We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning.
Likewise today, some Christians are content to merely exist until they die. They don't want to risk anything, to believe God, to grow or mature. They refuse to believe his Word, and have become hardened in their unbelief. Now they're living just to die.
I didn't grow up reading the Bible.
Flowers grow out of dark moments.
For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before.
I'm obsessed with my 20s. I buy things that I wanted in my 20s. It's weird; it's a weird thing that I didn't grow out of.
Every spring, this happens: People discover hockey when daylight lasts longer and men grow beards and tie games do not end in shootouts but rather continue until a goal is scored. The seventh game only heightens the mood for players and fans alike.
My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it.
When you grow up as a minority in a majority culture, a lot of times, you're just trying to fit in.
I wanted to grow up to be just like my father.
The landscape you grow up in speaks to you in a way that nowhere else does.
I'd promised my parents that I'd go to college, take the time to grow up a bit, and experience something different before really pursuing music.
I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.
In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation.
I've always been curious and taken many risks, but that is quite atypical for a woman. On the other hand, I think that's the only way to grow beyond yourself.
If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of money to finance comfortable retirements and high-quality healthcare for all citizens, including those at the bottom of the wage ladder.
I was always enamored with TV shows and movies. But you didn't grow up in my town and turn into an actor.
Often, I grow irritated before the first tile has been placed on the Scrabble board. This generally occurs when one of my opponents has insisted upon bringing a dictionary to the table, making it clear that he will be consulting it throughout the game.
At my home in the southwest of France, I grow oak, hazel, and lemon trees in my backyard.
I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.
In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously.
When you have kids you do grow up. I have just started realising it now-it changes the world, having children.
Pluripotent cells have the ability to grow into any cell in the body.
I've been allowed to grow over the past twenty years. I've managed to avoid being trapped in one moment of my career and for that, I'm very thankful.
You looked at Stanford or Harvard, or the University of Colorado, these were powerful engines just turning out people ready to create and grow businesses.
I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on in my life and my history, and the material was the perfect answer for that.
There are over 170,000 pages of regulations in Washington, D.C. I want to streamline the rules in the federal government to basically allow businesses to grow without fear of burdensome federal regulations. That's a passion to me, regulatory reform.
It is not the question, what am I going to be when I grow up; you should ask the question, who am I going to be when I grow up.
You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
I never had to say to myself, 'OK now, I've got to grow up and work for a bank, or go and sell real estate.' I never had to make that kind of break.
Is advertising a profession, like law or medicine? How many new parents clutch their baby to their breast and declare, 'I want this child to grow up to be a media planner'?
I think older people can appreciate my music because I really show my heart when I sing, and it's not corny. I think I can grow as an artist, and my fans will grow with me.
Right now I'm just thinking about school and trying to get those grades and keep them up! In case I become a Norma Desmond when I grow up, I can have something to fall back on!
I was born in a very small town in North Dakota, a town of only about 350 people. I lived there until I was 13. It was a marvelous advantage to grow up in a small town where you knew everybody.
I think the big thing is to talk about getting people working again and addressing the issues that are keeping small business from being able to grow.
This October, we renew the fight against domestic violence and abuse in America. Together, we can eliminate domestic violence from homes across the country and ensure that our children grow up in healthy, peaceful communities.
