“When we were growing up, old man jenkins would never fail to come out every morning to nail tadpoles to a wheel, spin it around and around, like a wheel of fortune, and then say, "Tadpoles! Tadpoles is the winner!" We all thought he was crazy, but then, we had some growing up to do.”
Jack Handy
“You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.”
P. J. O'Rourke
“Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day you're in diapers; the next day you're gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul.”
The Wonder Years
“Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up.”
Dr. James C. Dobson
“Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.”
Peter B. Medawar
“Mistakes are a natural part of growing up. They're to be expected and made light of. But children bloom like spring flowers under praise. They want so much to be noticed and appreciated, to excel and have that excellence noticed.”
Earl Nightingale
“I think I'm finally growing up - and about time.”
Elizabeth Taylor
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