Growing Quotes

Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero.

Kerri Walsh Jennings
- Up
- Growing
- Hero
I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena - the loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation.

Zbigniew Brzezinski
- Think
- Loss
- Isolation

Growing up, I just wanted to be like everyone else. I didn't value or understand the beauty in being different at the time in my life.

Marisol Nichols
- Life
- Up
- Time
I was not very strong growing up, and my uncle used to look at me, like, 'This kid is not growing up, he is growing tall but he can be broken like a banana.' The banana in Congo is called 'Dikembe.' So my uncle start calling me, 'Dikembe, Dikembe, look at you Dikembe, you cannot even stand up.' It took a long time for me to walk.

Dikembe Mutombo
- Up
- Time
- Long
My mom was a big feminist, and when I was growing up, I wasn't allowed to have typical girl toys: she did not let me have dolls. Barbies were banned in our household. She read feminist books to me; my mom was a major feminist.

Leila Janah
- Up
- She
- Girl
We can go back to economic plans that are only designed to benefit the wealthiest among us, like Mitt Romney. Or we can keep moving forward with President Obama's vision for a growing economy that works for middle-class families in North Carolina and all across the country. For me, for North Carolina and for America, it's an easy choice.

Bev Perdue
- Country
- America
- Moving
If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, of values, of attitudes, which our present system induces, then we may wish to set up conditions of learning which make for uniqueness, for self-direction, and for self-initiated learning.

Carl Rogers
- Up
- May
- Knowledge
I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

Meg Wolitzer
- Up
- Writing
- Mind