Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wendy Kramer

In the next 10 years I see this wave of donor-conceived children cresting at adolescence or young adulthood and I think they're going to start demanding change, ... It's their right as human beings to know their genetic heritage.

John Lautner

I had a beautiful childhood, so my adulthood has been really frustrating because it's - half the time it hasn't been as good as my childhood.

Sylvester Croom

I'm disappointed that the players have put themselves in a very embarrassing situation and did not use good judgment. I'm just hopeful that lessons have been learned. As these young men move into mature adulthood ... they must learn to either defuse the situation or walk away from it.

Nancy Gibbs

Girls grow up scarred by caution and enter adulthood eager to shake free of their parents' worst nightmares. They still know to be wary of strangers. What they don't know is whether they have more to fear from their friends.

Lynn Coady

True adulthood occurs the moment we grasp that the people who raised us do not exist solely for our comfort and reassurance. From that point on, the steady stream of unconditional love and support we've expected from them all our lives has to flow both ways.

Mariella Frostrup

It's a universal truth that no parent wishes to acknowledge that the fear and phobias we are in thrall to in adulthood almost invariably connect back to childhood experiences.

Ned Vizzini

Adolescence is the most Technicolor time in our lives. It's the time when adulthood is new and we care most about it. It contains the highs and lows that excite me as a writer.

Kurt Andersen

When I talk to college students about Spy, it's like I'm describing something that happened in the 19th century. We were very lucky. We started Spy at a time when our generation had arrived at full adulthood and wanted to connect to its anti-establishment youth.

Octavia Spencer

What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.

Graham Elliot

Kids see cooking as a creative outlet now, like soccer and ballet. It gives me hope that things like fast food, childhood obesity and the horrible state of school lunches can be addressed by kids and their parents.

Charles Dickens

It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself

Alice Miller

,,,It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought.

Jesse Hathaway

I think we needed a moment to get back to our childhood. Unfortunately, I have to do some work. After that, I'm hoping to have some time to play.

Tom Robbins

It is never too late to have a happy childhood

Richard Riley

underscores the importance of increasing efforts to support and expand early childhood learning.

Gerald Clarke

He identified with Perry Smith. Perry Smith had a terrible childhood. Perry's was much worse than Truman's. Perry was really, really miserable. Truman's was just really miserable. But the loneliness--both of them shared this loneliness.

Gerald Clarke

He identified with Perry Smith, ... Perry Smith had a terrible childhood. Perry's was much worse than Truman's. Perry was really, really miserable. Truman's was just really miserable. But the loneliness--both of them shared this loneliness.

Renzo Piano

I dont remember a single thing in my childhood that was not related in some way to building.

Paula Radcliffe

I wouldn't be putting myself on the line if I didn't think I could go in and win both.

Frank Martinez

We've been told to say that. (And say) whatever it takes to get that phone line in the receiver.

Diane Rullan

We're not worried, though. People are just starting to get into the Valentine's Day spirit. Pretty soon the line in here will be out the door.

Mike Boyajian

We've got to keep on scoring. Right now, all three of our lines are starting to score. A team can't concentrate on one of our lines. We're pretty deep.

Mario Lemieux

I thought the other lines were pretty good, as well. We'll see what happens.

Mark Schmidt

I think we got the line a lot more than we have been. We played more aggressively.

Nariman Behravesh

I think that whole line of reasoning is overdone.

Steve Cameron

I think that we've managed to put together a competitive line up.

Lindy Ruff

I think that we're getting there, ... Those are two lines that could stick for a while.

Bruce Allen

He didn't have to stand up, ... He's not the reason we lost to the Jets.

Brian Williams

There are teams that have been in the playoffs in the past that have lost a lot of money.

Joe Papin

For me personally, maintain the weight I lost over the summer.

Debbie Carter

He said he got disoriented and lost his sense of direction.

Don McClure

He's also there for people who have lost loved ones." ()

J. Horton

He's been there and done that. He won some big games, he lost some tough games. He made some big plays, he missed some plays.

Matt Doherty

I was disappointed we lost but pleased we didn't quit.

Gary Powers

When he walked Christensen, I thought he had lost it. I let him stay for two more batters and got us in a jam.

Max Black

We've got to keep it going. I haven't lost to them. I can't start.

James Buchanan

Greencastle took us out of our game. We passed well vs. Fannett-Metal, but Greencastle played us physical and made their opportunities.

Jon Banner

We've been wanting to do it for a while, we talked about it more seriously after Peter passed away.

Mike Tice

I think we've passed the point of having him anointed at any position. I think anything he earns now, he's got to work his way up the ladder.

Jake Long

I was just tested. Someone was just testing me, and I think I passed all the tests.

Prawat Nagvajara

I passed the Costa Rican skier. He is last, I'm sure of it.

Keith Coogan

I started out as Keith Mitchell. I had done probably about ten years of television work under that name. Then my grandfather passed away in 1984. I wanted to honor him and his name.

Tom McDaniel

It's a project that we're passed the point of no return,

Bob Newman

It's all been passed down through the family.

Jim Malcolm

They're making rules that I think they're running around you and running around us. They passed that rule Tuesday and we're to scurry and get it done.

M. Wolfe

I was like 'Why am I saying not guilty?' ... I thought I had to or something. It was the wrong decision.

Joe Wooden

Just like the old saying goes, "Vasser's boon-doggling again.

David Shearer

What we were warning before was that stocks were getting low. Today we are saying stocks are gone, and the end-point has been reached.

Ruby Dee

We've got to start saying 'No further. This must stop,'

Tyson Chandler

We stunk it up in the first half. I'm thinking we've got a chance. I'm thinking, get it within 10. That's the only thing I'm saying on the bench: 'Get it within 10.

Scott Simms

I think this is what we expected, ultimately. We didn't do anything wrong -- that's what we've been saying all along.

Greg Rucka

When they're saying 'it's too dark,' they're saying, 'I'm scared.'

Ranit Schmelzer

He was not saying anything the administration has not said -- that we need to find these guys.

Giulio Tremonti

I have been saying for three years that Fazio is not suitable for this job.

John Mellencamp

Hanging out is a waste of time. The only time I would hang out was when I was a kid, I would hang out in the streets. But once I started making records, I stopped hanging out.

Mike McBride

He was unbelievable. We couldn't have stopped him with 16 tanks.

Bobby Allison

I just stopped to see if Donnie wanted a ride,

Sung Sohn

Immediately after the terror attacks, we were shell-shocked and stopped doing everything but watching television,

Andy Brandt

After we got the 2-0 lead, we stopped dictating.

Jessica Raine

The most common place I get stopped by fans is the ladies'.

Joe Torre

They stopped thinking and went out there and reacted.

Rick DiPietro

They're a little bright. But they stopped the puck.

Trevor Rabin

The reason I stopped doing the band is that I wanted to do something different... Yes had become like 'Groundhog Day' for me. I loved being in the band, but it was album-tour, album-tour, different album-different tour.

Roger Scruton

Kant's position is extremely subtle - so subtle, indeed, that no commentator seems to agree with any other as to what it is.

Todd Hollenshead

In the movie, there's a little more subtlety of where they come from, ... Do they actually come from within us and how?

Laurell K. Hamilton

Ma petite is not a subtle woman. Unless you say it, she will not understand it.

Ruth Ginsburg

What is subtle about what is described here?

Michael Schudson

The power of ads rests more in the repetition of obvious exhortations than in the subtle transmission of values.

Pat Conroy

There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.