Alice Paul Quotes

I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14.

Youth is that period when a young boy knows everything but how to make a living.

I've always seen myself as a grown-up. Since I was a little kid.

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

It took me 36 years to be able to be by myself and like it.

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

When I was 15, I was naive, looked like a grey mouse and felt second choice.

Once you reach a certain age, you realize that men aren't as important as you once thought they were.

Sometimes as a boy, you really want to feel older and mature.

I love the idea of college, but I first need to figure out how to transition to being an adult because we honestly never thought I would make it to this point.

I've been a protected child, but I moved out for further studies when I was 16, and I have travelled quite a bit by myself.

Independence was something I really wanted from a young age and I think it really helped me make sense of myself, more so than perhaps say going to university would have done.

I had to believe in myself from quite a young age. And I had to grow up pretty early.

When I first came into the league, I followed my parents for everything. Now, I'm really doing stuff on my own.

My freshman year, I was such an immature kid and I didn't know what to expect, I didn't know what I wanted or what I could do or what my abilities were off the court.

You want to be in control of a lot. You grow up. You sink or swim. I suppose I swam.

You might have one thing in your head, but the things you're doing don't really lead down the right road, necessarily. When you're young, you don't want to hear that. You think you can do everything, be all things.

Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me.

I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.

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.

If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done.

I think I am an adult.

Because too much of my life was spent waiting to be seen. Hoping to be seen, hoping to be picked. Once you realize that you aren't looked at that way any more, other things start to happen and you have to depend on other things to get by.

I was 14 when I moved into my own apartment. I was so scared. I didn't know anything.

I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.