Growing Quotes - page 14

I was a total nerd growing up. I'd rather sit home and read a novel on New Year's Eve and say, 'Wow, I read the whole thing in one night!' That was my idea of a big time. (Beth Broderick)
Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was constantly trying to avoid it. View quote
Beth Ditto
We can go back to economic plans that are only designed to benefit the wealthiest among us, like Mitt Romney. Or we can keep moving forward with President Obama's vision for a growing economy that works for middle-class families in North Carolina and all across the country. For me, for North Carolina and for America, it's an easy choice. View quote
Bev Perdue
I'm from the Midwest, and I loved my family. I had a very good time as a child, but I was also - I have a theory about Jews growing up in the Midwest, that there is an ultimately sort of wonderful avoidance of a lot of things, and a great acceptance of whatever is happening. View quote
Bob Balaban
Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong. View quote
Bob Ehrlich
Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater. View quote
Bobby Cannavale
You learn if you mind stay open. And once you can't learn no more, your mind must be closed. Life goes on and you keep growing, you know? View quote
Bobby Womack
I sang a lot growing up; I always loved music. View quote
Brian d'Arcy James
I know how I felt when I saw things like 'Fame' on television when I was growing up and how that was an exceptional magnet for me to want to explore the theater. I can only assume that 'Smash' is doing that for anyone who is halfway interested in theater already. View quote
Brian d'Arcy James
When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men. View quote
Bruce Beresford
L.A. Woman is amazing, but when I was growing up I was into the Who. (Bruce McCulloch)
Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row. View quote
Caitlin Rose
The only thing that I know is that, growing up, I came across stumbling blocks, and I always said to myself, 'If I ever get into a position to do something about this, I would like to, so that somebody does not deal with what I went through. View quote
Chandra Wilson
I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive about what's affecting you instead of trying to sing about a subject just for the sake of other people getting something from it. View quote
Chantal Kreviazuk
I would love to write something that people would still read 50 or 100 years from now. That comes with growing older, I think. View quote
Charles Kuralt
One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing. View quote
Chesley Sullenberger
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. View quote
Chili Davis
It's so funny how my name has always been such a big deal. When I was growing up, my family was always moving. I had to meet new people all the time. And they'd laugh. View quote
Calista Flockhart
I learned how to sign because when I was growing up in California in order to get into college you needed two semesters of language to get into a University of California school. View quote
Camryn Manheim
I still call Texas home. It is where I spent most of my life growing up. View quote
Candace Kita
When you were growing up, your mom and dad told you to look both ways before crossing the street or not to get into a car with a stranger. It's the same with the Internet. We have a big responsibility and a huge role in bringing all the stakeholders to the table - users, parents, educators, law enforcement, government organisations. (Chris DeWolfe)
For me personally, I have a fear of, 'If I stop, I'm going to die.' If I stop doing the things that are enriching to me or creatively exciting to me or if I stop creating, then I feel stagnant. If something isn't growing, it's dying. View quote
Chris Hardwick
I think I had kind of an advantage. When I was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail and he had a great record collection. He had - it was all - these were the songs. So I heard a lot of these songs, like, my whole life, so for me it was easy. I already knew what I was going to sing. View quote
Chris Isaak
I felt like a dork growing up so this is shocking. View quote
Christina Milian
There were a lot of bad feelings when Lindsey first left the band. But there's been a lot of healing going on, growing up, maturing. The bond is a great deal stronger than what we first thought. View quote
Christine McVie