I accept the calling of my generation to give our children the America that was given to us, with opportunity for the young and security for the old - and I know that we are ready.
I really identified with Pocahontas' struggles as a young woman trying to identify herself in a modern, changing world and trying to stay true to her culture and heritage.
The more traditional bride still prefers white or ivory, but the young girls... seem to like the idea of using colors.
I remember being very young and going to AA meetings with my father in Brooklyn. I thought it was fun because they served hot chocolate and cookies.
Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious.
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.'
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I gotta say, as the father of two beautiful young daughters, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
