Quotes About Youth

I have memories of reading comics when I was in primary school, but that's about it.

I played cricket at primary school but hardly at all at high school. I was more of a footballer.

In primary school, I was bored witless by Australian history.

When I was younger and in primary school, I'd do maybe a film a year, and I had to adapt to being away from everyone for a couple of months.

At primary school, I thought I was George Best. Then I got to secondary school, and it was more serious.

Clearly, when I first started talking about the fact that I wanted to be an astronaut, I was in primary school, so people understand that we want to be all kinds of things then. It's not a big deal.

Jack Wilshere is a prime example of how things work. He went to Bolton and did really well, then he went back to Arsenal and really kicked on. It is something quite a few of the young boys look at and think, 'If he can do it, so can we.'

You know, around 14 or 15 I rebelled against Christianity pretty hardcore. I was reading a lot of other esoteric Eastern philosophy and getting into everything that wasn't dogmatic Christian. But I will say that it did kind of prime me for a more spiritual lifestyle. I didn't walk away with bitterness, even though there was some condemnation.

I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.

Brazilian boys as young as 14 and 15 are now based in Europe. They spend their best years in Europe and come back to Brazil when they are past their prime. This has destroyed local clubs and championships.

I did not do a romantic role in the prime of my youth.

There's a feeling of invincibility that comes with being young, with being fit and in the prime of your life. But I learned when I was in the Marines just like I've learned as a UFC fighter that no one is invincible, and that you have to project yourself at all times.

My childhood dream was to be prime minister.

When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.

I was really quite geeky at school. At one point, I wanted to be prime minister or a mathematician.

When the Congress was in power, the educated - especially the engineers - were jobless and they could not even sell pakodas and the UPA government could not bestow attention. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi created employment opportunities for the educated youth.

For me, the Parc des Princes is special, somewhere I'd go to spend my pocket money.

I went to Princeton High School when I was very serious about being an artist.

In 1992, when I was 16, I moved to the United States to start working on my Ph.D. at Princeton University in New Jersey.

When I became a principal at the Royal Ballet it was my childhood goal, a dream and I became it at 19. And then I said 'what's next?' and I set myself a different goal at 19 to become an actor.

I was in the final year of my English Literature degree at Hindu College, Delhi University, when I came to Mumbai. I liked the city and the sense of freedom - here, I wasnt a principals daughter anymore.

I have this overriding principle that streetwear could end up like disco: that it will be perceived well at the time but doesn't age well at all.

I'm trying to encourage my children's generation and the other ones coming to return to basic American principles.

My best days do seem like a distillation of all that was best about school. Write a story! Paint a picture! Write a poem! Make a print!