A. A. Milne Quotes

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

My maturity level is rising. I think there are certain situations that I'm handling better than in the past.

You may think me crude, and probably I am crude, but I am not so crude as I was, for I am clever enough to see that the girl of nineteen who thought herself a genius was only an unusual girl writing her heart out.

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

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

How does anybody change from the time that they're 18 till they're 25? Everything kind of changes. You see the world much differently, and you get your priorities in order a little bit more.

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.

In your teens, you get the physical puberty, and between 28 and 32, mental puberty. It does make you feel differently.

I think I've been lucky enough to have had an extended adolescence. I'm a lot like I was when I was 15.

I've become a lot more relaxed about my career, but maybe that's a part of growing up. I realise there are things I hold dear and value, aside from professional achievements.

With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.

I just want to show people I've matured, not just physically but mentally.

I think I've just matured over the years.

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

I think as you get older, you find out more and more about yourself and what you like and what you don't like.

Some people should have more levels of maturity than others, but you know to have a show that's grounded, tethered to reality, if you follow a group of people for six years and you show no maturity, I think that would be inaccurate.

You grow up and share life experiences. That's one of the best parts of this business. You share how you're mellowing out and your new sense of self.

We do not change as we grow up. The difference between the child and the adult is that the former doesn't know who he is and the latter does.

One of the troubles of our times is that we are all, I think, precocious as personalities and backward as characters.

Act your age don't pretend to be older than you are give yourself time to grow

I think you can be mature without being grown-up. You can also be grown-up without being mentally mature. One of them is forced, while the other one is your choice.

You just grow up and learn to think instead of just feel.

I have a lot of growing up to do. I realized that the other day inside my fort.

I think there comes a point where you have to grow up and get over yourself, lighten up…and forgive

“How does one grow up?” I asked a friend the other day. There was a slight pause; then she answered, “By thinking.”