Quotes About Growing up

Son, you outgrew my lap, but never my heart.

We all grew up before we were grown up.

The straining of dreams against the fabric of reality. Growing up meant burying possibilities, one after another.

I'd had to grow up pretty quickly, and going back to drama school gave me a chance to be with people my own age and do normal things, like going to a pub on a Friday night and just hanging out.

It's not an easy matter to grow up in the public eye.

When you are a child, your father is God to you. Then, as you grow up, you have different gods. You change. But does it really matter? All of the roads lead to the same place, and if you are going in the right direction, it doesn't matter what you are taking - a jet plane or a cart pulled by a donkey.

My older brother used to punch me all the time because I was a nerd.

I actually started modeling in Ethiopia, because that's where I grew up, and I started out by just doing little fashion shows for school, and I liked it so much that I started pursuing it.

I love my Disney fans. A lot of the kids want to grow up and push away from that image, but I don't feel that way at all.

Growing up, my religious identity was primarily one of confusion. Nothing was pushed on me; nothing was overtly offered.

Growing up, I was a Detroit Pistons fan, being from Flint. During not the Bad Boys but Chauncey Billups and Ben Wallace era, and growing up, I always wanted to be a Piston.

While growing up, I always had to depend on foreign authors for page-turners. I think of myself as a commercial writer, and my job is simple to entertain you.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

I grew up on the commercial film format. I have grown up all my life watching films and they have all been mainstream commercial cinema.

I am the fourth of five children, and I can't remember a time with no babies in the house.

I'm not much of a baby freak - I like them when they're older.

As for my father, I developed a friendly equation with him once I grew up. He has seen 'BTC' and has loved it.

I was always so excited for the team event in speedskating. And I think that had to do a lot with growing up playing baseball and the amount of friendships and bonds that I created.

It still feels like I am just playing with my mates a lot of the time. A lot of us in the England team have grown up playing cricket together and formed very close friendships, which makes the dressing room a very enjoyable place to be.

I think I was a bit frightened of having to be a grownup and tried to put that off for as long as I could.

Youth is a circumstance you can't do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.

There's no use asking more questions. If you ask a question they tell you it's a mystery, you'll understand when you grow up, be a good boy, ask your mother, ask your father, for the love o' Jesus leave me alone, go out and play.

I've grown up with an active outdoor lifestyle. Before I lived in Australia, I ran a construction company in Oregon, U.S.A. I also owned horses and would spend several weeks a year exploring Oregon's beautiful wilderness areas on horseback.

For me, Robbie Williams was a massive influence when I was growing up. But also Cheryl Cole. Being in her presence was intimidating, because she's so hot.