Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

I'm 28 years old. In my country, that's considered very young. It's almost like the youth don't matter to the up-and-ups. ”

I can guarantee you that at least 90% of my people that are my age group in Nigeria - who are considered the youth - had no clue about how Nigeria, the real origins of Nigeria. ”

I was brought up on Dickens. I remember reading 'Bleak House' but, coming back to it, I didn't remember much about it apart from a few characters. ”

In the decades since my youth, I've witnessed the explosion of fatherless families and an exponential increase in illiteracy and crime. ”

We understood, growing up - 'cause it was taught in our family home, my mom and dad - to respect women, for instance. To respect yourself. That you respect your name. Those are the kind of things we were taught. ”

We carry a new world here, in our hearts. That world is growing this minute. ”

You want to know what makes me tick, I'll tell you what makes me tick. I was a boy growing up in Brooklyn; I read a two-penny magazine called 'The Hawk's Nest.' Nobody entered that nest that didn't leave a little richer and a little wiser. And that 11-year-old boy said, 'Isn't that a wonderful thing.' And that's all there is to it. ”

Major League Baseball is a national institution and we take our responsibilities seriously when it comes to how the game affects the lives of American youth. ”

There is a lot of learning I have to do and a lot of growing up I have to do. ”

Whenever you fly into Louisville, you see a sign that says, 'It's Possible Here.' I remember my first time seeing it - I think I was coming home from the studio in L.A. - I was working on my debut album, and I just thought, 'Wow, it is possible here.' ”