Famous Quotes & Sayings

Some of the things on there were pretty frightening. It's that secret life of teens that we don't know about.

Some of our kids are literally sleep-walking through life, with some potentially serious consequences. As clinicians and researchers, we know more now than ever about the biological and behavioral issues that prevent kids from getting enough sleep. But the National Sleep Foundation did something powerful: They asked teens themselves about their sleep. The results are startling and should be a wake-up call to any parent or pediatrician.

Jane Green

My teens and 20s were spent lying on sheets of tinfoil in the weak English sun, covered in baby oil. In Greece and France I would burn, then turn a dark brown.

Rachel Tucker

My mum was no pushy parent. She would drop me off for auditions when I was in my teens at the Lyric Theatre, then give me my bus fare and say she would see me later at home. She wasn't hanging around in the wings geeing me on. I had to do it on my own; it was up to me.

Native American teens in South Dakota are showing their support for the pro-life movement by participating in this year's National Pro-life T- shirt Day. As we prepare to kick off this year's event on April 25, American Life League joins with the youth of South Dakota to speak out about the horrors of abortion.

Looking at national studies, one of the key issues in accidents involving teens was being distracted. One of the primary causes of distraction were other teens in the car.

David Crane

Looking back, video game design seems a natural fit, although there was no such thing when I was growing up. I built a Tic-Tac-Toe playing machine in my teens which went up in smoke on the night it was scheduled to go to a science fair.

Madison Smartt Bell

John Fahey, thought during his lifetime to be possibly more than a little crazy, was the author of some thirty albums of gnomically introverted droning guitar instrumentals, which I listened to heavily in my teens and twenties; I even produced an hour or so of banjo music in an imitative John Fahey style.

It can be very hard for children and teens to eat in healthy ways when they're inundated with this.

I think the passenger restrictions are a really good idea because I think most teens take more risk when there's other people in the car.

Like it or not, there is a very high threshold for what is 'crossing the line' in terms of being overly suggestive. These teens today are exposed to a lot in popular culture.

I was used to teens who had everything they needed.

Lois Lowry

I think teens are drawn to these speculative books that portray what might happen and what could happen.

I think that just like with many other things in our society, certain things are much more acceptable now than they were five, 10 years ago or longer. I know a lot of pregnant teens who have had no problems staying in the regular school environment, trying to maintain their regular schedule as long as they could.

Loretta Young

I well remember how sure I was of myself when I was in my teens. I'm not critical of teens today.

Sarah Mlynowski

I watch a lot of teen TV and read a lot of YA novels. I also talk to teens whenever I can. There are cultural differences between when I was a teen and now, but emotions - anger, angst, love - are the same.

Michael Williams

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,

John was a role model for me who led to a lot of the reasons why I continued running after high school and college. He was the guy who most of the (local) teens aspired to be like as a runner.

Last weekend we had 70 to 80 people in here ranging from teens to late 1960s.

We'll always be changing what we're offering, especially for the seniors. They don't want to be playing the video games. Whatever seniors want, whatever teens want, we want to be on the edge of that.

Parents need to know this is a serious offense, and illegal behavior. Area teens participating in prom activities need to be cautious while driving late at night, and need to steer clear of places where they know underage drinking will be going on.

Parents have to help teens understand that they're comparing themselves to an image that isn't real.

Parents get mobile phones for their teens because they want to communicate in case of an emergency, and wireless carriers have made it easy to add users to their existing plans. Wireless carriers have been very successful in getting parents to expand their plans to include their teens, but between free phones and shared minutes, it's not the most lucrative proposition for carriers.

Our study findings clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of the game in improving health-related outcomes for these kids ? it's great news. Re-Mission gives teens and young adults a sense of power and control over their cancer.

Anton Yelchin

I've always loved punk music, since I was in my early teens, since middle school.

Malorie Blackman

What I wanted to do was use literature and different kinds of stories and poems as a springboard, tapping into the creativity of our teens - I wanted teenagers to come up with their own creative responses to literature - using books themselves as a starting point.

Let this be a learning lesson. Let?s pick up the pieces. Hopefully, other teens will not make the same mistake.

Many organizations focus on providing therapeutic care. We offer love, companionship, friendship and activities that are child-driven. Teens can reach children in ways that professionals, or even family members, cannot. The program also has a profound effect on the teenagers themselves by instilling within them the values of giving and gratitude.

Simply educating teens to avoid sugar may not be enough. We delivered calorie-free beverages to their homes and we found that the heaviest teens lost weight.

She is a powerful role model, a tremendous friend and a life coach to most of our members, young and old. She is a major influence on our teens exhibiting positive peer pressure.

There are two things working against young drivers: inexperience and immaturity. To the extent that you can give teens more time to develop their driving skills and the judgment to counteract their lack of experience the better.

The program actually kicked off a couple of weeks ago with our Teens Against Tobacco and Busted! groups in the schools and colleges. The schools each have a goal of collecting 250 pairs of shoes, and a couple of them are already close to the goal.

Jacob Latimore

'Maze Runner' is about a group of teens that live inside this giant maze. And outside the maze are these creatures that come out at night. The centerpiece of the maze where we stay is called the Glades, and we call ourselves the Gladers.