Best Early 20s Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“The lighthearted moments of 'Girls' are really not speckled throughout and that to me is just super exciting, to be able to delve into the darkness that you are greeted with in your early 20s and the fear and what that makes you do, the places that you can potentially go with that.”

Moments Able Girl Darkness Exciting Early 20s

Author:Zosia Mamet

“If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'what's the party going on right now that I should be going to?”

People Ifs Should Kind Different Real Problem Running Party Right Now Workers Bunch Hanging Out Early 20s

Author:Aaron Levie

“All I've done is work... I arrived in Los Angeles in my early 20s and I've been pounding the pavement ever since.”

Done Los Angeles Pavement Early 20s

Author:Jeremy Piven

“I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores.”

Stores Shopping Teens Thrift Early 20s

Author:Zoe Lister-Jones

“When you're in your early 20s, you go ahead and do everything. And it's very hard to judge yourself.”

Hard Judging Early 20s

Author:Ian McShane

“My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy.”

Men Firsts Would Be Young Buddhist Young Man Encounters Dharma Early 20s

Author:Richard Gere

“What defines someone's music taste is their teens and early 20s. It's that combination of your sexual awakening and the music of the time, it fixes you forever.”

Forever Taste Awakening Combination Teens Early 20s

Author:Ken Livingstone

“I made a rule for myself in my early 20s not to become a record collector in the sense that I reference all my old records. I can't live like that. I'd just be trapped in comparison, trying to emulate something, so I made a rule to just buy what I need, just the records I need.”

Needs Trying Made I Can Records Comparison Trapped Collectors Emulate Early 20s Old Records

Author:Jack White

“I think it's so important, as young women, to have relationships, especially when you're in your early 20s. But it's always so important to focus on yourself.”

Thinking Important Young Focus Young Women Early 20s Focus On Yourself

Author:Ashley Tisdale

“In the early '20s, with the war over, there was a period of celebration, and you can see it in the fashion.”

War Fashion Periods Celebration Early 20s

Author:Michelle Dockery

“I've heard this before from people: early 20s kind of screws with your head a little bit because you're transitioning into adulthood and actually becoming an adult with responsibilities and paying bills. So all of a sudden, it's like you're responsible now.”

People Kind Littles Bits Responsibility Heard Like You Becoming Little Bit Adults Responsible Bills Adulthood Screws Early 20s Becoming An Adult

Author:Dan Byrd

“I'm looking forward to playing the meatier roles you get in your 30s. The early 20s can be a hard time for an actress - it's always bombshell or romantic lead. The good stuff you can really sink your teeth into comes later.”

Hard Stuff Roles Actresses Teeth Hard Times Looking Forward Early 20s Bombshells

Author:Jessica Marais

“When I was in my early 20s I converted to Catholicism after a long period of searching. What I think drew me to the Catholic church is that in Catholicism, prayer suffuses all of one's life by virtue of the sacraments. Prayer is not something which occurs just on Sunday, it doesn't occur only at particular moments of intensity or by particular conventions, one's whole life is given up to prayer in many, many modes. And so everything to do with the faith is trying to put you in relationship with God and trying to make that relationship grow deeper and more mature.”

“New York, oh my God, in my early 20s. I felt, this is home, this is really where I belong.”

Home Felt New York Early 20s

Author:June Squibb

“I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.”

Writing Novel Screenplays Early 20s

Author:Graeme Simsion

“Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of interest from a record label or manager. It's always interesting how people handle those decisions and those moments.”

People Kind Moments Interest Decision Interesting Records College Band Handle Managers Labels Record Labels Early 20s

Author:Noah Baumbach

“I remember in my early 20s when I felt I couldn't live past 30. I was learning how to write. I had a lot of hard work ahead of me.”

Writing Hard Past Remember Felt Hard Work Early 20s Learning How To Write

Author:Carl Sandburg

“When I started acting in the film industry when I was 16 years old, in 1980, I was going to all the revival theaters in Los Angeles. They were playing mostly films from the '60s and '70s, some from the early '20s and '30s, before that Hays commission. Those films did question things a lot, and there definitely was a switch in 1934. You can see very distinctly in 1934, it's harder to understand what the real culture was. Films made before 1934, you can really kind of see the racism, sexism, drug use, etc. that was going on at that time. And then it was all stopped.”

Years Kind Made Real Use Film Culture Acting Industry Drug Racism Harder Theater Etc Los Angeles Sexism Revival Film Industry Hay Drug Use Early 20s

Author:Crispin Glover

“I've only read three books by Stephen King. When I was 10 I read 'The Long Walk,' one of his pseudonymous Bachman books. In my early 20s, while trapped on a family vacation, I read 'The Dark Half,' which taught me a word I have never forgotten: psychopomp. Now I have read '11/22/63.'”

Long Book Three Dark Walks Half Taught Kings Forgotten Vacation Trapped Long Walks Early 20s Family Vacation

Author:Lev Grossman

“Going through your late teens and early 20s is not an easy time, especially in Hollywood. So you just learn your lessons, you make your mistakes and you move on.”

Moving Easy Mistake Lessons Late Hollywood Teens Early 20s

Author:Reagan Gomez-Preston

“I admired fashion but I wasn't an "iconic fashionista" myself. I think as I got more comfortable in my skin, then I got a little bit more into fashion, but it's always been something I've been interested in because you can express yourself through what you wear and your accessories and everything else. So getting into my early 20s was really started to come into myself.”

Thinking Littles Bits Fashion Comfortable Little Bit Skins Express Yourself Iconic Accessories Early 20s Fashionista

Author:Erin Brady

“When you're in your early 20s, a lot of characters can be one or two dimensional. You want a role to substantiate the drama, as opposed to actually analyzing the psychology of a human being. That's what drew me to acting, particularly the contradictions in people.”

People Want Humans Two Character Human Beings Acting Roles Psychology Drama Contradiction Analyzing Early 20s

Author:Tom Hughes

“It amazes me when I talk to people in their early 20s and they've never read the classics, things we read as children. When you don't have knowledge and understanding, then fear rises in you.”

People Children Understanding Early 20s Knowledge And Understanding

Author:Madonna Ciccone

“Well, I'm also like 23 and playing 16. So maybe when I'm 30 I'll be playing characters in their early 20s. I don't know.”

Knows Wells Character Early 20s

Author:Amy Smart

“There was a time, in my early 20s, when I picked up the trumpet and said, 'I've got to change what I'm doing.' I wasn't putting enough air through the horn. The tone I wanted was bigger than what I had. I was out of control.”

Said Enough Wanted Air Bigger Technique Tone Horns Trumpets Early 20s

Author:Paul Smoker

“People in their early 20s are invariably weird.”

People Early 20s

Author:Steve Pavlina

“I always loved singing and writing poetry. I always loved music, and I’ve loved writing my whole life. When I put them together it was probably in my early 20s, where I put words to music for the first time.”

Writing Firsts Whole Together Singing First Time Whole Life Writing Poetry Early 20s

Author:Lisa Marie Presley

“The older I get, I'm definitely getting pulled towards the West Coast, because it's a different quality of life. New York is great when you're in your early 20s and you're running around and it's really fun, but it's a place for me to get things done.”

Different Done Running Fun Quality New York West Coast Quality Of Life Things Done West Coast Early 20s

Author:Erin Wasson

“When I first started writing in my early 20s it was literary criticism for a very eccentric magazine called Books And Bookmen, which allowed me to write, more or less anything.”

Writing Firsts Book Criticism Magazines Eccentric Literary Criticism Early 20s

Author:Jonathan Meades

“When I moved to SF in my early 20s, I loved it, but I was absolutely astonished to discover that people there hated L.A. I was just like why? Really? I had no idea.”

People Ideas Moved No Idea Hated Early 20s

Author:Matthew Specktor

“In my late teens, early 20s, when I started stand-up and I was living downtown for the first time, I was deep into my blues and Bukowski phase. And, you know, that's when that's appropriate. And I grew out of it.”

Knows Firsts Grew Late First Time Appropriate Teens Phases Downtown Early 20s

Author:Paul F. Tompkins

“When I was in my early 20s, I was quite into Japanese animation. It's like the same thing that I end up always saying which is, imagery based stuff is the thing that really gets me.”

Ends Stuff Animation Imagery Early 20s Japanese Animation

Author:Neill Blomkamp

“In my 20s, my mom and I went and saw the bridges of Madison County, which are in Iowa, and I had seen that movie with Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. I've always done these Iowa road trips. I did this transcendental meditation course in Fairfield, Iowa. So I've known since my early 20s that someday I would buy a farm in Iowa.”

Done Courses Known Saws Meditation Mom My Mom Bridges Someday Farms County Transcendental Iowa Road Trip Madison Transcendental Meditation Early 20s

Author:Lissie

“There was a time in my late teens and early 20s where I was motivated by this wanting to get out, to prove to the world that I had something to offer - that kind of youthful spirit, where maybe I had my eye on fame and fortune. I mellowed out in my late 20s and now that I'm in my early 30s, I'm coming to peace with it.”

World Kind Eye Spirit Offers Fame Prove Late Fortune Motivated Teens Early 20s

Author:Lissie

“When I was a teen, or like 18 to early 20s, I used to go to festivals all the time. I'd save all my money.”

Used Festivals Early 20s

Author:Courtney Barnett

“The main thing that I want to say is that I don't think women are at their most beautiful in their adolescence or in their early 20s.”

Thinking Want Beautiful Adolescence Early 20s

Author:Nan Goldin

“I wasn't ready to write my own songs when I was in my early 20s. I'm still growing but I definitely grew because of my experiences on the road and in the studio.”

Writing Stills Song My Own Growing Ready Grew Studios Early 20s

Author:Mark Stoermer

“We dated in our early 20s, when we were working at the same newspaper. We broke up, got back together and broke up again. I wanted to get married and have kids, but he wasn't ready. So I married someone else, had my daughters and the marriage ended ... and there was Bill. He'd never gotten married and was finally, finally ready. We discovered that we were still each other's favorite people to talk to.”

People Stills Kids Wanted Together Ready Married Daughter Bills Newspapers Broke My Daughter Back Together Broke Up Early 20s

Author:Jennifer Weiner

“Theres a verse thats meant a lot to me ever since I was in my early 20s. 2 Timothy 2:8, Paul told Timothy to remember Jesus Christ, descended from David and raised from the dead. Thats a good principle, that if my theology, my whole life can be focused on remembering Jesus. Just trying to remember who He is, what He did, being strong in what He did and what He accomplished.”

Ifs Trying Whole Remember Jesus Strong Christ Principles Jesus Christ Raised Focused Whole Life Theology Accomplished Verses Early 20s

Author:Max Lucado

“I am proud and embarrassed by how incredibly self-confident I was in my late teens and early 20s. I know that there were other things going on, too, but I had an overwhelming belief in myself. Like I said, I'm embarrassed by it and proud of it.”

Knows Said Self Belief Proud Late Overwhelming Teens Embarrassed Self Confident Early 20s

Author:Zoe Kazan

“When I got into my early 20s, I was going to bed one nightI was still drinking, still using drugs, and probably was drunk or high or both when I just picked up the Bible and started reading to go to sleep. I was amazed at how well I slept, but even beyond that, the next day, there was this peace of mind that was still there that I wasnt used to.”

Mind Wells Stills Used Reading Next Sleep Drug Bed Drinking Drunk Peace Of Mind Amazed Next Day Going To Sleep Early 20s

Author:Randy Travis

“It's one thing to be struggling and not really making money in your early 20s and figuring out your life. Early 30s, you start to wonder, is this ever going to happen?”

Happens Wonder Struggle One Thing Making Money Early 20s

Author:Billy Eichner

“I learn to be kind of balanced, because when I was a teenager and in my early 20s, I would get very involved with political issues and stuff like that. And now, I still have an opinion on everything, but I try to balance staying informed and having a positive attitude.”

Trying Kind Stills Political Stuff Attitude Opinion Issues Balance Involved Teenager Positive Attitude Staying Be Kind Balanced Early 20s Having A Positive Attitude Political Issues

Author:Bianca Balti

“Actors have a different kind of existence because they blow up over night into superstars in their early 20s. Let's say you were a superstar in your early 20s and somebody gave you millions of dollars, I mean come on. Let's be honest here, we don't know anything in our 20s.”

Knows Kind Mean Different Night Actors Existence Millions Honest Dollars Blow Being Honest Different Kinds Superstar Early 20s

Author:Mehcad Brooks

“I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras.”

Fronts Cameras Grateful Paparazzi Early 20s

Author:Amy Adams

“I went to England in the '70s, and I was in my early 20s. There was still a residue of that era of being an underclass or colonial. I assume it must have been a more aggressive and prominent attitude 40 years before that, because Australia internationally wasn't regarded as having much cultural value. We were a country full of sheep and convicts.”

Years Has Beens Stills Country Values Attitude England Assuming Eras Australia Aggressive Sheep Prominent Convicts Early 20s

Author:Geoffrey Rush

“The video for 'Whatever' is kind of a documentary in a way. It's showing that love can last. Not just in your early 20s or your late 30s, but in your 50s, 60s and 70s. There's an awful myth out there that when you get married, love and lovemaking fade. It's not true.”

Way Kind Lasts Late Married Myth Video Awful Fades Documentaries Early 20s Married Love

Author:Jill Scott

“In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.”

Early 20s

Author:Wallace Shawn

“I didn't have a teenage or early-20s experience that was free and without worry. I missed the screw-everything, have-a-good-time phase.”

Worry Good Times Phases Teenage Screws Having A Good Time Early 20s

Author:Sandra Bullock

“In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money… and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn’t very good at it.”

Wanted Stuff Comedy Nice Car Cost Paid Very Good Architecture Miserable Making Money Dirty Construction Swings Hammers Naughty Early 20s

Author:Adam Carolla

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