Best growing & growing-up Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.”

“Growing up, I had a very normal relationship with my brother and sister. But, over time, they became my best friends, and now I hang out with them all the time. I'm very close with them.”

Growing Up Growing Brother Normal My Brother Hanging Out Brothers And Sisters My Best Friend Inspirational Sister Inspirational Brother And Sister

Author:Logan Lerman

“The Goonies' is classic. That's, like, the movie I bring with me if I go out of town for a long time, because it just makes me think of the best times I've seen it with my friends growing up. Dude, everybody knows that movie, everybody watches that film. Best family film ever made.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Long Made Film Watches Growing Up Growing Long Time My Friends Towns Classic Best Times Best Family Friends Growing Up

Author:Logan Lerman

“Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents.”

Children Parent Growing Up Growing Only Child Montreal Loving Parents

Author:Rudolph A. Marcus

“We always had our own vegetables growing up and now I'm doing it with my kids at our house in the country.”

Country Kids House Growing Up Growing Vegetables

Author:Stella McCartney

“I mean, I grew up riding. I can't ever remember not being able to ride or rope and all that stuff. It was part of my life growing up, so it was fun for me.”

Mean I Can Able Remember Fun Stuff Growing Up Growing Grew Grew Up Riding Rope

Author:Tim McGraw

“Yeah, I’ve played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up and I’ve even had to play music in a lot of films that I’ve done.”

Done Play Film Growing Up Growing Band Yeah Instruments

Author:Alessandro Nivola

“I remember, growing up, if something big - God forbid - happened, the first jokes you heard on the subject came out of Jersey.”

Ifs Firsts Bigs Remember Growing Up Growing Happened Heard Subjects Jokes Jersey

Author:Oscar Nunez

“I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.”

Littles Bits Growing Up Growing Little Bit Length Violin Skirts

Author:Denise Van Outen

“Growing up, I was in love with Jennifer Aniston from Friends.”

Growing Up Growing Jennifer

Author:Dylan O'Brien

“It's funny, growing up there was never anybody around me with any kind of artistic bent.”

Kind Growing Up Growing Artistic Bent

Author:Nick Offerman

“Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've had a lot of people tell me I'm not good enough.”

People Enough Growing Up Growing Industry Entertainment Good Enough Not Good Enough Entertainment Industry

Author:Renee Olstead

“I've never met anyone with a perfect upbringing. It seems to me that life on planet Earth just doesn't work that way. The basic challenges of getting our needs met and managing boundaries are inherent in growing up human.”

Way Needs Humans Seems Earth Challenges Perfect Growing Up Growing Planets Mets Boundaries Inherent Upbringing Planet Earth

Author:David Simon

“I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have the confidence that I have if I wasn't born here, because growing up here I knew I could become anybody I wanted to become. There was no ceiling on top of me.”

Ifs Years Wanted Born Growing Up Growing Ceilings Jamaica Formative Years

Author:Michael Lee-Chin

“My mom was very strict when I was growing up. I could not talk to boys until I was 18. I had to study and work hard.”

Hard Boys Growing Up Study Growing Hard Work Mom My Mom Strict Study And Work

Author:Coco Lee

“Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do.”

“I've got a vibe going on with a lot of what I've been doing, and to completely change it based off of me having a child might be a little confusing. I'm sure as my life goes forward, and she starts growing up, there will be a lot more things to include in my music. But, at this point, I'm just sticking to what I do.”

Children Littles Might Growing Up Growing Confusing

Author:Jake Owen

“When I was a kid growing up, my dad being a football coach, he asked the same question of all the assistants that he ever hired: 'Is your goal to be a head football coach?”

Kids Goal Growing Up Growing Football Dad My Dad Coaches Assistants Kids Growing Up Football Coach

Author:Chuck Pagano

“'Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum?”

Knows Firsts Growing Up Growing India Shoes Teenager Slums Nike Headphones Nike Shoe

Author:Dev Patel

“I always loved reading. Growing up, my favorite book was 'A Child's Garden of Verses,' by Robert Louis Stevenson.”

Children Book Reading Growing Up Growing Garden My Favorite Verses Favorite Book

Author:Francine Pascal

“When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.”

States United United States Growing Up Growing Becoming Politician Sweden

Author:George Papandreou

“When I was growing up, I was always on stage but I loved other things.”

Growing Up Growing Stage

Author:Jeremy Piven

“I'm the biggest nerd - I love comic books and stuff like that! I don't have any friends who are actresses. I only had one girlfriend when I was growing up. Most of my friends were boys. I was such a tomboy. I enjoyed doing guy things.”

Book Funny Guy Stuff Boys Growing Up Growing My Friends Actresses Comic Enjoyed Girlfriend Comic Book Nerd

Author:Megan Fox

“I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences.”

Writing Has Beens Kids School Parent Growing Up Growing Kids Growing Up

Author:Tom Perrotta

“I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years.”

Knows Want Years Wanted President Growing Up Growing Ten Towns Chicago Mayors

Author:William Petersen

“When I was growing up I actually was into Bon Jovi!”

Growing Up Growing Bon Jovi

Author:Amy Ryan

“I think 'growing up' would mean that you are incredibly tolerant and easygoing, liked everything, curious about the world because you weren't so egotistically driven.”

Thinking World Mean Growing Up Growing Driven Curious

Author:Louise Rennison

“Anybody who gives away money is mostly looking at things where they think they can make a difference. I'm trying to help people who helped me, educational institutions that helped me with scholarships, or organizations that were very useful to me in growing up.”

People Thinking Giving Trying Helping Differences Growing Up Growing Organization Institutions Educational Making A Difference Scholarship Educational Institutions

Author:David Rubenstein

“I was a total bad girl growing up.”

Girl Growing Up Growing Bad Girl Girls Growing Up

Author:Elizabeth Reaser

“I was an athlete when I was growing up.”

Growing Up Growing Athlete

Author:Jeremy Renner

“I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something that wasn't nine to five. Acting was the first thing I tried that clicked.”

Firsts Wanted Acting Growing Up Five Growing Player Ambition Musician Nine Hockey Usual Hockey Player

Author:Michael J. Fox

“When I was a kid growing up in the '60s, music was an outlet for enlightenment, frustration, rebellion. It was more about individualism. Today it's just like a big business.”

Bigs Kids Today Growing Up Growing Enlightenment Frustration Rebellion Individualism Outlets Big Business Kids Growing Up

Author:Joey Ramone

“When I was growing up there was a product made by Sony called the Sony Walkman - a rage, everyone had to have one. Well, you don't hear about the Walkman anymore.”

Wells Made Economy Growing Up Growing Products Rage Sony

Author:Kevin B. Rollins

“Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.”

Would Be Actors Growing Up Growing

Author:Lance Reddick

“It's quite interesting that in my growing up I had several influences. We had gospel music on campus. R&B music was, of course, the community, and radio was country music. So I can kind of see where all the influences came from.”

Kind I Can Country Courses Community Interesting Growing Up Growing Influence Radio Campus Gospel Music

Author:Lionel Richie

“Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.”

Country Perfect Growing Up Growing Influence Pops Grandmother Pot My Grandmother Classical Music Melting Melting Pot

Author:Lionel Richie

“TV was my life, growing up. I ran home from school to watch television, and even did my homework with the TV on - my mom had a rule that as long as my grades didn't fall, I was allowed to. So it was my dream to work in television.”

Long Home Dream School Fall Watches Growing Up Growing Television Tvs Mom My Mom Ran Grades Homework

Author:Melissa Rauch

“I didn't spend much time with my parents when I was growing up.”

Parent Growing Up Growing

Author:Michael Reagan

“I was at the tail end of the family. The next brother along was already seven years older than me. I remember growing up by myself, playing games by myself.”

Years Ends Remember Next Games Growing Up Growing Brother Seven Tails Seven Years Playing Games

Author:Ali Smith

“I used to watch 'Coming to America' every day after school. I have full-on long-running inside jokes with friends and family about different scenes in that movie alone. Also, my brother and I loved 'The Golden Child,' so, yeah: I was a huge fan of Eddie Murphy growing up.”

“When I was growing up, the top movies dealt with grown-up, complex emotions.”

Emotion Growing Up Growing Complexes Movie

Author:John Slattery

“I remember specifically my mother telling me growing up don't put my business in the street. I was like seven, and I am like, 'What does that mean.”

Mean Doe Remember Mother Growing Up Growing Streets Seven

Author:Karrine Steffans

“To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who were so numerous at Laguna Pueblo when I was growing up. I learned to read as soon as I could because I wanted stories without having to depend on adults to tell or read stories to me.”

Has Beens Stories Able Wanted Growing Up Growing Depends Adults Ancestor Storyteller Great Gifts

Author:Leslie Marmon Silko

“That's such a great thing about New York, after growing up in a place and being there for twenty plus years, there's still a whole island to discover.”

Years Stills Whole Growing Up Growing New York Twenties Great Things Islands Plus Being There

Author:Steven Strait

“Australia is an island surrounded by water. My fondest memories growing up were trips to the beach, walking around the harbour and playing in the beautiful parks.”

Beautiful Water Memories Growing Up Growing Walking Beach Islands Parks Australia Harbors

Author:Tammin Sursok

“Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always so fun to watch. I kind of wanted to model my career after hers.”

Kind Wanted Fun Careers Watches Growing Up Growing Team Models My Favorite Gymnast

Author:Alicia Sacramone

“The dance world was a big part of my growing up.”

World Bigs Growing Up Growing

Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino

“I was a ballerina for 10 years growing up, but I stopped.”

Years Growing Up Growing Ballerina

Author:Amy Smart

“Growing up I felt like my nose was big. I was always like, 'I'm going to get a nose job one day'. I'm glad I didn't.”

Bigs Jobs Felt Growing Up Growing One Day Glad Noses

Author:Ashlee Simpson

“Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.”

Black Interest Community Growing Up Growing Percent Nine Ninety Ninety Nine Black Community

Author:David Sanborn

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