Eugene Ionesco Quotes

I remember way back when I was young, 10 years ago.

Then again, I think about high school every day and I think about being a little kid every day too.

I've never been more than 9 years old.

...and down they forgot as up they grew.

Growing up too fast and I do recall, Wishin' time would stop right in it's tracks.

There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30.

I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

You can't be 16 forever.

Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man. I can't believe it. I was young just minutes ago.

A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportunity to be a child, so they hold on to that and still do a lot of childish, silly things.

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

I feel it was just a few years ago I was running around in short pants.

I realise I'm still a child, though I do feel older.

Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget.

You know you're getting older when - well, first off, when you read almost any story that begins 'You know you're getting older when.' But you also know it when you not only never heard of the musical guest on a given 'Saturday Night Live' but never heard of the host, either.

So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!

At a young age, I had to give up a lot of things, like being able to hang out with my friends.

You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.

When I was a kid, I thought it was tough.

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

I just like being a kid. I enjoy it, I don't want to grow up.

Heavens, Mary, of course we'll laugh again. It's just that we'll never be young again.