Quotes About Growth

The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we are outgrowing, or trying to reshape

Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.

The only laws are paradox, humor and change.

I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids.

Because there's no way on earth she's going to make it through college unless she grows some serious ovaries and turns this train wreck around

Can human beings change? The humor, and the sadness, of remarriage comedies can be said to result from the fact that we have no good answer to that question.

If you didn't have me to rake you over the coals now and then, there wouldn't be any fire in your life at all.

She had been a teenager once, and she knew that, despite the apparent contradictions, a person's teenage years lasted well into their fifties.

I think there is some methodology in my travels.

As you meditate, you'll develop a sense of humor so that you can laugh at yourself, which you need to do in this world.

I was an only child, eventually.

I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I'm an American - you know, you grow.

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

I didn't fail the test. I just found 100 different ways to do it wrong.

Just remember, when you're over the hill, you begin to pick up speed.

Wisdom of the Ages: "Humility" If you don't have it, you're gonna get it.

I'm not 17 anymore. I still have some of the same sort of anger, but I have a sense of humor about it... a sense of being constructive with that anger.

You're not a book person. And now you're not an internet person? What does that leave you?

I am astounded at how long it takes to discover... for the first time, the things I have learned... over and over again all my life.

Before I came here, I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture, I am still confused -- but on a higher level.

Big changes could come quickly, and he wondered what else might happen to his heart while he wasn't paying attention.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree......unless that tree's growing on top of a hill.

My mind is like clay, but thank goodness God knows how to mold it!

Eventually, you're gonna have to let someone in.