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Most Famous Growing Up Quotes of All Time!

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Home wasn't a pleasant place to live, growing up.

Quotes by David Morse

As a young Scottish footballer growing up - I always used to follow Scotland and watch the games - Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, and Joe Jordan were players I looked up to.

Quotes by David Moyes

When I was growing up, it was not the heyday of the western.

Quotes by David Milch

I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and...

Quotes by David Guterson

When I was growing up, I had more comedy albums than musical ones. George Carlin, Cheech and Chong, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor - those were my main men.

Quotes by David Bryan

It was amazing for me growing up in the musical decade of the '60s. I saw The Beatles on television and went out and bought an electric guitar.

Quotes by David Cassidy

Basically, I was a kid growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn.

Quotes by David Blaine

I'm used to being around kids. Even when I was growing up in London, I had an older sister, I had a younger sister that I used to look after from time to time.

Quotes by David Beckham

I was a huge fantasy geek growing up. I was the dungeon master in my D&D game.

Quotes by David Benioff

Growing up a career cop, I was always taught, 'Stay out of politics.' I didn't have any particular allegiance to any particular party.

Quotes by David A. Clarke, Jr.

Growing up in a Mennonite background, there's not much media.

Quotes by David A. R. White

I didn't know a single musical soundtrack, really, growing up. Nobody listened to musicals. That wasn't a thing I did.

Quotes by Daveed Diggs

Well, the stuff that I liked growing up was AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, but I also liked the Beatles and guys like Cat Stevens and Elton John.

Quotes by Dave Mustaine

Growing up in Harlem, I was always in the parks playing ball.

Quotes by Dave East

To be honest, I was kind of a shy kid growing up.

Quotes by Dave Franco

I had a lot of reading problems growing up.

Quotes by Dav Pilkey

I play mostly guitar, and I played drums in my brother's band for a while growing up.

Quotes by Darren Criss

Growing up in Boston and dancing in the streets, you see a lot of things.

Quotes by Danny Wood

Growing up, I spent a lot of time on film sets all over the world.

Quotes by Danny Huston

Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.

Quotes by Daniella Alonso

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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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