“You don't really think that things will ever get better, but they do. People always ask me, "What would you say to gay teen youth that are suicidal, or someone who is addicted right now?," and it's hard to say with words that things will change, but they do.” PeopleThinkingHardAsksYouthRight NowGayAsk MeGet BetterSuicidal Author:Patty Schemel
“The principle aim of gymnastics is the education of all youth and not simply that minority of people highly favored by nature.” PeoplePrinciplesYouthAimMinoritiesGymnastics Author:Aristotle
“People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable.” PeopleWantYouthLike YouNostalgiaSelfishObsession Author:Mick Jagger
“My sister Suga Tee is doing conscious rap. She speaks to the youth. She has an album coming out soon. She got saved but she is still doing her thing. She still spits good game. She's talented. She sings. I don't know if a lot of people know this but Suga Tee has a beautiful voice. So ya'll look out for her album you dig? And look forward to a future Clique album.” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksStillsBeautifulGamesSpeakVoiceYouthConsciousAlbumsRapSavedMy SisterComing OutSpitTeesCliqueBeautiful VoiceConscious Rap Author:E-40
“Boost Mobile RockCorps is providing the chance and motivation to get our youth interested in volunteering. I usually hear about older people volunteering, but this movement is something new that is encouraging the youth to become involved. It's really a chance for them to come together through caring more about their community, which is so important for these kids to learn early on. I think it's crucial to instill a sense of pride in the community and this is a great way for our youth to do that.” PeopleThinkingWayImportantKidsTogetherMotivationCommunityChanceMovementYouthPrideInvolvedCaringSomething NewCrucialProvidingVolunteerMobileBoostInstillOlder PeopleCaring More Author:Fat Joe
“I absolutely loathe and hate the work... But I love youth. I realise how lucky it is being with youth, and what an honour that is. Nowhere else could a fat 47-year-old speak to people as young as this. They'd think you were a paedophile.” PeopleThinkingYearsYoungHateSpeakLove YouYouthLuckyFatsHonourRealisingLoathe Author:Louise Wilson
“So now 20 years later people want us to get together so they can take shots at all these old babes trying to get back some youth. I mean come on; I've been there. I know what the press would do.” PeopleKnowsWantTryingYearsMeanTogetherYouthShotsPressesGet BackBabeGet Together Author:Joan Jett
“The Olympic Games are for 'the youth of the world,' but they're organized and scored by countries. It's no surprise that countries treat them as vehicles of national pride, and assume that their people will be most interested in their own athletes. So anybody who was saving up to write an angry letter, blog post, or op-ed about NBC's chauvinistic coverage: don't bother! They're actually more above-the-fray than most. Also, their coverage is not shown anywhere except America - I know, it's because I can't get it that I'm watching Women's Air Pistol - so can't ruffle feathers elsewhere.” PeopleKnowsWorldWritingI CanCountryAmericaGamesAirYouthPrideLettersTreatsAngryAssumingSurpriseAthleteSavingPostsBotherOrganizedVehicleElsewhereFeathersBlogsBecause I CanCoveragePistolsOlympic GamesFrayNbcRufflesNational PrideSaving Up Author:James Fallows
“Locally lived hip-hop culture that is giving many of America's youth the tool they need to survive and thrive in America, in the face of public policy that have written too many young people off.” PeopleNeedsGivingAmericaFacesYoungCultureWrittenPolicyYouthToolsHip HopHipsThriveHopsPublic Policy Author:Bakari Kitwana
“Few places in American culture have made as effective a case for entrepreneurship than hip-hop. Hip-hop tells young people that our society is offering very limited options for youth. And that while society points to a radical decline in living wage jobs for youth and meaningful and affordable education, hip-hop is offering an alternative legitimate economy that is giving youth hope.” PeopleGivingMadeJobsYoungCultureCasesEconomyYouthHip HopMeaningfulEntrepreneurshipRadicalHipsAlternativesHopsOur SocietyOfferingDeclineAmerican CultureAffordableLiving Wage Author:Bakari Kitwana
“I am trying to get folks outside the hip-hop culture to understand why, despite the negatives, young people find hope and refuge in hip-hop. I'm hoping that young people immersed in the culture will work harder to capitalize on the possibilities for great social change that hip-hop represents as a national unified cultural youth movement.” PeopleTryingYoungCultureSocialMovementPossibilityYouthHard WorkHarderFolksHip HopDespiteHipsHopsRefugeSocial ChangeWork HarderUnified Author:Bakari Kitwana
“It's important for the progressive youth to remember that the agenda you set today is the agenda that will matter tomorrow. If you are engaged and active, it means you are one of the lucky ones and you are awake. Most people are not there yet.” PeopleIfsMeanImportantMatterTodayRememberYouthTomorrowLuckyActiveAwakeEngagedAgendasProgressive Author:Darryl Pinckney
“I admired the earnestness of these people, many of whom had joined Greenpeace and marched for noble things in their youth. But I didn’t share their hatred of the establishment. After all, the establishment had given me so many of my favorite things: Nick at Nite, the New York Knicks, Stephen King, Taco Bell, Green Day. The list went on and on.” PeopleGivenShareNew YorkYouthKingsHatredGreenMy FavoriteNobleListsEstablishmentBellsFavorites ThingsEarnestnessTacosKnicksTaco BellGreenpeace Author:Simon Rich
“Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.” PeopleYoungTimeBusinessYouthJudgingFitProjectsInventionExecutionBe YoungNew ProjectsYouth Life Author:Francis Bacon
“Young people want you to be real with them.” PeopleWantRealYoungYouthBasketballBeing Real Author:Magic Johnson
“The shows need youth. All of our comics are getting too famous to do the show regularly. The people who are regulars five years ago, a lot of them have moved on and can't do the show anymore. We can't really get Jim Gaffigan anymore, we can't get Nick Swardson anymore.” PeopleNeedsYearsShowsFiveYouthYears AgoMovedFive YearsMoved On Author:B. J. Porter
“Just as some of the most ardent political ideologues in the West are young people, revolutionaries, the '60s generation, - in Islam some of the most religious people are the youngsters. But more important than that, the prophet - in his writings, in his traditions - and the Koran itself say that the Muslim youth are the ones whom the future depends on and that it's up to them to do the fighting.” PeopleWritingImportantYoungPoliticalFightingReligiousGenerationsYouthDependsTraditionWestIslamRevolutionaryProphetYoungstersArdentIdeologues Author:Michael Scheuer
“Critics and fans use the music of their youth as reference points. For years, people seriously wondered who "the next Beatles" were going to be, and classic rock bands were the de facto yardstick for rock quality.” PeopleYearsUseNextQualityFansRocksYouthBandCriticsClassicRock BandsYardsticksClassic Rock Author:Michael Azerrad
“Five-hundred years ago people were saying in manuscripts, "Can you believe these kids today?" They were saying that same phrase everyone says now. No one can believe the youth and what they're doing and how culture is going and how it might fall apart.” PeopleYearsBelieveMightKidsTodayFallCultureFiveYouthHundredYears AgoPhrasesFalling ApartManuscripts Author:Joel McHale
“Most people feel younger than their age, but the culture values youth, success, beauty, productivity. There is no space in this culture for older people.” PeopleFeelsAgeValuesCultureSpaceYouthProductivityOlder People Author:Isabel Allende
“I'm convinced, that when you are a footballer you are a symbol. You have to be a superman in some ways, to send messages to people all the time, to the youth all the time.” PeopleWayYouthMessagesConvincedSymbolsFootballer Author:Emmanuel Petit
“Off pitch, I keep things simple. I enjoy spending time with my family. I never forget my roots and regularly give back to children in West Africa. I support several youth associations, and I am also involved in the protection of the forest in my country [Ivory Coast]. When away from home, I mostly miss people and enjoying a good laugh with my peers.” PeopleGivingChildrenCountryHomeEnjoySimpleForgetSupportLaughingMissingYouthInvolvedRootsMy FamilyWestProtectionSpendingForestsNever ForgetAssociationPeersCoastGiving BackSpending TimeIvoryAway From HomeGood LaughWest Africa Author:Yaya Toure
“There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.” PeopleHardYoungPoorPathGroupsYouthHard WorkWalkingMembersAdversityObstaclesCuresPreparationMinoritiesMinority Groups Author:Barbara Jordan
“Connect with people, visibly and loudly showcase initiatives that reduce greenhouse gases emissions, nurture youth leaders, or spread the message by raising awareness through campaigns. I am convinced that your contributions will ensure that climate change solutions safely power our - and especially your - future.” PeopleLeaderAwarenessYouthMessagesSolutionsClimateClimate ChangeSpreadConvincedCampaignsContributionInitiativeNurtureYour FutureEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesShowcaseRaising Awareness Author:Christiana Figueres
“The great news is that overwhelmingly far more than adults, youth already care about the environment. Young people are recognizing that we have largely made a mess of things with respect to the environment [and] that the burden to fix it will fall on them.” PeopleMadeCareYoungFallEnvironmentYouthNewsAdultsBurdenMessRecognizingGreat News Author:Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
“I get letters from kids from all over the country. I always try to answer them because there were people I looked up to in my youth and just wanted to be in contact with. It's also important to realize that you find your role models in a lot of different places. I've never believed that your role models have to look like you. You can find them in all sort of colors, shapes and sizes.” PeopleTryingLooksImportantDifferentCountryKidsWantedRealizingAnswersRolesYouthColorLike YouShapesModelsLettersSizeContactRole ModelsDifferent Place Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Here's what people should look at as they look at a public servant. Do they have a passion in their life that showed up before they were in public life? And have they held onto that passion throughout their life, regardless of whether they were in office or not, succeeding or failing. Hillary Clinton has that passion, from a time as a kid in a methodist youth group in the suburbs of Chicago, she has been focused on serving others with a special focus on empowering families and kids.” PeopleShouldLooksHas BeensKidsPassionFocusFailingGroupsSpecialYouthSucceedOfficeClintonFocusedServantEmpoweringServingChicagoPublic LifeServing OthersSuburbsPublic ServantsMethodists Author:Tim Kaine
“We did monologues and scenes, and New York I did a scene from Amadeus and a monologue from Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead by Eric Bogosian, and then in L.A. I switched the scene to This is Our Youth and did the same monologue. I was spiky-haired, super skinny. A lot of people were like, "You should come here and do a sitcom." That was the feedback that I got. Obviously it was quite a different journey than the one I've actually had, but I just listened to people.” PeopleShouldDifferentJourneyNew YorkYouthLike YouSceneNailsFeedbackSkinnyForeheadsSitcomEricJust ListenMonologuesAmadeus Author:Zachary Quinto
“Unfortunately, we have a 50% unemployment rate among our urban youth of color. It's not about making green jobs more attractive. It's about making them more available. And that requires Congress passing legislation that will give a real break to the people who want to introduce new technologies to the American marketplace.” PeopleWantGivingRealJobsBreakTechnologyYouthColorGreenRateCongressAvailablePassingPassingsAttractiveIntroducingUrbanLegislationUnemploymentMarketplaceNew TechnologyUnemployment Rate Author:Van Jones
“It doesn't take billions of dollars or complex medical technologies, and there doesn't have to be a dramatic upending to the current order. It's trying to change the mindset of people who deal with youth to have less judgement and more curiosity. That's asking a lot, emotionally it's asking people to step up and engage more. But what I often heard was that is easier for them to engage emotionally, than to just be angry and judgmental.” PeopleTryingOrderDealsStepsTechnologyHeardYouthEasierAskingAngryDollarsComplexesCuriosityCurrentsMindsetMedicalBillionsJudgementDramaticStep UpJudgmentalTrying To ChangeMedical Technology Author:James Redford
“Youth. The fact that, in the mid-'90s, guys like Lee Fields gave me and all these young people the chance to do backup. I was in my 30s, but some of those guys were still teenagers. Others were 22 and 23 - babies, all of them.” PeopleStillsFactsYoungGuyChanceFieldsYouthBabyTeenagerBackup Author:Sharon Jones
“I go to places and I see all these people working on peace education and on a culture of nonviolence and non-killing. You look at all these different movements going on: the environment movement, the interfaith movement, the human rights movement, the youth movement, and the arts movement.” PeopleHumansLooksArtDifferentCultureEnvironmentRightsMovementYouthKillingHuman RightsNonviolenceInterfaith Author:Mairead Corrigan
“The nasheeds I do are for children, the youth, and for the older people.” PeopleChildrenYouthOlder People Author:Junaid Jamshed
“[ Vietnam War] brought the people together and made the '60s like they were. The youth were very unified against the status quo - against the old line and the new old line. It's the same exact thing today.” PeopleMadeWarTodayTogetherLinesYouthVietnamStatus QuoVietnam WarUnified Author:Neil Young
“There has been a religious revival because - let me put it like this, the people that weren't traditionally religious, conventionally religious, had a religion of their own in my youth. These were liberals who believed in the idea of progress or they were Marxists. Both of these secular religions have broken down.” PeopleHas BeensIdeasReligiousProgressYouthBrokenLet MeSecularRevivalMarxistBroken Down Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
“The only people who really love the '80s are millennials. We had Reagan and Bush for our entire youth, the culture was terrible, the fashions were terrible, the movies were terrible.” PeopleCultureFashionYouthTerrible80sMillennials Author:Brett Morgen
“I think that youth culture is now very deliberately designed by both corporate entities and by governments to not involve people directly. Because as soon as you involve people you have a small loss of control; and as soon as that happens, anything could happen.” PeopleThinkingGovernmentHappensCultureLossYouthCorporateEntityYouth Culture Author:Thea Gilmore
“Once I became an adult and started to pursue writing as a professional career, I realized my main characters were always young people. My stories naturally center around children and teenagers. I think it's because I have worked with youth for about twelve years. The pains and joys of adolescents are moments I witness on a daily basis, so their stories are always with me as I write.” PeopleThinkingWritingYearsChildrenMomentsCharacterStoriesPainYoungJoyCareersYouthAdultsBasesI RealizedPursueWitnessTeenagerTwelveMain CharactersProfessional Career Author:Renee Watson
“I have always known that I wanted to work with youth through the arts and I believe the arts can help young people cope with hardship.” PeopleBelieveArtHelpingWantedYoungI BelieveKnownYouthHardship Author:Renee Watson
“One important thing I take away daily is that for all the talk about what youth are not doing - especially young people of color - I know there are many who do care about their future, who are striving to affect their world in a positive way.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayImportantCareYoungYouthColorImportant ThingsStrive Author:Renee Watson
“In Australia surfing was for the oiks. It was always rebellious. And sadly it was for a long time a bit unreflective and macho and anti-intellectual. Unlike other sports it was essentially a youth cult, like rock and roll. But like rock and roll its people grew up.” PeopleLongBitsSportsRocksYouthGrewGrew UpLong TimeIntellectualAustraliaRock And RollCultSurfingRebelliousMacho Author:Tim Winton
“There's much talk about the problems of youth, but young people are not a problem. It's a natural evolution of things. We, who have known only how to make war and slaughter people, have no right to judge them, nor can we teach them anything.” PeopleWarProblemYoungNaturalKnownTeachYouthJudgingEvolutionSlaughter Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“The wave of punitiveness that washed over the United States with the rise of the drug war and the get tough movement really flooded our schools. Schools, caught up in this maelstrom, began viewing children as criminals or suspects, rather than as young people with an enormous amount of potential struggling in their own ways and their own difficult context to make it and hopefully thrive. We began viewing the youth in schools as potential violators rather than as children needing our guidance.” PeopleWayChildrenWarStatesSchoolYoungDifficultUnitedUnited StatesStruggleMovementYouthAmountDrugToughWaveCaughtCriminalsEnormousHopefullyGuidanceThriveSuspectsCaught UpWar On DrugsMaelstrom Author:Michelle Alexander
“It's important to teach students about the reality of the system, that it is in fact the case that they are being targeted unfairly, that the rules have been set up in a way that authorize unfair treatment of them, and how difficult it is to challenge these laws in the courts. We need to teach them how our politics have changed in recent years, how there has been, in fact, a backlash. But we need to couple that information with stories of how people in the past have challenged these kinds of injustices, and the role that youth have played historically in those struggles.” PeopleWayNeedsYearsKindHas BeensImportantFactsStoriesRealityPastLawDifficultChallengesRolesTeachCasesStruggleInformationChangedYouthStudentsCoupleCourtInjusticeTreatmentUnfairBacklashPeople From The PastUnfair Treatment Author:Michelle Alexander
“In a society where some people are far more educated than others, in which public education is ill-funded - here I am speaking of the U.S. - while we build more and more prisons to incarcerate youth who ought to be in school, there is already a gap between those with education and those without. Those with educational privilege can be seen as arrogant, remote, alien - and very often they believe themselves superior.” PeopleBelieveSchoolYouthOughtPrisonIllPrivilegeEducationalSuperiorsEducatedAliensGapsArrogantHere I AmPublic EducationPeaking Author:Adrienne Rich
“Most young people are or will soon enough be workers. They can help to energize and radicalize the workers' movement. And what revolution has ever succeeded without youth?” PeopleEnoughHelpingYoungMovementYouthRevolutionWorkersSoon Enough Author:Michael Yates
“All of the youth ferment on campuses is a very good thing. Lots of people are being permanently transformed and will do good thing throughout their lives. However, young people must be careful not to be coopted, even by labor unions and the like. They must keep their eye on a radical transformation of society.” PeopleEyeYoungYouthLaborTransformationGood ThingsUnionsVery GoodCarefulRadicalBe CarefulTransformedCampusLabor Union Author:Michael Yates
“What I criticize is the message that the United States is sending to the youth of the world - to those of us who invite people to leave the ways of violence and the drug trade, we are not given a visa but those that sell drugs and weapons, yes.” PeopleWorldWayStatesGivenUnitedUnited StatesViolenceYouthDrugMessagesWeaponsTradeSellsCriticizeInvitesVisa Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“I can see both trends among the youths: people who are ready for a constructive, critical and active presence, and others who are ready to become invisible Muslims and to compromise to be accepted. I put my hope in the former and pray for the latter.” PeopleI CanYouthReadyPrayingCriticalActiveAcceptedInvisibleCompromiseFormerLatterTrendsConstructive Author:Tariq Ramadan
“People always ask me about the role models that I'm providing for kids, and I say I can't be concerned with that. I'm not worrying about corrupting youth. I'm worrying about writing realistically and truthfully to affect the reader.” PeopleWritingI CanKidsAsksRolesWorryYouthReaderModelsConcernedAsk MeRole ModelsProvidingNot Worrying Author:Robert Cormier