A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does

I write about what I know: teenage dating, overly charged sexuality, all the things that make you uncomfortable.

Violet will be a good color for hair at just about the same time that brunette becomes a good color for flowers.

The teenager seems to have replaced the Communist as the appropriate target for public controversy and foreboding.

I taught at a cotillion. I was one of the teenage helpers when I was in high school. But we're talking very basic.

Everyone should see Hollywood once, I think, through the eyes of a teenage girl who has just passed a screen test.

I didn't have that normal teenage period when you build up your friends in your area and you have a social circle.

I had had my own trials and tribulations with body image. I had gone through a lot starting from my teenage years.

As a 15-year-old teenage girl, I can attest to the fact that boys dominate most conversations between girls my age.

The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.

Apart from a small minority, teenage boys fall into three distinct categories: macho, metro, or just plain muddled.

Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - especially if he has a teenage daughter.

Let's face it: your average straight, cis-gender teenage boy isn't going to pursue a relationship with a trans-girl.

Most child actors, once they hit 18, once they hit 21, that's it. Even teenage kids often don't make the transition.

I definitely have breast envy. When teenage girls were saying 'I wish I had breasts', I was thinking the same thing.

The teenage years are years of great chaos and confusion in your lives, but also a time of seeking a deeper meaning.

I was desperate for something to read that dealt realistically with teenage life, and I thought others might be, too.

I had never heard of 'young adult novels,' which I guess are about teenage gangs and the new boy in town or something.

I've never had a teenage rebellion, I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.

I've never had a teenage rebellion; I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.

What happens when children reach puberty earlier and adulthood later? The answer is: a good deal of teenage weirdness.

My favorite thing before going to school was watching 'Full House,' 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch,' and 'Boy Meets World.'

Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it back, in a second flowering, at the age of 70 to 90

What a shame that allowances have to stop with the teens: both those that are paid to us and those that are made for us.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

I think he’s handling it with grace. A lot of teenage boys would sulk, or lurk around under your window with a boom box.

I was thrilled to support the Teenage Cancer Trust while celebrating the music of The Who - a band that changed my life.

North Korea is the errant teenage child, aren't they? Or toddler - they're holding their breath until they get their way.

The idea of a teenage Dumbledore was simply odd, like trying to imagine a stupid Hermione or a friendly Blast-Ended Skrewt.

I have seen my kid struggle into the kitchen in the morning with outfits that need only one accessory: an empty gin bottle.

I have two teenage sons, and they're both surviving, thriving, and having a great time, and they're always on social media.

The teenage female has less demand to perform and more resources to attract love. Her body and mind are more genetic gifts.

I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.

I grew up in a family where, through my teenage years, I was expected to go to church on Sunday. It wasn't terribly painful.

Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees, and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy.

Killing a pig for a good old fry-up is one thing. But there's no excuse for being cruel, even if you're a bored teenage kid.

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

I am not sure that the inner world of teenage girls has changed. What's most important to kids today is still the same stuff.

Teenage life - possibly adult life too is all about what you want and can’t have. And then about what you receive and misuse.

How strange that the young should always think the world is against them - when in fact that is the only time it is for them.

Mr. Steven Bochco is a very wise man. After a many-monthed nationwide search to find a precocious teenage doctor, he hired me.

living with a teenage daughter is like living with the Taliban a mum is not allowed to laugh, sing, dance or wear short skirts

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

I remember I wanted to be Zorro, but I also wanted to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I obviously had ideas above my station.

I think the reason teenage fiction is so popular with adults is that adults hunger for narrative just as badly as teenagers do.

They (teenage boys)don’t really listen to speeches or talks. They absorb incrementally, through hours and hours of observation.

I never really had a teenage experience. I went from childhood to maturity, and in some ways, it short-circuited me emotionally.

The national policy of promoting abstinence-only programs is a $1.5 billion failure and teenage girls are paying the real price.

Twenty years ago, teenage boys in the United States drank twice as much milk as soda; now they drink twice as much soda as milk.

If I could write a letter to my teenage self I'd probably say something like: "You ain't gonna believe what will become of you."

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