Teenager Quotes - Page 13

• I do hope that for the young women watching the show they know it is heightened reality and just grown ups playing teenagers. That's not how it is supposed to go. Just keep it to yourself.

  Hilarie Burton

  Reality, Young, Shows

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• The last time I cried? My godchildren went to see Taylor Swift in concert and got to meet her. They literally ran toward her and hugged her, and it was amazing. I got big bonus points for it. I'll remind them when they're teenagers.

  Michelle Dockery

  Bonus, Lasts, Bigs

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• My mum lives in Boston; she's famous for teaching wushu and t'ai chi. So from when I was young, my mum and aunt were like: 'You're training; you're not playing baseball or football.' Training every day was normal. Later, when I was almost a teenager, Bruce Lee became my idol.

  Donnie Yen

  Baseball, Football, Teaching

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• I didn't rebel as a child. I missed that angry teenager thing.

  Billy Crystal

  Children, Rebel, Angry

  "Billy Crystal: My family values" by Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2013.

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• I'm so associated with being young and being with a teenager.

  Molly Ringwald

  Young

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• Everyone seems to relate to the awkwardness of being a teenager, or even a 30-year-old.

  Eddie Kaye Thomas

  Years, Relate, Seems

  "Eddie Kaye Thomas and Chris Klein interview: on returning to American Pie: Reunion". Interview with Caroline Preece, www.denofgeek.com. April 30, 2012.

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• Oh, I'm sure we could talk them into letting us in for nothing," Marco said. "Just tell them we're Animorphs." "Tell them we're what?" Rachel asked. "Idiot teenagers with a death wish," Marco said. "Animorphs." I tried the word out. It sounded okay.

  Katherine Applegate

  Wish, Idiot, Said

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• No one would have ever guessed that seven of the world's most talented teenagers were coming to the Henley that day for an entirely different sort of lesson.

  Ally Carter

  Different, World, Lessons

  Ally Carter (2011). “Heist Society”, p.159, Hachette UK

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• If I were to draw on a paper what gym does for me, I would make one dot and then I would erase it.

  Elizabeth Berg

  Inspirational, Gym Class, Doe

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• Some people think you have more privileges than other teenagers because of what you do, and that's not it at all. It's actually the opposite.

  Miley Cyrus

  Thinking, Opposites, People

  "Miley Cyrus: 'I Need More Friends'". OK! Magazine, February 20, 2008.

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• It is one thing to be a man's wife - quite another to be the mother of his children. In fact, once you become a mother, being a wife seems like a game you once played or a self-help book you were overly impressed with as a teenager that on second reading is puffy with common ideas. This was one of the many things I had learned since crossing over into the middle place - that sliver of time when childhood and parenthood overlap.

  Kelly Corrigan

  Mother, Children, Reading

  Kelly Corrigan (2008). “The Middle Place”, p.37, Hachette UK

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• Not me," said Orion cheerily. "I'm just a teenager with hormones running wild. And may I say ,young fairy lady, they're running wild in your direction." Holly lifted her visor and looked the hormonal teenager in the eye. "This had better not be a game, Artemis. If you do not have some serious psychosis, you will be sorry." "Oh, I'm crazy, alright. I do have plenty of psychoses," said Orion Cheerily. "Multiple personality, delusional dementia, OCD. I've got them all, but most of all, I'm crazy about you.

  Eoin Colfer

  Running, Sorry, Crazy

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• Adults are constantly telling teenagers that it's what's on the inside that matters. It's always painful to find out that adults have lied to you.

  Janette Rallison

  Adults, Matter, Painful

  Janette Rallison (2010). “My Fair Godmother”, p.9, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Can we please focus? We are supposed to be professionals." Holly said. "Not me!" said Orion cheerily, "I'm just a Teenager with hormones running wild and may I say, young fairy lady, they're running wild in your direction.

  Eoin Colfer

  Running, Focus, Hollies

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• Look, I guess it's natural, you're teenagers, its springtime,everyone's thoughts are turning to birds and bees and caterpillars and moths..... - Iggy

  James Patterson

  Bird, Looks, Bees

  James Patterson (2010). “Maximum Ride: Fang: Dystopian Science Fiction”, p.158, Random House

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• Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, People, Church

  Anne Lamott (2006). “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”, p.196, Penguin

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• Teenagers. Everything is so apocalyptic.

  Kami Garcia

  Apocalyptic

  Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl (2010). “Beautiful Creatures”, p.206, Penguin UK

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• Teenagers are like bees at night, I think. We don't like waking up and we don't always get with the program immediately, but once we figure out our mission, we'll see it through.

  Joan Bauer

  Night, Thinking, Wake Up

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• Bribes are the glue that's kept teenagers and parents connected for generations

  Gayle Forman

  Parent, Glue, Generations

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• There was Kir, red hair combed back and That Expression on his sharp face. Even his freckles looked serious. I'd given up wondering how a freckle-faced teenager could look so much like a disapproving granny.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Hair, Expression, Looks

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• You're probably the most boring teenager in the world.

  Nicholas Sparks

  World, Boring

  Nicholas Sparks (2009). “The Last Song”, p.50, Hachette UK

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• I'm pro-choice because I've never been a fourteen-year-old incest victim pregnant by her father, or a woman who's going to die if the pregnancy continues, or a rape victim, or even a teenager who made a mistake. I want women to have choices, but I also believe that it's a life, especially once it's big enough to live outside the womb.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Father, Mistake, Believe

  "Danse Macabre". Book by Laurell K. Hamilton, 2006.

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• Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth *and* fresher breath.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Wisdom, Peace

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• She read it again. It was fascinating and surreal, like reading a diary that had been hers when she was a teenager, secret and heartfelt words written by a girl she only vaguely remembered. She wished she'd written more. Her words mad her feel sad and proud, powerful and relieved." p 272

  Lisa Genova

  Girl, Powerful, Reading

  Lisa Genova (2011). “Lisa Genova Box Set: Still Alice and Left Neglected”, p.319, Simon and Schuster

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• I always wanted to be grown up. When I was little I couldn’t wait to be a teenager and go to high school. When I got there I wanted to be done with it, wanted to get out into the world, the real one, and live in it. The thing is, that world doesn’t exist. All growing up means is that you realize no one will come along to fix things. No one will come along to save you.

  Elizabeth Scott

  Growing Up, Real, School

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