I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try. Ethel Waters on teen
So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible! Vanessa Hudgens on teen
A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult. John B. S. Haldane on teen
I'm a teenager, but I'm independent - I have my own apartment, I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible, leaving my family and coming here alone. Adriana Lima on teen
My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone. George Foreman on teen
All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away. Joan Chen on teen
Adolescence is just one big walking pimple. Carol Burnett on teen
Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock. Ben Lindsey on teen
Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl. Claire Danes on teen
Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion. Louise J. Kaplan on teen
Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice. David Elkind on teen
I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst. Nigella Lawson on teen
Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't. Jamie Lee Curtis on teen
You've got to grow up sometime. Winona Ryder on teen
When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe. Dario Argento on teen
Maturity is only a short break in adolescence. Jules Feiffer on teen
I mean, I'm pretty good in real life, but sometimes people seem surprised that I'm like a normal teenager and wear black nail polish and I'm just a little bit more edgy than the person I play on television. Brittany Snow on teen
This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival. Penelope Spheeris on teen
If you just watch a teenager, you see a lot of uncertainty. Jamie Lee Curtis on teen