Grew Quotes

I wish it grew on trees, but it takes hard work to make money.

I grew up on Harold Lloyd, Charles Chaplin, and Buster Keaton, and those were the ones who inspired me.

I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.

I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face

I grew up beyond proud - we didnt have much, but we had a lot of love.

I grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, in a six-room farmhouse with a couple of leaning posts to keep it from fallin'. I came up in a time when men were men.

I'd be vegetarian if bacon grew on trees

Job endured everything - until his friends came to comfort him, then he grew impatient.

Hollywood is a challenging place; it's very easy for people to lose their heads. Fortunately, I grew up on it and I think I have a little bit of a head start.

[I] grew up as a disciple of science. I know its fascination. I have felt the godlike power man derives from his machines.

In 2008, a year of supposed 'food crisis', we grew enough food to feed 11 billion people. Most of it was not eaten by humans as food, however.

I grew to manhood in the Ohio State Penitentiary.

We grew up as poor people but we never knew poverty. I still love and miss the Somalia I grew up in. Things changed, when my father became a diplomat later on.

I grew up in Nairobi, which is the capital of Kenya, so it's hustle and bustle, and there's always something going on.

I'm not actually from Compton - I'm from South Central Los Angeles, and my father still lives in the same house I grew up in, so I'm there all the time.

I grew up with a Christmas tree, I'm going to stay with a Christmas tree.

Those of us of a certain age grew up expecting that by now we would have Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons' in our house. And all we've got is a Roomba.

I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest.

The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.

No one ever grew up intending to be an umpire, except perhaps my friend Bill Haller. His brother Tom wanted to be a catcher, so an affinity for masks must run in that family.

I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts, but they needed constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do.

I think there is a very subtle shift from the metal I grew up on to Weezer. I think the big shift was from a minor key to a major key. That made a huge difference in how it was perceived.

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

The closer to the top, the more grew in me the belief that it might be fulfilled, which most dreaming.

As knowledge grew, fear decreased; men thought less of worshiping the unknown, and more of overcoming it.

Scientists never stop asking. They're little kids who never grew up.

I grew up always admiring business owners. I was always interested in knowing who pulled what strings. I've always been in love with the decision making process, not just the product.

I remember I grew up in a poor family and we had almost nothing and we were not treated very well by our family. There was no safe haven for us. But somehow we always managed to be happy.

I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously.

I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

I love the fact I grew up wanting a brother and now I have four.

I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It's very practical, it's very outdoorsy. It's what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear.

The superstition in which we grew up, Though we may recognize it, does not lose Its power over us.-Not all are free Who make mock of their chains.

I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

I grew up really loving horror movies and genre movies. I was a big fan of Universal Monsters movies, read Famous Monsters magazine. I built monster models and creature effects...

There once was a student named Bessor Whose knowledge grew lessor and lessor. It at last grew so small He knew nothing at all, And today he's a college professor!

To me, England is past its sell-by date. It's not the country I grew up in.

I grew up overnight on that day, Dec. 27, 2007.

I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn't be that, I'd want to be a superhero.

I grew up in Barranquila, Colombia, and I spent most of my childhood dreaming about becoming a singer.

Immersed in solitude, he would dream or read far into the night. By protracted contemplation of the same thoughts, his mind grew sharp, his vague, undeveloped ideas took on form.

I grew up in the Philippines, and I don’t think there is a problem with the typhoon. It’s normal for us.

I grew up wanting to be a musician, but my parents were sure I would starve to death. So, they put me in physics and chemistry. That eventually blew up, and I got into radio.

Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listening to his music.

Human beings grew up in forests; we have a natural affinity for them. How lovely a tree is, straining toward the sky.

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

I grew up in Columbus, Indiana, a kind of industrial and farmland place.

I grew up in a way where I didn't realize there were limitations.I always thought I could speak my mind.

I grew up in a very simple home, a very simple background, and to be able to do what I'm able to do today, I'm very honored. I don't think I'll ever lose that perspective, and I don't want to.