Young Quotes

No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves - but what the teachers are themselves.

One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.

Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts.

Well, I'm too old to pimp, and too young to die, so I'm just gonna keep playin'

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

You start a project as a young person and then at the end you are another person. You are ready to go for your pension.

There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something that you get over. I don't believe there's a healing process.

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

The young child approaching a new subject or anew problem is like the scientist operating at the edge of his chosen field.

When I was young, I believed in three things: Marxism, the redemptive power of cinema, and dynamite. Now I just believe in dynamite.

Guns alone are not the answer. We must provide hope for young people for better housing, clothing, and food; and if we do, the radicals will wither away

Abortion is a worse moral scandal than priests sexually abusing young people.

When you're young, there's so much that you can't take in. It's pouring over you like a waterfall. When you're older, it's less intense, but you're able to reach out and drink it. I love being older.

One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto.

Provide lots of opportunities for children's natural curiosity to manifest itself. With very young children, our role is one of supporter and guide.

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

You know, old folks can have dreams, too, as well as young folks, and then work toward them. And to have a dream like this come true for me is just a terrific experience.

You are never too young to lead and you should never doubt your capacity to triumph where others have not.

The principle trap that the devil sets for young people is idleness.

To be young, gifted and black!

Asthma research is a lot better and new medicines are always coming out to help young people.

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.

As long as there are young men with the light of adventure in their eyes and a touch of wildness in their souls, rapids will be run.

Maturity comes not with age but with the acceptance of responsibility. You are only young once but immaturity can last a lifetime!

If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.

Male menopause is a lot more fun than female menopause. With female menopause you gain weight and get hot flashes. Male menopause ? you get to date young girls and drive motorcycles.

All I can say is that it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're young and foolish.

Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.

The children right now, the young children, everybody should go to a martial arts school. Why? Because as soon as they go to a martial arts school, they learn discipline.

Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

You are very familiar with Western ways, but you are too young. You go everywhere to follow the big news, but the questions you ask are too simple -- sometimes naive.

Every man has problems that only life insurance can solve. In the young man’s case, the problem is to create cash; for the older man, to conserve it.

Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

You continue to dream the wild dreams that you dream when you were young.

I had to do something. A young man came into my home for protection. Is he dangerous? No. Is he a spy? No. Is he a traitor? No. He's just a Jewish teenager who wants to leave.

I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.

We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinians] never do return. The old will die and the young will forget,

Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

He mighta spent a couple years under the arena training young wrestlers.

The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible.

Young people get the foolish idea that what is new for them must be new for everybody else too. No matter how unconventional they get, they're just repeating what others before them have done.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.

I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.

After the war, once the bop revolution had taken hold, there were all kinds of young musicians, talented young musicians, who were ready for this fusion of classical and jazz.

I would always love Alaska Young, my crooked neighbor, with all my crooked heart.

Shed no tear - O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more - O, weep no more! Young buds sleep in the root's white core.