20s Quotes - page 4

In my 20s, I railed against anything 'spiritual'; I thought it was all crap. (Alice Sebold)
When I was in my 20s, I felt guilty if I didn't exercise - now I feel guilty if I do. It's time I could be spending with my family. View quote
Ivanka Trump
There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now. View quote
Candace Bushnell
I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s. View quote
Kim Cattrall
I've only read three books by Stephen King. When I was 10 I read 'The Long Walk,' one of his pseudonymous Bachman books. In my early 20s, while trapped on a family vacation, I read 'The Dark Half,' which taught me a word I have never forgotten: psychopomp. Now I have read '11/22/63.' View quote
Lev Grossman
When I was in my early 20s, my dream was to write mystery novels. I wanted to do what my favourite crime writer, Ross Macdonald, did - crank out a book a year. The only problem - and it was a considerable one - was that I stank. View quote
Linwood Barclay
Germany's hierarchical reverence for seniority may have something to do with the fact that everything here happens relatively late. Germans start school at six, graduate in their late 20s, and get their first proper jobs in their 30s. Adolescence can go on a long time. It is rare for anyone to achieve responsibility before their 50s. View quote
Luke Harding
The leading cause of death for girls 15 to 19 worldwide is not accident or violence or disease; it is complications from pregnancy. Girls under 15 are up to five times as likely to die while having children than are women in their 20s, and their babies are more likely to die as well. View quote
Nancy Gibbs
I definitely would never go back to my 20s. The best is yet to come. View quote
Celine Dion
I always loved singing and writing poetry. I always loved music, and I've loved writing my whole life. When I put them together it was probably in my early 20s, where I put words to music for the first time. View quote
Lisa Marie Presley
I was so disappointed at first [visiting the pyramids in Egypt, in her 20s], because they looked so small, but then when you approached them, they got so big. It's an amazing effect. (Isa Genzken)
During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted. View quote
Vidal Sassoon
In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that. View quote
Wallace Shawn
I bent my head over a stove in my early 20s and picked it up in my 30s. View quote
Alexandra Guarnaschelli
My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants in New York in the early '20s. My mother's family came over from Ireland generations ago. View quote
Alexis Denisof
If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'What's the party going on right now that I should be going to?' View quote
Aaron Levie
I don't think I'm unusual in that, in my 20s, like many people, I felt invincible. View quote
Amanda Lindhout
When I was in my 20s, I wanted to be tough. I discovered that I didn't want to be the woman I was raised to be - a good, traditional wife. When I went out in the world to find a husband, I found that husbands weren't ready to accept the kind of woman I was going to be. View quote
Angeles Mastretta
The first person who ever told me that happiness was work was this manic-depressive artist I knew when I was in my 20s. I was like, 'What are you talking about? Happiness just happens. That's even the root of that word. How could it be work?' View quote
Ariel Gore
In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it. View quote
Adam Carolla
I don't think rock 'n roll is necessarily a young man's game. I think Neil Young is just as rock'n'roll now as he was in his 20s. I'd like to think we can still be edgy and challenging. (Adam Clayton)
I'm obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s. It's such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time. View quote
Aimee Bender
I was born to be married. I just feel comfortable there. I love the idea of being partnered for ever. I love my girlfriend, we've been best friends since I was 18. There's not a thing we haven't been through except for marriage... We've had talks about what we would name our kids since we were in our 20s. View quote
Beth Ditto
My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I couldn't play any kind of soft or mournful music with that so I took up the fiddle in my late 20s or early 30s - and that was far too late. But it keeps me off the streets. It has been a love of mine since I was 17 maybe. View quote
Brendan Gleeson
Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were ready to move on to a life of professional skating. View quote
Brian Boitano