Quotes About Youth

I think Beyonce working to really empower and show the grace and beauty and intelligence in young black women is really beautiful.

I swam for the county when I was 12. You wouldn't think it to look at me now, but I'm as graceful as a seal.

Some people age gracefully, some people don't.

I knew school was stupid since the fifth grade.

When I was in fifth grade, I got bullied really nastily about my appearance.

I was a class clown since second grade.

My brother's been cutting my hair since I was in 7th grade.

It's a little crazy. Last year, I was in seventh grade, and we were the babies at the school - 'cause my middle school's eighth grade and seventh grade - and now I'm eighth grade, and all these new students have come in, and they're all like, 'Oh my gosh! Darci Lynne!'

At the fourth grade level, girls at the same percentages of boys say they're interested in careers in engineering or math or astrophysics, but by eighth grade that has dropped precipitously.

My wife and I started dating in 11th grade.

I feel like you learn how to do school in second grade through fifth grade. During those years, I was never home.

I started playing drums in the 4th grade.

When I played 'Annie' in the seventh grade, I knew from then on that I wanted to be an actor.

Mr. Olsen in the fifth grade made me want to be a writer. He said, 'Chuck, you do this really well. And this is much better than setting fires, so keep it up.' That made me a writer.

The first time I can remember thinking that I would like to be a writer came in sixth grade, when our teacher Mrs. Crandall gave us an extended period of time to write a long story. I loved doing it. I started working seriously at becoming a writer when I was seventeen.

I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade.

I discovered the theater when I was in the first grade.

I've played this game since I was in second grade, and there's nothing more important to me than playing football.

I knew I wanted to be an actor in first grade.

I saw a lot of movies that I probably shouldn't have seen. I saw 'Dog Day Afternoon' when I was in first grade - that kind of thing.

I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.

I got a .30-30 for Christmas in the seventh grade. It wasn't what I asked for, by the way.

I think I was in 10th or 11th grade before I ever read a book for pleasure.

Around seventh grade, I got a guitar and forgot everything else.