Young Quotes

"It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool"

Harold MacMillan, Politician

"The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too"

Louise Brown, Celebrity

"We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not a surprise that all of us are in some form of the arts"

Spike Lee, Director

"When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible"

Dale Earnhardt, Celebrity

"May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin"

Sammy Davis, Jr., Entertainer

"The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as part of what they want to find in Britain"

Vivienne Westwood, Designer

"The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools"

Doug Larson, Cartoonist

"Sometimes people who get wealthy when they are very, very young, it's a curse to them. They don't realize it"

Kato Kaelin, Celebrity

"Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful, we are always young and at last die in youth even when in years would count as old"

Tryon Edwards, Theologian

"When you're very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesn't connect to anything"

Norton Juster, Architect

"I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"And of course I've got kids of my own now, and they love me being in the Harry Potter films. I'm now part of a phenomenon. You become incredibly cool to your kids, and you get a young fan base. So you became the cool dad at school. You're suddenly hip"

Gary Oldman, Actor

"A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest"

Philip Stanhope, Statesman

"I was probably 35 when I wrote the first story. The voice is kind of a mix in that it has a young voice, but it's also someone who's looking back. I like that kind of double vision"

Denis Johnson, Writer

"Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?"

Anne Frank, Writer

"A treatment method or an educational method that will work for one child may not work for another child. The one common denominator for all of the young children is that early intervention does work, and it seems to improve the prognosis"

Temple Grandin, Educator

"The only thing I can say to young painters is that they should just continue painting no matter what. Because it's not about success or money. It's about following the path you believe in"

Odd Nerdrum, Painter

"I think it's really important to promote positive body image, especially with young girls"

Kesha, Musician

"I always felt like I was living someone else's life. I was just a young girl from a small town in Germany, and suddenly I was thrown into this world of fame and fortune"

Priscilla Presley, Actress

"It's really important that young women be reminded that their involvement matters and that their voice is heard"

Meghan Markle, Actress

"Cooking today is a young man's game, I don't give a bollocks what anyone says"

Gordon Ramsay, Chef

"We must invest in education, research and innovation to unleash the potential of our young people and build a brighter future for all"

Abdullah Gul, President

"I always advise people - Don't wait! Do something when you are young, when you have nothing to lose, and keep that in mind"

Mary Barra, Businesswoman

"Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did"

Clyde Tombaugh, Scientist

"It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created"

Bruce Beresford, Director

"The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music"

Zac Hanson, Musician

"That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful"

Sherwood Anderson, Writer

"I think the biggest problem in the world is that we have a generation of young people, and maybe two, who don't think it's going to get any better"

John Denver, Musician

"In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old"

John C. Hawkes, Novelist

"Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net"

Franklin P. Adams, Journalist

"The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel"

John Glenn, Astronaut

"I was just thinking of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe and how young they were when they died. I would like to be a pop icon who survives. I would like to be a living icon"

John Travolta, Actor

"People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That stuff's old, right?"

Avril Lavigne, Musician

"I've been to a number of places and seen for myself the caliber of people who are in the Navy today - in all the services for that matter. This is an altogether different bunch. These people of today are really bright, young, good people"

Ernest Borgnine, Actor

"While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom"

Samuel Dash, Lawyer

"Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves"

Robert Southey, Poet

"Most of my mail comes from young people"

Richard Wilson, Actor

"When I was young, I had one of those Yamaha drum machines, and I used to practice to that quite a bit, just to practice soloing and being in time and completing all my phrases"

John Otto, Musician

"Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual"

Haruki Murakami, Writer

"When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he makes her young again"

Leon Blum, Politician

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