.

I got to know Peyton Manning when he was a high school junior and I was the offensive coordinator at Mississippi State.

When I was younger, I initially hated football because they put me on the offensive line because I was the biggest kid.

I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself.