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Most Famous Growing Up Quotes of All Time!

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Green Day were heroes of mine growing up.

Quotes by Tom Kitt

Peter Parker's storyline hits every key point of growing up.

Quotes by Tom Holland

My dad never explained anything growing up.

Quotes by Tom Douglas

I grew up in Swaledale, in Iowa. Its population was 220 when I was growing up, and it's probably 150 now. I lived in town and sometimes worked on the farms outside of town in the summers.

Quotes by Tom Drury

Growing up, I went to many schools, and I had to fit in to many different types of environments with totally different social groups. It helps me out as I move from job to job.

Quotes by Toby Stephens

David Letterman was my guy growing up. My parents recorded the tenth anniversary special for me, and I watched it 40 times.

Quotes by Timothy Simons

My sister was in ballet growing up. I spent almost the entirety of 7 through 12 backstage at Lincoln Center, just running around, waiting for 'The Nutcracker' to end.

Quotes by Timothee Chalamet

My dad's French, and I spent my summers in France growing up. So I speak French fluently, and obviously, I speak English because I was raised in New York, and I grew up here.

Quotes by Timothee Chalamet

I played the piano growing up and then stopped for 10 or 12 years.

Quotes by Timothee Chalamet

I spent a lot of time in a small town in France, growing up.

Quotes by Timothee Chalamet

I got kids that are growing up in a Donald Trump world because we screwed up because we haven't been able to craft a message and push policies that connect with working class people.

Quotes by Tim Ryan

Kids are growing up with a bombardment of information through technology.

Quotes by Tim Ryan

I was not funny growing up.

Quotes by Tim Meadows

Part of what was in the ether all around me growing up, until I was between 19 and 20, was a terrible, debilitating stutter. It was part of what made me very reclusive as a kid.

Quotes by Tim Gunn

The idea is not to please the most amount of people. Growing up in Versailles, the idea was to please the least amount of people.

Quotes by Thomas Mars

Growing up in Versailles is like growing up in a museum, and the people living there are almost the security.

Quotes by Thomas Mars

Growing up in the streets of Bed-Stuy, it was hard, yo.

Quotes by The Notorious B.I.G.

I have minor characters who are Asian-American, and I've been using them throughout my career, but they've never taken center stage, they've never been really powerful, they've never expressed some of the experiences I had growing up in the U.S....

Quotes by Tess Gerritsen

When I was growing up, I knew I wanted to be a mathematician, but I had no idea what that entailed.

Quotes by Terence Tao

Growing up in Finland, ice hockey was the main sport. But I never played that. I went with footy. I never had any other hobbies.

Quotes by Teemu Pukki

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Frequently Asked Questions

What themes come up most in these "growing up" quotes?
Several speak to the uncertainty of not knowing what you want to be, the powerful feelings tied to childhood memories, and the way growing up shapes a sense of identity.
Is there a quote about not knowing what you want to become?
Yes — one quote admits, "I could never decide what I wanted to be because I wanted to be so many things," capturing the open-ended excitement of childhood.
Do any of these quotes touch on identity and belonging?
Yes. One speaker recalls questioning things like "am I black enough?" and "Am I German enough?" while growing up, and pushes back by asking, "Why are we measuring blackness?" It's a personal reflection on identity. For more along these lines, see our Identity quotes.
Is there a quote about childhood memories tied to strong emotion?
There is — one person describes watching the Premier League as a child and says feeling the trophy and having the medal around their neck was "an unbelievable feeling." Browse more on our Emotion quotes page.
Do these quotes talk about change as part of growing up?
Yes — one speaker reflects on loving where they grew up and notes that it's "grown and changed and embraced change" over time. You can find more on our Change quotes and Experience quotes pages.

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