Quotes About Youth

And so I fell devoutly asleep and slept a long time, because young people seem to need sleep more than the old, who have already slept so much and are preparing to sleep for all eternity.

I started acting when I was seven-years-old. By the time I was 17 I would say: "If I'm not a star by the time I'm 18, I'll get out of the business."

I moved out at 18. I always studied classes and trained a lot, you know. I think nowadays is such a different time because there's so many channels promoting the celebrity aspect of things.

A certain group of adolescents evidence clear "druggie" behavior and attributes some time before they actually begin drug use.

Few can remember clearly when innocence came to a sudden end, the moment at which we ask for the first time: Am I loved?

I'm only twenty-five. If I've made a mistake I have time to correct it.

I came late to galleries. A lot of people my age started their careers younger, so I was spared seeing that side for a long time.

Come forth, old man,--thy daughter's side Is now the fitting place for thee: When time has quell'd the oak's bold pride, The youthful tendril yet may hide, The ruins of the parent tree.

I train as hard as I can every time I train and I do extra training every day and I've done that since I was a young boy.

Certainly, for time out of mind, an obsessive dwelling on happier former days has been synonymous with getting older, while it was the juvenescent who rushed with open arms to embrace the future.

Such, such were the joys When we all, girls and boys, In our youth time were seen On the Echoing Green.

Anticipated rents, and bills unpaid, Force many a shining youth into the shade, Not to redeem his time, but his estate, And play the fool, but at the cheaper rate.

How can the moribund old man reason back to himself the romance, the mystery, the imminence of great things with which our old earth tingled for him in the days when he was young and well?

The young man who has the combination of the learning of books with the learning which comes of doing things with the hands need not worry about getting along in the world today, or at any time.

My glass shall not persuade me I am old, So long as youth and thou are of one date; But when in thee time's furrows I behold, Then look I death my days should expiate.

Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth And delves the parallels in beauty's brow.

That's not to say I came from the streets or anything - most of the time I was on my grandmother's back porch. I was kept in a constant state of amniotic fluid.

I remember there was a little organ which I'd tap my fingers on all the time. My interest in the instrument was so obvious, one day I got home from school and there was a real piano in my bedroom.

Every time I go to big events, it's a trip. I feel like that kid who shouldn't really be there.

First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.

Eleven would have been the best time. Eleven is just about the best age for almost everything.

I never paid much attention to being Jewish when I was a kid. In fact, I'd say my religion was more surfing than Judaism - that's what I spent most of my time doing.

You never forget the discovery years. First kisses. The first time you try certain foods.

I grew up extremely fast. I was racing at the age of five. I was racing on a semi-national level by the time I was 16. It makes you grow up fast.