G Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with G. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Growing up, my sisters were both into dancing, so I went to a lot of dance recitals, mostly because there were always pretty girls in leotards.”
“Growing up, one of my cousins was an out gay man.”
“Growing up, others girls wanted to dance and help their mums with the cooking. I liked to play soccer with the boys. Or I'd be off on my own, tilting mirrors towards the sun in order to burn armies of ants. That was my idea of fun.”
“Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice.”
“Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for my help on the campaign. We've sat and had dinner, and we've spoken on the phone. He's a very sharp guy. Very charming. Very cool.”
“Growing up, road trips with Dad were something I hated. Sitting still for hours, singing that stupid song, "100 bottles of beer on the wall. 100 bottles of beer..." Dad, you know, keeping up with the song.”
“Growing up, Santa Claus would cover the presents with a white blanket, so when we'd wake up Christmas morning, we had to wait for my dad to do the big reveal of all the presents Santa brought.”
“Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.”
“Growing up, the most important thing, after taking care of your family and getting a decent job of work, was having a laugh. That was the point to life.”
“Growing up, the two things that made my blood boil were religious intolerance and animal cruelty. I’ve never understood it. I can’t stand to have an animal in pain.”
“Growing up, the ukulele was always a respected instrument. It's a big part of our culture. It wasn't until I started traveling outside of Hawaii that I realized people didn't really consider the ukulele to be a real instrument.”
“Growing up, the way that I looked was very important to me. I was always trying to impress people, and when I grew my beard there was a certain freedom, a separation, getting past this the way I looked, identify myself as a spiritual seeker.”
“Growing up, there was always music around, whether across the street, or on the next-door neighbor's stereo. So, as in life, music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion. Music is amazing.”
“Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which played pop songs, or the pirate radio boats off the coast.”
“Growing up, there wasn't much emphasis on being nice or naughty. As a family, there wasn't much discipline. It was more relaxed at home, which I'm grateful for.”
“Growing up, there were a lot of funerals that I attended, and the adults at the funerals went out of their way to make sure that I wasn't traumatized or overly depressed by them. So death is always a celebration of life for me, and it's also hugely dramatic.”
“Growing up, theres a lot of pressure to be normal. But normal isnt as fun as being yourself.”
“Growing up, watching the Premier League as far back as I can remember, feeling the trophy and having the medal around my neck was an unbelievable feeling.”
“Growing up, we didn't have anything. My mum wasn't well, so I was in three care homes then foster homes before me and my little brother went back to her. I was passed from pillar to post.”
“Growing up, you always dream of winning a gold medal. But coming into these Games, it wasn't something I was focused on. I'm just enjoying skating. This is the best season ever. I think that this year, my 3,000 meters has been stronger than the 1,500. The 1,500 has been anybody's race this year. When I was first, I still didn't know if that was enough.”
“Growing up, you look at guys like Jeff Thomson as heroes, so going past him is pretty special.”
“Growing up, you're told there are things you're not capable of doing because you're a girl. That perception's starting to change and it's amazing. It's important that we continue to share the message with other young women. If they grow up in a household or go to a school where they're told that they can't do certain things, it's important that they hear from someone that it is possible to do whatever they want with their lives.”
“Growing up,I came up with this name: I'ma Cablinasian.”
“Growing your faith in the dark isn't meant for the faint-hearted. Strengthening your faith will require extra endurance. You will need to take action. If you want more of God, you will need boldness. When your faith is tested, you have to muster up grit and grace.”
Source: Sacred Wandering: Growing Your Faith In The Dark
“Growing your leadership capacity demands personal effectiveness. Being effective is the ability to do the right thing at all times, no matter the cost.”
“Growing your own food is like printing your own money.”
“Growl all you want. The sound is...appealing.”
Source: Taste of Darkness
“Grown adults never try to fit into childhood clothes, then why should grown humans try to fit into tribal customs!”
Source: Sonnets From The Mountaintop
“Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What's that supposed to mean? In my heart it don't mean a thing.”
“Grown men do not need leaders.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
“Grown men have been seen fleeing after reading the menu posted outside.”
“Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.”
“Grown men send children into battle throughout the world, all the time. Old men create conditions for conflicts, fuel hostilities, and pretend to defend core values—good against evil—whereas all they are doing is ferociously protecting their privileges while coveting the riches of others. They hatch toxic strategies, then send their children charging at the enemy.
To hide their deadly avarice, they speak with conviction about courage and patriotism while bunkered in their headquarters, in offices or on television sets while the blood of youths is spilled in combat, their spirits mangled by the ferocity of battles that will pollute their souls forever.
This vicious cycle starts all over again with every generation, because no war is ever won for good. Hatred feeds the desire for vengeance, which is transmitted alongside genes. The first drop of blood spilled at the dawn of the world triggered the bloodshed that we stubbornly perpetuate all over the earth.”
Source: Days Come and Go
“Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them.”
“Grown men who insist on wearing water shoes to the grocery store deserve all the ridicule which is heaped upon them”
“grown men who wear water shoes to the grocery store deserve all the scorn which is heaped upon them”
Source: Radio Mustard: Book One: The Weight
“Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.”
Source: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
“Grown old in love from seven till seven times seven,I oft have wished for Hell for ease from Heaven.”
Source: Selected Poetry
“Grown people everywhere are always likely to cling to the religion they were brought up in.”
Source: Following the Equator: Mark Twain's Collections
“Grown people know that they do not always know the way of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where and how they got the proof.”
“Grown people know that they do not always know the why of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where and how they got the proof. Hence the irritation they show when children keep on demanding to know if a thing is so and how the grown folks got the proof of it. It is so troublesome because it is disturbing to the pigeonhole way of life.”
Source: Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
“Grown people with rational minds somehow do not know what's best for them.”
Source: Indiscretion
“Grown-up people find it difficult to believe really wonderful things, unless they have what they call proof. But children will believe almost anything, and grown-ups know this. That is why they tell you that the earth is round like an orange, when you can see perfectly well that it is flat and lumpy; and why they say that the earth goes round the sun, when you can see for yourself any day that the sun gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night like a good sun as it is, and the earth knows its place, and lies as still as a mouse. Yet I daresay you believe all that about the earth and the sun, and if so you will find it quite easy to believe that before Anthea and Cyril and the others had been a week in the country they had found a fairy.”
“Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.”
Source: The Crack-up
“Grown up? Me? I suppose I have. Killing things, and almost killing myself, must have changed me some, after all.”
Source: Impulse
“Grown ups are certainly very strange.”
“Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.”
Source: Roald Dahl's Scrumdiddlyumptious Story Collection: Six Marvellous Stories Including The BFG and Five Other Stories
“Grown-ups are supposed to be perfect."
Both her parents laughed. "Well, they are!" Ramona insisted, annoyed by their laughter.”
Source: Ramona and Her Mother
“Grown ups aren't supposed to lose it,' Adrien says coldly, throwing the stick with such force that Cerby flinches before diving after it. 'They're supposed to have it together.”
Source: Show Us Who You Are
“Grown ups’ could learn a lesson from watching cartoons.”