Quotes of: Young-athletes Keyword

People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

Walter Lippmann

This is what drives a young writer out of his head, this feeling that nothing is being said.

William Saroyan

I really pulled back on my career when the kids were young and my husband and I made a pact never to work while the other one was.

Blythe Danner

The heat around young actors burns out. Natural ability and magnetism only get you so far. The rest is hard work.

Ben Foster

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.

Barbara Jordan

Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.

Elton John

When I was young, I'd fight everyone who insisted I'd be an actress. I'd say, 'No way. I'm going to be a veterinarian. I'm going to work at Wetzel's Pretzels.'

Ireland Baldwin

I have one message for young musicians around the world: Stay true to your heart, believe in yourself, and work hard.

Joe Cocker

I joined Walt Disney, went to work, December 2nd 1935, so obviously, I'm not too young!

Marc Davis

As a single mum I have to work, so I'm grateful to have the help of a wonderful and trusted nanny like I had when I was young.

Minnie Driver

The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.

Simon Cowell

There's a tendency to think that young designers only do fantasy fashion, but I'm more interested in making clothes that women can afford.

Alexander Wang

Today's young women don't really see inequities until they go out into the real world.

Eleanor Clift

I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.

Eden Sher

Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.

Helen Fisher

I started writing because I got so frustrated that there weren't enough plays that had roles for young black women in them.

Katori Hall

I'm really inspired by playing strong women. Anything that I can be a part of like that, to be a role model for young women.

Missy Peregrym

I reject the idea that when young women make choices with which we disagree, they are acting without autonomy.

Roxane Gay

I get so much mail from young women saying that they are so insecure when they look at me, but they don't realize all of the flaws that I have.

Tyra Banks

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

George McGovern

What President Bush did in his doctrine of preemptive strike and in his war in Afghanistan and in Iraq was to turn even his allies in Europe negatively toward America.

Louis Farrakhan