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Quotes About Young

Join a company of young men and women who have made a covenant by sacrifice to turn a nation through united massive fasting and prayer.
~ Lou Engle
I saw young Harry, with his beaver on.
~ William Shakespeare
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,But to be young was very heaven!
~ William Wordsworth
We'll talk of sunshine and of song, And summer days, when we were young; Sweet childish days, that were as long As twenty days are now.
~ William Wordsworth
In the 1970s and 1980s there was so little decent fiction for young people, but we're now in a golden age that shows no sign of fading. Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Lemony Snicket are only three of the best known among a good number of equals.
~ David Mitchell
Look for young men and women who can one day lead your agency. Is there any way of predicting the capacity to lead? The only way I know is to look at their college records. If they were leaders between the ages of 18 and 22, the odds are that they will emerge as leaders in middle life. Make
~ David Ogilvy
Drugs pervade every college campus in America, and every city, so a young adult must learn to live among them.
~ David Sheff
The Queen peered down at Jack and mused, "Aren't you a little young to be in my Royal Air Force?
~ David Walliams
English teachers, workshops, and myths try to make writers slow down. We are the ONLY ART on the planet that tells young artists to not practice and do less to get better. Head-shaking in its stupidity. And new writers buy into that.
~ Dean Wesley Smith
What in the name of Satan's arsehole is that?" he demanded. "The genitals of a very healthy young man," I told him, waving the phallus-shaped lamp.
~ Deanna Raybourn
fixed upon the stones at her feet. "Yes, I see it. We will be happy to take her into our care. I will write within the week to let you know how we get on. She looks young and healthy enough. I am certain she will respond well to treatment." Stoker started forward, clearly about to protest, but J. J. flashed him a warning look as I put a hand to restrain him.
~ Deanna Raybourn
Learning is the ecstasy of life which keeps our hearts young and our minds sharp.
~ Debasish Mridha
It was becoming increasingly important for these young missionaries to know every available fact about the Aucas. They read the reports of the Shell Oil Company and talked to anyone who had ever had any contact with the Aucas.
~ Elisabeth Elliot
There are only three kinds of Irishmen who can't understand women. Young men, old men and men of middle age.
~ Elizabeth Berg
Home is the best place to teach young men and women about God's kind of love.
~ Elizabeth George
Yes, I do think William is serious. But you don't need to be worried, dear. No one is going to hurry you, least of all William himself. He is a very fine young man. Of course you feel like strangers now. But I think you'll find sufficient to talk about before long.
~ Elizabeth George Speare
But I don't know how much more socializing I can do, Felipe. I only have the one dress. People will start to notice that I'm wearing the same thing all the time. You're young and beautiful, darling. You only need the one dress
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
I'll tell you something, Vivian. I have no regrets. When I was a young girl, I honestly believed that a life spent in the theater would be nothing but fun. And God help me, kiddo—it was.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
This scene would have been even more awkward than it sounds, except that eventually I got distracted by my own reflection in the train window, and that kept me busy for a good long while. (Forgive me, Angela, but being captivated by your own appearance is part of what it means to be a young and pretty girl.)
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
If you know anything about the friendships of young girls, you will know that there is always one person playing the part of the handmaiden, anyhow. Celia demanded
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Poetry,' I continued, 'is too sensational for young minds.
~ Elizabeth Peters
Thanks to you, the leaders of the University branch—Masters Greenleaf and Smith—are safely out of harm's way. As to the Northern branch—well, my agent currently describes it as an association of young men, young and unmarried, who gather in the woods from time to time to celebrate elaborate rituals that draw equally from local folklore and a youthful taste for mysticism and indiscriminate copulation. We're watching them closely.
~ Ellen Kushner
The ideal woman, a kind of faithful slave, who administers without a word of complaint and certainly no payment, who speaks only when spoken to and is a jolly good chap. But a revolution is on the way, all over the country young girls are starting and shaking and if they terrify you they mean to
~ Ali Smith
Excuse me, miss, but the young gentlemen say that you cannot get smoke without the boom, and they would like your advice on how to proceed.
~ Ally Carter