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Young Quotes - Page 15

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

"Leading questions: Bear Grylls, chief Scout". Interview with Jane Dudman, www.theguardian.com. January 12, 2011.

I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

It is very natural for a young friend and a young lover to think the persons they love have nothing to do but to please them.

Alexander Pope (1735). “Letters of Alexander Pope and Several Eminent Persons from the Year 1705 to 1735”, p.74

Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.

Speech at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, October 08, 1952.

To be young was very heaven!

"The French Revolution, as It Appeared to Enthusiasts" l. 4 (1809). The same lines appear in Wordsworth's The Prelude, bk. 9, l. 108 (1850).

Khaled Said was a young man just like me, and what happened to him could have happened to me.

Wael Ghonim (2012). “Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People is Greater Than the People in Power : a Memoir”, p.60, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A person is as young as their dreams and as old as their cynicism.

Tony Campolo (2000). “Let Me Tell You a Story: Life Lessons from Unexpected Places and Unlikely People”, p.69, Thomas Nelson Inc

To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.

Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.322, Penguin

You are as young as your spine is flexible.

Richard Hittleman (1982). “Yoga, 28 Day Exercise Plan”, Bantam Books

Branding is everything. A young girl once came up to me and told me I could be famous because I looked just like Richard Branson!

"What Richard Branson Told Me About Goal-Getting (And Creating a Life You Adore)" by Robin Sharma, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2013.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.118, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

I will say what I want to say. I had some homosexual experiences as a young person.

"I'll say what I want to say". Interview with Ginny Dougeray, www.theguardian.com. September 09, 1999.