Quotes About Adulthood

I graduated in '91, so the '90s for me were very much the first years out of school, so I can't really look at that decade as independent of my own experience of my 20s, really.

I broke out of my shell once I graduated from high school and got into college in my first year.

I'm graduating and I'm 23 years old, so I can do whatever the hell I want.

I always thought I would move to New York after graduation, but, instead, I moved to Los Angeles. I realized I was more scared of that choice than I was of New York, and I thought, at 22, I should get it over with.

You know when I was a high school student I wasn't a very good student. Upon graduation we were asked if we would become a full working adult or go to university. I decided to go to film school and still to this day I try to avoid being a full working adult.

My maternal grandmother was the longest-lived of my grandparents. She migrated to Australia in her 80s and lived into her 90s. It was great that she got to be part of my adult life.

SpongeBob is a kid living an adult life. He has a job. Kids think being a fry cook is a great job.

I'm definitely not eager to grow up, but I do like some adult stuff.

People think about autism as something with kids. Well, those kids grow up.

You have to eventually grow up and take control of your life, which is very hard to do.

I think that liberals need to grow up.

We had to grow up very fast. There never was a day when there wasn't shouting about the bills.

You grow up a lot on set, but it doesn't change you.

It took me a long time to grow up.

You have to grow up, and you learn things along the way.

I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you.

I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.

I was married at 20 and had a baby by 21. I had to grow up fast. Luckily there were people who believed in me and there were always jobs when I needed one.

I had a real strong fantasy life as a kid. But then you grow up and think about real jobs.

What is it to be normal, at 12, at 78? What is it like when you can't grow up?

I think I may have to grow up without growing old. I think we're going to have to define differently what I'm going to be. We're going to have to define my growing up differently.

I've got some growing up to do.

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.