My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.

I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.

I talked about everything, man. I’ve always written material that everyone can laugh at. I talked about growing up. I did a lot of physical comedy. That was my thing. I was a physical comedian. I did anything and everything from running on a treadmill, I can paint a picture on stage of anything.

The most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society. Those who are creditors, and those who are debtors, fall under a like discrimination. A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes, actuated by different sentiments and views.

Not everybody gets to grow up. First you have to survive your childhood, and then begins the hard work of growing into it.

The thing about growing up with Fred and George,” said Ginny thoughtfully, “is that you sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

Growing up in Houston, the music scene is super boring.

I love being Canadian. I think growing up in Canada gives you a world perspective that I certainly enjoy.

Growing up in downtown New York City in the ’80s, we were ensconced in art and progressive thinking,Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we – kids and grown-ups – all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator. We never felt patronized.

When I was growing up, Keane and Sheringham were my idols, and they wore 10. So it was always my dream to wear it.

Beckham was a great inspiration to me growing up.

While growing up, I used to go to the beach, as I used to find peace there.

Growing up as a city kid is a joyous time

Growing up, I played on matting wickets. I always enjoyed the pace and bounce and somewhere that has a big role or big effect on your game.

When we were growing up and saw a Ray Harryhausen movie, we were interested in how it was done. But thank God we got to go through the magic of seeing it before we knew how it was done. You were able to get this beautiful, pure, visceral response to something without knowing too much about it.

Growing up gorilla is just like any other kind of growing up. You make mistakes. You play. You learn. You do it all over again.

I never met him. But just growing up where Deacon Jones did, he motivated me to be great, showing the NFL was possible.

My guy growing up was Deacon Jones from Eatonville, Florida, where I’m from.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk

No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell

I never had a lot of friends growing up so having this insane amount of love and support really means a lot to me.

Growing up in Chicago is hard. I’d say 80 percent of the people ain’t really got no daddies. Their household wasn’t right. All they know is the streets and getting some money to support each other and support their family.

We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow; Our wiser sons, no doubt, will think us so.

As a little kid growing up in Hollywood, I was called ‘a little crazy’. And now I guess I’m still that way.