Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes

Oh Christ, he groaned to himself, if this is the stuff adults have to think about I never want to grow up

Starting at about, I guess, forever, I've always looked forward to getting older. When I was 14, I couldn't wait to be 16 and get a driver's license.

Well, I don't ever get excited. I haven't been excited since I got a Chopper bicycle when I was about 12. Once you get older you realise there's always a catch to everything. So when I get, say, a commission to make a TV show, the catch is that you have to deliver something and then the sense of responsibility overwhelms the joy of the occasion.

If you haven't turned rebel by twenty you've got no heart; if you haven't turned establishment by thirty you've got no brains!

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

A lot of people don't want to grow up because it sucks.

I'll never forget when I was 12 years old. I couldn't wait until the day I was 16 and could drive a car. I thought that'd be the end of life's problems. I mean, you can drive! What is there left? And then I turned 16 and realized there were still problems.

I used to love getting older.

I know I felt like I was ready to be an adult long before the rest of the world agreed. I'd already realized that a lot of grown-ups didn't know any more than I did, and some of them were even dumber than I was, and even the ones who were smarter weren't using their smarts for things I necessarily considered worthwhile.

When you're young it's boring to be a keeper.

I’ve aged, but I don’t think I’ve grown up.

Will you never grow up?" "I doubt it, and I certainly hope not.

Welcome to adulthood." Cob said. "Every child finds a day when the realize that adults can be weak and wrong just like everyone else. After that day, you are an adult. Like it or not.

I wanted to be grown up the minute I could.

I was a boy, suddenly treated like the men and expected to act like them.

All my friends were in college when I was making 'Superbad.' We were drinking beer and watching movies and eating pizza. It wasn't like I was going to nice restaurants or anything like that, and I lived like a frat guy. Eventually it was time to grow up, be healthy and be responsible. You can't live like a kid forever, you know?

I'm 18 and I like it!

I feel old and vulnerable. I now realise that I knew nothing and know nothing, but back when my career was beginning, I thought I was a man when, in fact, I was a dewy-eyed boy who'd not seen an avocado or eaten a tomato.

You never expect anything when you are 20 because you think that you'll never get older.

I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!

Thirty-two is the age we turn into actual adults.

When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age.

I've been able to play a kid up to this point and pretend that I'm not a grown-up - well, at least for two hours a night!

Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't.

There's been a lot thrust on my shoulders at a very young age.