Teenager Quotes - page 11

I always make this joke that I know you were expecting to see the big skirts and the hoops. But that was a long time ago. Artists aren't always seen as real people. If you start out as a teenager, sometimes people want to keep you locked as that. But I'm a woman now. (Jody Watley)
The important thing to know is that life will always deal us a few bad cards, but we have to play those cards the best we can. And we can play to win. This was one lesson I picked up when I was a teenager. It has been my guiding principle ever since. When I wanted something, the best person to depend on was myself. View quote
John Gokongwei
I came in the Dawson's Creek era; it was all about tiny guys who looked like teenagers, and I haven't looked like a teenager ever. So I was, like, auditioning to be their dads. At 25. View quote
Jon Hamm
Also, when you think about a show that you used to watch as a kid or as a teenager, you look at it through sort of rose colored glasses when you remember it. View quote
Jordana Brewster
Since I was a teenager, I wanted to be in a band with my mates: my pure image of a band. View quote
Josh Klinghoffer
As a teenager, I increasingly had questions about religion to which I found no good answers. View quote
Julian Baggini
The acting was first. As a teenager I was an actress; and then I came back as a singer. View quote
Julie London
I'm more selective now I've got a family. I don't want to work all the time. My daughter's 12; I don't want to miss out on her life. Soon she'll be a teenager; she won't want me around. View quote
Julie Walters
I was a weird teenager. My mother was actually worried because I didn't have any interest in dating in my teenage years. I had all this desire to pursue my passions like ballet, then sailing, then music, so I didn't have any emptiness to fill. View quote
Kiesza
As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed. View quote
Kristi Yamaguchi
I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel. (Kristin Scott Thomas)
I was signed when I was 19 years old, in 1980. I went to Germany and France. Seeing the world at that time was just an awesome experience for a teenager. View quote
Kurtis Blow
As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto. View quote
Karen Finerman
I'm not too secure about my looks. They can always change. I was heavy and overweight as a teenager, so it's hard to be cocky or egotistical. View quote
Lorenzo Lamas
I was kind of ashamed of my bourgeois family as a teenager, I guess - I had dreadlocks, shopped in thrift stores and pretended I had no money. At that time, I would have spat on a girl who was buying Yves Saint Laurent. View quote
Lou Doillon
I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country. View quote
Laura Bell Bundy
I took some voice lessons here and there as a teenager but nothing too serious. I started taking it more seriously when I was in Miss Saigon. I needed to improve my technique in order to survive doing that show as many time a week as I was doing it. It's not an easy show to sing, so I needed all the help I could get. View quote
Lea Salonga
As a teenager I was clinically depressed. Although I had lots of friends, I found those years very difficult. View quote
Lena Headey
I want to show that I'm a real teenager, not some fantasized Hollywood kid. View quote
Mark Indelicato
I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent. View quote
Madeleine Peyroux
Being a teenager is hard. (Mae Whitman)
Do you know what a showmance is? It is like being at a summer camp when you're a teenager. You spend summertime away from your home. When you spend three months very closely with someone at a particular place, it is like a summer love. You have no choice but to get involved with that person. View quote
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
When I was a teenager, my parents made me take a part-time job at the local Black Eyed Pea, which was a home-cooked-food family restaurant. View quote
Ashley Jones
I thought twenty was pretty scary, like, not being able to call myself a teenager anymore, and feeling like an adult - that kind of made me nervous. View quote
Adam Lamberg
As a teenager, I developed a great interest in not only horse breeding but also horse racing and used to bet based on red-hot tips. I realized that becoming a bookmaker would be very lucrative, but Dad put his foot down, saying it was an inappropriate career. View quote
Cyrus S. Poonawalla