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Most Famous Growing Up Quotes of All Time!

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When I was growing up, I didn't know anything existed outside the borders of Buffalo.

Quotes by Cory Wells

People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.

Quotes by Constance Wu

Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books, I always knew I was going to write a horror novel.

Quotes by Colson Whitehead

Growing up as a product of the black civil-rights movement, I had a lot of different models for black weirdness, whether it's Richard Pryor or James Baldwin or Jimmy Walker.

Quotes by Colson Whitehead

I want to have some fun with my kids growing up.

Quotes by Colton Underwood

I spent a lot of time in Tower Records. I'm a huge music nerd, and Tower was instrumental to me when I was growing up.

Quotes by Colin Hanks

Growing up, I wanted to be a pilot!

Quotes by Colin Donnell

When I was growing up, I wasn't an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at school. I was very quiet.

Quotes by Clint Eastwood

I've always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies.

Quotes by Clive Anderson

When I was growing up in north-west London, our milkman's cart was pulled by a horse, and cattle still grazed on the meadows near Church Farm.

Quotes by Clive Sinclair

Growing up, Karuna Shinsho on CNN was one of my idols, so I wanted to become either an anchorwoman or an international lawyer.

Quotes by Claudia Kim

I like health-conscious cooking, but growing up in the South, I do love southern cooking; southern France, southern Italy, southern Spain. I love southern cooking.

Quotes by Clarence Clemons

I ate cottage cheese all the time growing up, but it wasn't until I was in college that I became aware of the stigma surrounding it.

Quotes by Claire Saffitz

Growing up, I didn't have any role models that were sick that were doing anything with their life, ever.

Quotes by Claire Wineland

Growing up, I listened to a lot of Queen and Lauryn Hill because of my dad. Those are songs that have messages.

Quotes by CL

Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl.

Quotes by Claire Danes

Growing up, I was obsessed with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Quotes by Claire Foy

I don't want my kids growing up believing that there is nothing destructive in the world.

Quotes by Chuck Connors

Theatre is expensive to go to. I certainly felt when I was growing up that theatre wasn't for us. Theatre still has that stigma to it. A lot of people feel intimidated and underrepresented in theatre.

Quotes by Christopher Eccleston

It was so inspiring for me to watch tennis growing up. I thought I was really good playing, until my brother told me I wasn't!

Quotes by Christine Taylor

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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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