Young Quotes

"So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a regular basis. We know that these people are famous. They're living in the same community as we live in. They go to the same stores and shops"

Ed Smith

"You could not receive a young man in your room; you might be permitted to have him to tea in one of the public reception rooms, but you could accept no invitation from young men to tea or other entertainment without a chaperone from the College"

Dora Russell, Celebrity

"Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation"

Dora Russell, Celebrity

"Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members"

Pearl S. Buck, Novelist

"It well becomes a young man to be modest"

Plautus, Playwright

"I think Michael Crawford realised, I think we all realised, once we'd gone the route of casting a very young girl, you can't really cast a 65 year old man opposite. Slightly different resonance I think. No, we weren't going to go there. We'd have Jack Nicholson in the lead"

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer

"And the young people in the 1960's identified with it immediately, because, I guess the young people had been having years of repression really. They felt that the, you know, after the war everything was very austere, particularly in Europe"

George Martin, Producer

"A youthful American voice isn't particularly challenging - I've been a young American, and they're all around me. I can walk from my house to Barrington High School"

Gene Wolfe, Writer

"All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career goes by very quickly"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"I am not young enough to know everything"

James M. Barrie, Playwright

"Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily"

Thomas Szasz, Psychologist

"Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact"

Uwe Boll, Director

"This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers"

Clara Barton, Public Servant

"And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation"

Michelle Obama, First Lady

"Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went"

Omar Khayyam, Poet

"Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing"

G. M. Trevelyan, Historian

"I think retirement's for old people. I'm still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine years old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up. I'm enjoying my life and I want to stick around for as long as I can"

Harrison Ford, Actor

"Nothing is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life. The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. But the love of the old for the old, that is the beginning of things longer"

Jerome K. Jerome, Author

"It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women"

Louisa May Alcott, Novelist

"Oh, I started out young. They handed me a cotton sack when I was about 8 years old. Give me a little small one, tell me to fill it up. I never did like the farm but I was out there with my grandmother, didn't want to get away from around her too far"

Muddy Waters, Musician

"I never went to college when I was young and am looking forward to giving it a try... at age 65!"

Martin Sheen, Actor

"One likes to think one grows as a writer as one ages, else all you get is an "old" young writer. Beyond that is the changing landscape of the universe and the stories I choose to tell"

Raymond E. Feist, Author

"It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young"

Konrad Lorenz, Scientist

"But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to play"

Buddy Rich, Musician

"Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture - in the music, the bands, the books, the fashions, and the way in which the young adult community develops its own language"

Margaret Mahy, Author

"In fact, I really didn't get enthused about his Secretary of State race until I attended a couple of his rallies and found out there were a bunch of young folks that there were a bunch of young folks that he had been able to recruit on his own"

Birch Bayh, Politician

"I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it"

Francis Ford Coppola, Director

"Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet. This enables young people to grow up learning how to steal"

Suzanne Fields

"I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple"

Sheryl Sandberg, Businessman

"I don't feel like a star; I never have. I don't feel like a star; I never have. I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself"

Shawn Johnson, Athlete

"The first two pictures I did, I played a young student in prep school. When I did Lifeguard, everyone was saying, You're so Southern California. It was a surprise to me"

Parker Stevenson, Actor

"I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in"

George McGovern, Politician

"I really learned the power of the tube on Sesame Street and how it can influence a very young mind"

Ruth Buzzi, Actress

"You can say that Wayne Coyne sounds like Neil Young"

Mike Lowry, Politician

"Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to have a bike"

James Cagney, Actor

"Well, I took a sabbatical. I walked away from shooting movies because I couldn't handle the travel. I'm a single parent. I had young kids, and I found that keeping in touch with them from hotel rooms and airports wasn't working for me. So I stopped"

Rick Moranis, Actor

"I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer"

Jimmy Smits, Actor

"Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process by which young men are trained to become members of the scientific profession"

Michael Polanyi, Scientist

"I think it's even harder because I think as always, Hollywood is sort of glamour central for the world, and the entire world looks to it for not only entertainment, but the whole idea of the youth factor and youth being sold to our culture via young actors and actresses"

Anthony Michael Hall, Actor

"Interestingly, young people don't come to you for advice. Especially the ones who are related to you"

Meryl Streep, Actress

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