Teachers who help to open young minds perform a duty which is as near sacred as I will admit.
It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'
You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did.
If I had my way, all actors over 55 would be issued a 3-lb. wet salmon with which to slap the face of every young, beautiful, successful upstart.
Because," said a boy. "Because why?" asked a young girl. "Because I love you.
Through social media, young people are constantly being pinged about a whole slew of potentially better matches or social activities.
The fountain of youth with the youthful young musician is one meaning, and the fountain of youth with the youthful energy of the leader is another meaning.
When I was very young I wanted to be a professional horseback rider. Then I wanted to be a pop singer. Then I wanted to be a psychiatrist. Then I wanted to be a movie director.
I didn't have a dysfunctional childhood or young adulthood, but I was somebody who was very much raised to do what other people told me to do as a person.
When you actually see Barack Obama, it's startling how slight he is and how young he looks.
Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.
When I was very young, my background as a Sikh-American made me aware of the tensions that underlie choice.
I remember working with Rod, though, on Chrysler Hour. I was too young and dumb to know that I was supposed to be scared of anybody or anything - like getting fired or anything like that.
A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or color, because they were a terrific violinist or a terrific dancer.
I think every young actor in Los Angeles went up for that role. It was between Frankie Muniz and me, and he pulled out, so I got the role.
Thinking about the heartbreaking number of young children around the world who think they are unwanted and are uncared for can easily keep you awake at night.
When you're young your reality is accepted by most. When you're older, your reality changes and that seems to upset most people.
Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our Nation for tomorrow.
Each of us knows that we have an obligation to care for the old, the young and the sick. We stand strongest when we stand with the weakest among us.
Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be made for themselves.
I want to tell any young girl out there who's a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.
