Quotes About Youth

I spend a lot of time talking to young and emerging producers on Twitter, feeding back thoughts and encouraging them.

I would say to today's young minister, 'Be not afraid to give much time to solitary walks and meditation'.

I saw how, when my brother smoked reefer, it made my mother cry. He was 16 at the time. And I saw that she broke down and cried. I never wanted to hurt my mother, so I kept away from drugs.

The only enemy of innocence and beauty is time.

I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.

From the time I was 16 and I had my own checking account, you'd think most young women would run out and buy clothes. No, I ran out and got myself a psychiatrist!

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

Youth is the time when hearts are large, And stirring wars Appeal to the spirit which appeals in turn To the blade it draws.

I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I was educating myself during that time.

I guess maybe the only time I met George Wallace was when - at a boy scout meeting in Montgomery, and he met 10 or 15 of us from different areas. I'm not sure why I was there.

I used to write poems more when I was younger, but I haven't in a long time. I just write ideas and paragraphs and go from there.

It was really an exciting time trying to find my way from being a boy to becoming a man—being toe to toe and eye to eye with grown men, even though I was only 11 or 12.

When I was young, it was an exciting time to be in New York.

When I was young, I was very shy and quiet, because we moved all the time. My dad was in the Navy, so we moved every two years.

All the kids in the cast tell me they hated high school, but I had the best time. I guess I was one of the popular kids. I played soccer, I was class president—I even dated the homecoming queen.

With all the travelling and performing I've been doing, it's hard to find time to practice! But seriously, I probably did most of my practicing when I was younger.

I wish I had more guts when I was younger because then I would've said things to people's faces instead of just running away all the time.

My room is never clean. I play 'Guitar Hero' all the time and throw things around my room.

Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.

Gather kittens while you may, Time brings only sorrow; And the kittens of today; Will be old cats tomorrow.

Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.

Being a child is such a shining gift, yet we don't know how precious it is until it's worn out and gone away.

As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool clothes. I wanted to go there. Now, I guess I want to bring that with me and go back in time.

I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for 'Watch With Mother' on TV.