Age Hierarchy Quotes

When I was a kid, we called every teacher, every parent - anyone over the age of 20, it seemed - 'Mr. or Mrs. so-and-so.'

In Chinese culture, it wouldn't occur to kids to question or talk back to their parents. In American culture, kids in books, TV shows and movies constantly score points with their snappy back talk. Typically, it's the parents who need to be taught a life lesson - by their children.

Growing up, I've always been the baby. I'm the younger of two girls in my family, my friends are always older than I am, and I'm a rather small person in stature as well.

In the sibling society, both the adult and the elder get lost, and no one knows where they are.

In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat.

Since I was growing up, I was always the younger one playing with older guys. They called me Young Bull and that just stuck.

A young man is embarrassed to question an older one.

I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing the washing up. My sister was four years older, and my brother six years.

You know, when you're the youngest kid, you kind of get the last of everything.

We had four guys in the family, so somebody was always hitting somebody or chasing somebody or getting mad or fighting or wrestling - that was just what you did. So when you're the youngest, it's good for you. You figure out real early how to get out of headlocks and holds.

Being the youngest of 12, I always had to wait my turn in line to play my records.

I was in a group called the Yacht Club, and they were all older than me. I was kind of the baby.

I always hung out with older people. I would be the youngest out of the crew.

I was the second oldest of seven children, and chores were a way of life for us. If your task wasn't completed, you were called right back to finish it.

I'm the youngest of 12 children. And although I was the youngest, I tried to organize things in my family. When there were disputes, I tried to mediate.

All my friends have always been older than me.