Young Quotes

"For the most ambitious young people, the corporate ladder is obsolete"

"And being away and not performing for a long time and really connecting with my audience for a long time, I have a great responsibility to myself and to them to do it exactly the way the process was when I was young"

Jackie DeShannon, Musician

"Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young poet, and the American, Robert Frost"

Anne Stevenson, Poet

"At that time a lot of young men didn't want to go to the war and kill. This guy that I fell in love with was one of those so he escaped to Canada and I followed him"

Ann Wilson, Musician

"I hope a great young Reagan will emerge"

Pat Boone, Musician

"When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?"

Naomi Klein, Journalist

"I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech"

Ahmed Ben Bella, Politician

"I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater. It was Judy Holliday. She had somehow fallen down the steps of the Village Vanguard, which still exists today"

Adolph Green, Playwright

"In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that"

Irwin Shaw, Novelist

"From the time I was very young, maybe five or six, I thought a lot about being an actress. I didn't tell my friends about my ambitions, though, especially when I got older, because I thought they would not receive them well. I never talked about what I wanted to do"

Louise Fletcher, Actress

"The highly motivated young people who comprise the backbone of our military force truly are taking their place as one of America's greatest generations"

Trent Lott, Politician

"I get a lot from all young people. I make movies for young people. If I made pictures for people my age, no one would see them. I hang with young people all the time"

Robert Evans, Director

"Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious"

Robert Blair

"My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age"

Toby Keith, Musician

"It's been fascinating watching all those pictures of me with a lot more hair Jeremy, and looking very young. And we've all got things we've said, twenty, thirty years ago, indeed the whole world has changed since then"

Peter Hain, Politician

"What we are effectively doing, I say this to the young people of America whom my colleagues represent, is leaving our children and grandchildren the tab for fighting a war, letting them pay for the lion's share of it by simply adding it to the national debt"

John Spratt, Politician

"They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women"

John O'Hara, Writer

"We're all idealistic when young"

Pat Oliphant, Cartoonist

"I'm not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world"

Sebastian Coe, Politician

"Without true medical liability reform, our doctors will continue to leave, and young doctors coming out of medical school $100,000 to $200,000 in debt will not be able to afford such onerous costs"

Jim Gerlach, Politician

"For a young band about to make a record, make sure you get the vocals right"

Jerry Harrison, Musician

"Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning"

Roger Ascham, Writer

"I like to express certain things that happen in my life, the joy of spring, the birds singing and young babies coming into the world. You know, the whole thing as well as the part I'm not happy with, the sad part"

Roy Haynes, Musician

"All of us, whether guilty or not, whether old or young, must accept the past. It is not a case of coming to terms with the past. That is not possible. It cannot be subsequently modified or undone"

Richard von Weizsaecker, Politician

"This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development"

Itzhak Perlman, Musician

"I'm happy, and I think being happy keeps you looking young"

Olivia Newton-John, Musician

"I like my whisky old and my women young"

Errol Flynn, Actor

"When you're young, you just go banging about, but you're more sensitive as you grow older"

Deborah Kerr, Actress

"Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures"

Thomas de Quincey, Author

"When I was a girl, the West was still young, and the law of force, of physical force, was dominant"

Agnes Smedley, Journalist

"And my parents' separation was tricky. But my mum had always been really honest with me, and treated me like an adult even when I was really young, so I knew they hadn't been getting on"

Lisa Snowdon, Model

"I am President of the UN created University for Peace, which has a strong commitment to the relationship between peace, security and the environment. I meet with young people around the world and I always come away enthused and encouraged"

Maurice Strong, Businessman

"A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us"

David Cassidy, Actor

"Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them"

William Henry Hudson, Author

"I was a pretty feisty young kid"

John Newcombe, Athlete

"I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving"

Shirley Manson, Musician

"Young kids are taking Viagra, ecstasy. They even want instant sex"

Tim Reid, Actor

"Without greater support for childcare, parents of young children may be forced to choose cheaper, poor quality care for their children or fail to provide it entirely"

Tim Johnson, Politician

"A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or color, because they were a terrific violinist or a terrific dancer"

Sally Kirkland, Actress

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