Quotes About Youth

All the young voters who flocked to Obama in droves grew up watching 'The Daily Show' and the 'Colbert Report.'

I think there's a disconnect between political leaders and young voters around a lot of things related to the private sector. For example, a lot of politicians continue to attack big banks. While I'm not a defender of big banks, my sense is younger voters have had generally pretty good experiences with banks.

After a two-term presidency, many young voters seem to want someone who is radically different from, even the opposite of, the commander in chief to whom they have become accustomed. After all, a two-term president will have led their nation for a significant percentage of their lives. That's boring. Isn't it time for a transformation?

Jeremy Corbyn has proved popular with young voters in part because he has promised an end to austerity.

Young voters may be growing up in an era of increased global connection, cooperation and commerce. But they're very open to politicians who tell them it is these very things that are keeping elites in power and keeping their generation down.

After the 2012 election, 'independent' becomes the popular choice among new young voters and stays that way with the exception of a brief spike around the 2016 Democratic primary fight.

We need candidates who are able to reach out to young voters, women voters.

My voters, my core audience, are young people in Russia, so I actually do what I need to have their support.

Many young people don't vote because they feel unwelcome and irrelevant, and that's the system's fault... As much as MTV tries to get them to vote, politicians don't include young voters because young voters don't donate money.

By the way, conversely, one thing I've learned in my career, beginning when I ran for mayor, is that a lot of older voters are among the most excited about a younger candidate. So, you know, I think somebody of any age can deliver a compelling message.

You've only got your 20s and 30s to secure a job; you'd better be established by your 30s.

I'd seen a play of 'Richard III' in Coventry when I was 15, which sowed the seeds that you could act for a living.

I wanted to write in film or something like that. I thought acting was an embarrassing thing to say you wanted to do, especially when you're young. It seemed really uncool.

I cannot forget the day when I gave the first screen test of my life. The film was Gulshan Rai's 'Trishul' and I was selected. I was just 16.

I'm 16, and I'm still self-conscious. Everyone is at this age.

I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you do.

When we were younger we were so confident. Then when we got flung into the industry we began to get self-conscious and started criticising ourselves because other people were doing it.

I was quite young when my dad went into politics but, as it went on, I became self-conscious about it.

It's important to let kids be themselves and to let them make mistakes. Self-discovery goes a long way.

When I was 19 years old, I came down with anorexia. I had it for about a year before it became public. And it had a lot to do with my self-esteem.

I was a kid who didn't have a lot of self-esteem.

I always felt too young and selfish to have children of my own.

It's so easy to be selfish in your 20s and not want to sacrifice.

When you're the younger guy, you're kind of only looking after yourself. Obviously you have to be a bit selfish in terms of what you're doing. But when you're the older guy you have to look out for the younger guys as well. If they're making mistakes, they need help, then you help them.