Barry Commoner Quotes

You grow and you change, or at least you think you do, but you're kind of the same.

I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.

Being a teen is past for me. Worrying about the world and my place in it is not.

I think, you know, when you're a teenager, sometimes your emotions are a little bit more drastic than maybe when you're in your 20s. You sort of level out a little bit.

You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life.

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.

Little kids grow up discovering the world that's shown to them and then when you become a teenager, it kind of shrinks a little bit. I think when you get past that point, one of the important things is that you see there is more to the world than yourself.

I think the child I was until 12 was so much more interesting than the teenager I became.

I think the teenage sides of myself have informed my adult self.

Teenagers are philosophers. They are thinking about the big things like existence and identity at a time when their identities are changing so fast.

So many things come with your maturation process. I changed throughout my time with WWE from a kid in his 20s into a man.

If you have created an image of yourself at 13 and it is still with you at 17, it needs to be dropped.

I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.

I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

When you're physically growing up, you develop emotionally with that.

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

After adolescence, if one's life is sufficiently interesting, the desire to tell oneself stories diminishes.

I'm not the angry, rebellious child that I was. You can remain a child for a long time. I certainly did. I was a slow learner.

With each year that's gone by, and as I grow up and get older, I've become more mature, of course, but you have a sense of who you are, and you find confidence in that.

A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man - the one he used to be.

Think back to yourself at age 18. I know I was mighty different than the Patti I am today. As we grow up, we grow out of our haircuts, our apartments and - often times - our romantic decisions.

I certainly have the feeling that I'm the same person even though I've changed a great deal.

When you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that's necessarily a silly thing. You're waking up and becoming aware that the world has problems and those problems affect you, whereas when you're young they don't seem to affect you that much even if you're aware of them.

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

Supposedly I haven't changed.