Young Quotes

"I want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy"

"I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned"

Lucy Stone, Activist

"A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on"

William McFee, Writer

"Many have gone on to do important scientific work but all remember those wonderful times when we and our science were young and our excitement in meeting new challenges knew no bounds"

Sydney Brenner, Scientist

"In 1995, I founded The Molecular Sciences Institute with a gift from the Philip Morris Company where I hoped that we could create an environment where young people could pursue science in an atmosphere of harmonious purpose and high intellectual challenge"

Sydney Brenner, Scientist

"Large parties given to very young children... foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress and display which is very repulsive in the character of a child"

Susanna Moodie, Author

"The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active"

Rafer Johnson, Athlete

"Being around all the great names of the game at a young age because they were my heroes; the fact this meant so much to Canada. It was just an incredible thing to be a part of"

Marcel Dionne, Athlete

"The Nixon years were trying. They honed my judgment for everything I did later on. The experience also illustrated for me the importance of training young lawyers properly"

Fred F. Fielding, Lawyer

"Maybe our young people are not as vacuous as we would like to lead ourselves to believe - that all they're interested in is hairdos and looking at other beautiful people. Maybe they're interested in learning something"

David James Elliott, Actor

"I didn't know who was on the team, but I saw every eye as I walked down the aisle. It looked like a thousand eyes were staring right at me saying, 'Who is this young punk?' I just kept my eyes straight ahead"

Al Kaline, Athlete

"When I see these young girls who are dreaming the dream that I'm living, it's very very exciting and it puts a big smile on my face"

Sue Wicks, Athlete

"The Brigham Young University (BYU) campus was just a few blocks from my home and tuition was minimal"

Paul D. Boyer, Scientist

"If there was one thing I'd like to teach young women, it would be that you can eat and still be fit and lean"

Torrie Wilson, Celebrity

"I've been with this young lady for about two years now, and my life changed. I don't even think that way no more. I feel good, too, that I'm changed. Now I feel regular. I feel like I'm supposed to"

Mike Epps, Comedian

"Over the tops of it, beginning to dusk under a young white moon, trailed a wavering ghost of smoke, and at the end of it I came upon the Pocket Hunter making a dry camp in the friendly scrub"

Mary Austin, Writer

"When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon"

Marc Maron, Entertainer

"A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation"

Wynton Marsalis, Musician

"The glory of the old Irish nation, which in our hour will grow young and strong again. Should we fail, the country will not be worth more than it is now. The sword of famine is less sparing than the bayonet of the soldier"

Thomas F. Meagher

"I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis"

Phil Collins, Musician

"I harbored a lot of resentment as a teenager and as a young adult. I still have a problem with authority, I'm trying to listen!"

Nikki Sixx, Musician

"Epidemics historically have tended to kill the very young and the very old, but AIDS is different: Those ages 20 to 40 are most affected, which means that so far over 12 million African children have been orphaned because of AIDS"

Marvin Olasky, Educator

"Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do"

Judd Nelson, Actor

"I really took filmmaking very seriously... It was an honor and then a crutch also, because at a young age, I was like, I guess I'm a serious filmmaker. I never set out to be a serious filmmaker. I just set out to make movies"

John Singleton, Director

"It was amazing that a play that seems dated in this world... A man whose best friend is a six-foot white rabbit... But it caught on, especially with young people - they surprised me most of all"

James Stewart, Actor

"It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball"

Jack Buck, Celebrity

"There is a number among us, young and old, of all sorts almost among us, that swarm up and down towns, and woods, and fields, whose care and work hitherto hath been like bees, only to get honey to their own hive"

Thomas Shepard, Clergyman

"So that would be a classic mixed message to young women: you should look a certain way that's going to destroy your reproductive system and your sexual appetite, but at the same time, you should be interested in sex!"

Susie Bright, Writer

"I've been around young, talented, non-coachable players. I've been around veteran, talented, non-coachable players. No matter what you do, sooner or later - even if a coach comes in that's able to connect with them - if that's who they are, they're going to go back to it"

Scott Brooks, Coach

"This land, this water, this air, this planet - this is our legacy to our young"

Paul Tsongas, Politician

"Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure"

Pat Riley, Coach

"I've always wanted to stay involved with young people. I never bought into the idea that entertainers owe nothing to their audience except a good performance"

Pat Boone, Musician

"When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs"

Otis Blackwell, Musician

"Everybody hangs out with everybody, which is very strange for a cast this large and this young. We're all cool and down to earth and not caught up in this maniacal business at all... . Everybody really, really likes everybody else"

Lizzy Caplan, Actress

"Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things"

Joshua Lederberg, Scientist

"Young people in my generation were sort of in lockstep, and it wasn't just the '40s, either. In the '30s and in the '50s it was the same. No one ever dropped out unless he got sick or got kicked out"

John Knowles, Novelist

"I'm very interested, for instance, in music in education - getting young people not only to listen to, but participate in the music that I write. I consider this one of the most vital aspects of my work"

Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer

"Always keep learning. It keeps you young"

Patty Berg, Athlete

"How do I explain Neil Young? Great question! I explain Neil Young as, I would kill to see his acoustic shows"

Bob Mould, Musician

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