Quotes about Teenagers

All the teenagers I know are against it; all the parents are for it. I'm going to come down on the side of the parents because they do know best.

Damon Thayer

It's harder to reach teenagers. They don't want to hear one more lecture.

Virginia R. Corrigan

It seems that since they were teenagers, their actions were always somehow connected. And here we have the latest, with Yao getting the short end of the stick for a change.

Brook Larmer

If I don't speak up, who else is going to get stabbed? ... They don't know their children are having to deal with criminal gang members in their 20s. What are these people doing stabbing teenagers?

Carlos Cruz

Young Life is a nondenominational Christian organization that is committed to providing strong, positive influences in the lives of teenagers.

Carol Cassara

There are times when weight gain slows down and speeds up. That's perfectly normal in teenagers. But it is definitely, absolutely a danger sign if a youngster is losing weight during adolescence.

Steve Bloomfield

I've also noticed a lot of the older rock being re-mastered and released on CD. Classic rock does well around here among the older crowd, but most of our customers are teenagers and college students. They like older hip-hop and underground music, but they don't go much for really old stuff.

Jeff Mccormick

There's a lot of pressure on these kids, especially the top seeds. We have to keep in mind they are teenagers. One simple move can lead to a mistake. And one mistake when you're facing quality competition can lead to a loss.

Ron Frank

What they are trying to do is make them something you would want to try. They know that especially teenagers like sweet things. And the other thing they do is they market it in real cool packages so children will want to be cool and use it.

Sandra Shelson

The items are expensive in the amusement center, possibly blocking out its target consumers ¡ª teenagers and travelers.

Lin Li

What we're seeing right now is a new generation of teenagers, that as society changes, they're more comfortable in coming out. A lot of them are getting more support from their families.

Melinda Eash

It's a step forward to addressing the problem. We won't ever solve it and stop all teenagers from underage drinking. We're hoping it'll inform parents and children about the effects and make them think the next time they want to drink.

Jill Bjorklund

We hang out, talk to girls, same thing normal teenagers do.

Ridge Mckeither

I think they should just shut them all down, because where they have stuff set up for teenagers kids and teens to talk on, it's just a setup for people who want to commit crimes against children.

Michael Williams

People have been raped and murdered in here. There are bodies in the kitchen, babies [teenagers] who had their throats slashed. One is in the cooler.

Darlene Joseph

The drug dealers and gang members are waiting for these teenagers.

Selwyn Pieters

Teenagers are moody enough. Their self-esteem is variable enough from one moment to the next. It's hard to identify a clear-cut sign that a person has been abused. There are very few, if any, sure signs.

Don Strassberg

There are a lot of child-run families, due to the impact of AIDS or land mines or other health issues. There's a need to train children and young teenagers how to maintain a family and a home.

Sarah Carmichael

It's a very worrying figure but it confirms our information that use of cannabis is widespread among teenagers.

Tom Wood

This was a case of teenagers being foolish, and it blew up into a horrible nightmare. That doesn't diminish the tragedy, but there was a lack of sophistication in these acts. ... Kids tend to do things and think about them afterward.

George Reres

These are not people you might associate with firearms ownership or competition. We have a lot of diversity in the sport today. We have dental assistants, bank managers, teachers and textile workers. We have teenagers and people who are in their 70s.

Alan Deal

That's to protect the lives of our young people. Unfortunately, teenagers are more likely to die in a wreck than any other age group.

Master Sgtrick Hector

The cool thing is that people have been so responsive to my work on stage that I've actually had to turn things down. I have so many things I want to do, from flying an airplane to writing a symphony, and doing motivational speaking to groups of teenagers. Making records is now only one part of a great big picture in my life.

Debbie Gibson

It's sad that that's what teenagers have to do, that they don't have enough of a social life that they have to connect with someone across the country ... who they may never truly know. I mean, they go to school with 1,800 other kids.

Janet Kolb

Technology has destroyed interrelations in the human community. ... We are living among dispirited and agonized teenagers who can't find any hope.

Theodore Roszak

We just need to market to (teenagers) through gay-straight alliances in high schools. Just tell them here are some films you might enjoy; come together as a group and join us.

Joseph Cook

This exhibition brings the students' conversations about photography into the Museum space, ... The images in Reclaiming Beautiful present the teenagers' new awareness about how perception can be altered to redefine how they think about beauty.

Quevedo

Teenagers are going to be teenagers. I was the same way when I was that age, ... But, I told them what I expect from them as far as discipline goes. There job is to set an example for the rest of the school. And, I told them, 'If you don't believe me, try me.'

Donald Murphy

I was asked if it's been fun. It's like being a family and having a lot of teenagers. Not every day is fun. Some days you want to strangle them. But we're coming together. The chemistry is getting better.

Doug Berk

Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tragedies?

Andrew Shue

There are some people who don't want to think about teenagers having sex at all, in real life or in literature, ... Some parents don't want their kids reading about gay and lesbian characters.

Kathleen Horning

What you must realize is that the kids are always teenagers - but he's an angel, so he's ageless.

Frankie Avalon

It's clear that the governor understands the potential problem that gambling causes teenagers, and the lottery in particular.

Jennifer Mccausland

Jamie started the idea when she was in high school. She seemed to befriend the exchange students. She had an Easter egg coloring and an egg hunt. It was so much fun to see the teenagers having such a good time.

Brenda Agnello

Also, teenagers' belief systems are still forming, so they are more susceptible to being influenced by these shows. Parents should talk to their children about what they are watching, and the networks should consider posting disclaimers about the reality of the shows.

Glenn Sparks

Because foreign children who came here as teenagers have already established a firm grounding in their mother tongues, they are likely to become bilingual speakers--human resources who will become more valuable for Japanese society. If the education system would only be a little more flexible, they would not have to go through the kind of hardships they now face.

Michelle Wang

It's really a great time for all ages. We see everything from kids to groups of teenagers to adults and lots of families.

Nicole Belt

The biggest disappointment of the first round was the four teenagers, who won only one set among them. I could see Murray losing to Juan Ignacio Chela but maybe in five sets, four sets, a brutal match.

Brad Gilbert

When they were young teenagers, most of the participants had fairly healthy behaviors. What's really alarming is how rapidly healthy practices declined by the time the participants reached young adulthood.

Christine Bachrach

Prom is an exciting time for teenagers. The perfect dress is any dress that they feel beautiful and confident wearing.

Christy Austin

We have to be responsive to the marketplace. This young generation now in its 20s likes choices. We saw that in marketing products to them when they were teenagers.

Mary Miller

I suppose they are not your typical teenagers. They're normal for our family.

Deborah Ledford

They put a log on top of his body and jumped up on it several times until Roberts was dead. The teenagers said they murdered the man because they were bored.

Tarik Minor

They are increasing among teenagers everywhere and we want to get the word out.

Frank Berdar

Teenagers are already playing simple games on their mobile phones and PlayStation is as big a hit in Europe as it is in the U.S. and Japan. The consoles are flying off the shelves.

Marinus Potman

There was also an undercurrent of desperation about the town's sagging image. They put up booster signs with slogans like "It's Swell in Hornell." As teenagers we mocked it. Yet it made me sensitive to the town's identity crisis: How does an underdog pull itself up?

Bill Pullman

Most teenagers are far more interested in politics than we give them credit for. They're informed, they watch the news, and they're concerned about what happens.

Dan Taggart

We've been very focused on teenagers. Maybe we need to look beyond the teenage years.

Christine Bachrach

It's awesome. It's perfect for teenagers. It's spooky. It's dark. It's powerful.

Robin Kramer

Not only do parents provide the safe harbor teenagers need in an era of increasing violence and chaos, but evidence suggests this generation is more comfortable and trusting in authority.

Chip Walker

He'd always gotten along really well with teenagers. So he thought it would be a better job for him.

Lisa Cox

I got my love for football watching him play in high school and then going off to college. I talk to him about four or five times a day. He's married now and has two kids, but whenever I go home, we have video game battles like we are teenagers.

Kevin Boothe

In our culture, talking about sex is embarrassing, and talking about diseases that come from sex is even more so. And because people don't talk about it, there's not a good way for teenagers to learn about it.

Julie Downs

Our current division can be a tough one and we have quite a lot of teenagers. They might find it easier to make progress a league down which would also help their confidence.

Martin Baker

I always tell parents: Look at the media that your teenagers are consuming, ... Watch their TV shows. Watch the movies they're watching; read the books and magazines they're reading. That will give you an idea of the kinds of conversations they're having elsewhere.

Sabrina Weill

There's seven profiles of marijuana smokers: computer programmers, environmental activists, university students, teenagers, villagers in Moravia who now smoke joints instead of drinking plum brandy, reggae music listeners and 80-year-old ladies buying marijuana for their husbands who have Parkinson's and other illnesses.

Martin Titman

The appeal was that they were big, sweeping escapist stories full of glamour and excitement. Most teenagers are dissatisfied with their lives and dream of bigger and better things out there. These books were pure indulgence then, and I still enjoy them now.

Tilly Bagshawe

It's perfectly legitimate to talk about intelligent design. I think teenagers are the very people who should talk about this issue, but I don't think there's a place for it in the biology class.

Michael Ruse

A teenager's early experimentation might be minor, but it can still have a damaging effect on their developing brain.

Andrew Lawrence

At the time I came along, Hollywood's idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!

John Hughes

Being loved makes teenagers feel secure and safe in an unsafe world.

Tim Smith

That movie has this kind of old fashioned franchise that they wanted to reinvent and reintroduce to the new generation of kids and teenagers.

Angela Robinson

We have statements that she is the one who supplied the teenagers with the drugs that filtered down to the 14- or 15-year old who killed herself.

Jim Bailey

If teenagers want to get a message across, they'll do what it takes. And news travels fast.

Patricia Rodriguez

Cell phones are the lifeline for teenagers. They just can't imagine life without them, ... It's not just a communication device for teens; it's an entertainment device.

Michael Wood

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers.

Sean Covey

So, they're kneeling down on the ground of this playground. They're adults or teenagers -- mostly adults. They're not in the playground for the purpose that it was designed for. They're not on the swings; they're not on the slides. They're running an illegal dice game inside the playground.

Stephen Campbell

Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.

Monica Bellucci

In many of the cases, it's a crime of opportunity. A group of teenagers is roaming the street on a hot summer night and they come across a homeless person who might be mentally ill or alcoholic. When they hurt a homeless person, they think they can get away with it -- and they think they won't be hurt in return.

Michael Stoops

She looked out and she saw the teenagers in the yard and saw the car, and then she went to bed. And the next day, the car went down the street and she recognized it, so she got in her car and followed them.

Lee Procuk

Teenagers throwing baggies or bottles or even leaning out of the car window and swinging a cane at you.

Ralph Phillips

There were definitely some teenagers who told me they'd been asked to rewrite papers.

Amanda Lenhart

The groups, though, were my inspiration way back then. I liked Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers.

Eddie Floyd