Youth Criticism Quotes

When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always news. If they are up to something, that's news. If they aren't, that's news too.

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

Most of the 16-year-olds I know are snotty brats that I wish I didn't know.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists in the circulation of their blood.

Millennials get a bad rap sometimes about their grit and perseverance.

I don't like it when I hear it said: 'but these youth say stupid things!'

You're probably the most boring teenager in the world.

I'm not a big fan of young people.

The fact that I am so young So Immature Seems unforgivable to The decrepit Perfect and faultless adults

Ah! How I hate the crimes of the new generation: they are dry and sterile as darnel.

Every time a young driver comes into F1, the finger's pointed at him over his age. I don't think that's right.

The age thing really bugs me. Do people have more of a right to not like what I say because I'm 19?

Regardless of its causes, thoughtlessly blaming the present is a weakness which, even if it is never outlawed, ought to be resisted. Though commonly flaunted as a sign of sophistication, it can be an opportunity for one-upmanship and an excuse for misanthropy, especially against the young.

I think about so many actors I look up to and wonder what people were saying about them at the age of 27 or 28. I'm sure it's not all flattering stuff.

I get a little cranky with the whole business about kids not having attention spans. This reminds me of the usual business of thinking that the next generation is hopeless. Every generation has said that about every younger generation.

I wish America would stop judging and criticizing teens and instead, try to understand the battles they have to fight every day.

It's almost a rite of passage for the middle-aged, it seems, to invent generational stereotypes for dumping on the young.

There's a bit of hazing when it comes to the youth performers and a disbelief that you're capable of handling dramatic or comedic material on an adult level.

America is dealing death, not only to people of other lands, but to its own people. So say the most thoughtful and passionate of our youth, from California to Connecticut.