Randy Quaid Quotes

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that.

Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older. That's the truth of it. They honor their credit cards, they find parking spaces, they marry, they have the nerve to have children, but they don't grow up.

For the first time in my life I'm really happy to be unattached because I realise there is so much responsibility to having a partner.

It's not that I don't respect my parents' authority or appreciate all that they did for me, but when I was 18 I was able to move out, and I was out. I feel like a different person since then; I mean, it's obviously a big turning point in life. I feel like I've established myself, and I'm a smarter and more mature for it.

I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.

I have a fresh start, now that I've turned 18, which feels like such a symbolic age of independence and hopefully a new phase of my life.

Coming to the Waratahs was the first time I felt I gained some independence. I was telling my parents I had to go out on my own, and learn and grow, and if I made mistakes, then so be it.

Becoming an adult means leaving the world of your parents and starting to make your way toward the future that you will share with your peers.

Some people do need to grow up, but I don't think I'm there yet. I don't think I'm ready to do grown-up things and be a grown-up.

The best holiday I ever had was the first one I went on without my parents, when I was 17.

Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge.

The children whom nobody leads by the hand are the children who know they are children.

I needed to grow up and do things all adults do. It was time to stop having everything spoon fed to me. It was about being independent.

Because teenagers don't have adult responsibilities yet, you can create your own drama, and it's a universe of your own emotions.

For my senior prom, my father finally said I could go - as long as I was home by 9 P.M.! That was around the time that most people were heading out. When I was little I was so mad at them all the time. 'Why can't I do this?' 'Why are there so many rules?' But looking back now, my parents gave me the foundation to have so many choices in life.

I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.

I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.

Being a teenager is chaotic because you're kind of coming into your own, but you're not an adult; you're fighting with your parents over responsibilities and freedom.

I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container.

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.

As you grow and mature, you will want and will earn more freedom to live your lives your way and to make your own choices. This you should do.

It's all about baby steps and trying to figure out how to slowly, elegantly become an adult.

When you're a kid, you get all these rules and regulations coming down on your head. You've got a need to be recognized. But as time goes by, this stuff, if it remains, can kill you. The attitude alone can't sustain anyone forever.