Quotes About Youth

That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment.

I was pretty entrepreneurial as a kid. I had a lemonade stand. When I was 12, I arbitraged the price of 7-Eleven hot dogs; I'd buy the ones that are pre-wrapped with the bun and then sell them on the beach.

I think I missed out on so many good experiences - maybe priceless experiences - playing with my friends when I was growing up.

When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.

I take pride in the fact that a lot of little kids dig what I do.

From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.

A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was.

I thought every other kid was like me. I'd watch films and act them out on my own and wish I could be one of the actresses. When I saw 'Pride And Prejudice,' the one with Colin Firth, I just absolutely knew that was what I wanted to do, and for 'Cranford' to be my first job was poetic, really.

Every kid that goes to Catholic school believes he's going to be a priest one day.

Compared to what some of the young comics use for material today, I'm a priest.

I wanted to be all sorts of things. I went through phases. I wanted to be a doctor, I wanted to be a lawyer. For a little while I wanted to be a priest, which my dad wasn't very happy about.

I did think of becoming a priest quite late on, when other boys were thinking of knocking over fences and going out with girls. I would have made a very good bishop: nice housekeeper, nice clothes - god, the clothes.

When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest.

I wanted to be a priest when I was really young.

There were a lot of things I thought of doing as I was growing up, from becoming a singer to a priest to a pilot.

Football is in a guy's DNA. A primal thing. You should play it so you can talk about the glory days when you get older and drink Bud with the guys from the office. Get it done when you're young, while you have the chance.

I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three years, and I felt the pressure of being a little behind - although I was just 22.

I did stand-up for a good number of years while I was still living in New York, and those people primarily knew me as 'the kid stand-up.'

I think it's important that we as athletes do whatever we can to help kids, primarily helping kids of color.

Everybody should be interested in access to primary and secondary education for everybody.

Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.

When I come to schools like Norton Primary Academy and meet children who have their lives and careers before them, I hope in some small way that I can inspire them to do better by sharing my own story with them and telling them never to give up on their dreams.

The primary aim of our schools should be to help children grow into happy, healthy and confident adults, equipped with the skills to achieve their goals in life and work.

My first day at Duddingston Primary is probably my first memory.