Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

If I could write a letter to my teenage self, I'd probably say something like: 'You ain't gonna believe what will become of you.' ”

When I was growing up reading history books as a young student, it seemed all wars had a winner. Yet in today's wars, it is increasingly clear that no one wins. Everyone loses. ”

When self-delusion and self-flattery enter the mind-set of a product team and the metrics they judge themselves by, like the first plague rat coming onto a ship, the end is practically preordained. ”

When I look at our roster, I'm sure all of you have printed that I'm coming up on 35, and given my situation and my salary structure and all that, yeah, I have to wonder if this team is going to make moves and they haven't. ”

I don't have a number, I just want to catch them all. That's always my goal is to maximize every opportunity and every throw that's coming my way. ”

I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China, which is supposedly the tea of eternal youth. It's called Silver Needle. It's unbelievably expensive, but I get it on the Web. ”

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along. ”

My favorite book growing up was 'The Little Prince.' ”

I'd lived in West Virginia on and off for four to five years growing up. I'm familiar with Bible Belt, with Appalachia, 'Hillbilly Elegy.' ”

My parents were of the opinion, because they had started skating very young, that you should have something that you do that you care about, because it structures your life as you're growing up. ”