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Boy Quotes

From playground dreams to fatherly reflection.

This collection gathers quotes touching on boyhood in its many forms, from primary-school friendships and boy scout days to a boy's private ambition to become something larger than himself. See also our Boyhood quotes for more on early years.

Sometimes, I feel like I spent the first part of my life wishing to be a teen-age boy, and the second part condemned to being one.

Quotes by S. E. Hinton

To step out at Craven Cottage - week in, week out - as a local boy is just extra special.

Quotes by Ryan Sessegnon

I was probably about 13 or 14. I got pulled from a rope swing and some boy kicked me in the head and fractured my skull. It was a horrible time.

Quotes by Rylan Clark-Neal

To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.

Quotes by Ryan Phillippe

My first film goes into production in October. It's called White Boy Shuffle and it's based on a novel about a young black kid and it's sort of reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye.

Quotes by Ryan Phillippe

I have always considered myself to be very fortunate. To play for the biggest club in the world, which also happens to be the team I supported as a boy, means I have never had to consider changing away from...

Quotes by Ryan Giggs

The filth and noise of the crowded streets soon destroy the elasticity of health which belongs to the country boy.

Quotes by Rutherford B. Hayes

If I can give a very substantial injection of humanistic thinking into corporations, boy, that would change things a lot.

Quotes by Ruth J. Simmons

I came up with, 'I am a lost boy from Neverland, usually hanging out with Peter Pan' and recorded that simple line on my phone. I watched it back and thought it was kinda cheesy, and I was actually going...

Quotes by Ruth B

I went down to my keyboard and was playing random chords, and the one line I kept repeating was, 'I'm a lost boy from Neverland.' I decided to post it to Vine, and it got the biggest reaction I'd ever...

Quotes by Ruth B

I think 'Lost Boy' is just really relatable. You can be any age from any place in life, and you're bound to feel lonely at some point.

Quotes by Ruth B

I think 'Lost Boy' is more of a metaphor for oneself. When I listen to that song, I don't picture someone else. I kind of wrote it from a very honest place.

Quotes by Ruth B

Anything that encourages a boy to open a book, in a world of more violent and therefore more compelling video games, is something I'm going to pay for.

Quotes by Russell Smith

I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens drifted into reading serious literature.

Quotes by Russell Banks

If I set out to write 'War And Peace' or 'A Suitable Boy,' I'd be miserable.

Quotes by Ruskin Bond

The transition from an English father to a Punjabi stepfather demanded an adjustment that was far from easy for a 10-year-old boy who had just lost his father.

Quotes by Ruskin Bond

I was a dozy boy; I'd like to have been like James Dean, but I was more Arthur Askey - pathetically rebellious in a cheeky, chappy sort of way.

Quotes by Rupert Graves

It's interesting when you're in your thirties and you're not the same pretty boy that you were when you were 21. I think people's anger at themselves getting older is projected on to you because you become a symbol of...

Quotes by Rupert Graves

I have to thank my mother for this. When I was a little boy she used to teach me poems. I would go in church and tell the poems in church for the Easter program, and again for Mother's Day...

Quotes by Rudy Ray Moore

I feel like I'm a boy, but I don't feel like I should've been born with different parts of my body or anything like that. I feel like it's just all in how I dress and how I talk and...

Quotes by Ruby Rose

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these boy quotes talk about?
They cover several angles of boyhood — school friendships, big childhood dreams, and even fatherhood. One speaker fondly recalls, "Dave and I went to primary school together and we were like boy scouts," showing how early friendships shape us. For more nostalgic reflections like this, our Boyhood collection dives deeper.
Is there a quote about a boy's big dream?
Yes — one speaker looks back with humor at an ambitious childhood goal: "When I was a boy, I wanted to be a Ninja. Now I am a man, now I am a Ninja." It's a lighthearted look at how the goals we set as boys can stick with us into adulthood.
Do any of these quotes talk about how boys behave in groups?
One does, describing how easily a room full of boys can be swayed: "if you're at school with a load of 10-year-old boys and you tell them to jump, everyone will start to jump." It's an observation about how quickly the young follow a leader.
Is there a quote about being a father to a son?
There is. One speaker explains a major life decision by pointing back to family: "The fact was that my son Bill was in school." It shows how a boy's everyday life can shape the choices the adults around him make. For more on that dynamic, see our Boys And Girls quotes.
Where can I find more quotes in this same spirit?
If you liked this page, our Boyish collection captures that same youthful, playful energy, and our Boyfriend quotes explore how boys grow into that role in relationships.

Some entries look at boyhood from the outside, like a coach reading a group of ten-year-olds, or a father weighing decisions around his son's schooling. Explore Boyfriend and Boys And Girls quotes for related angles.