Famous quotes containing the word growing:
“He could walk, or rather turn about in his little garden, and feel more solid happiness from the flourishing of a cabbage or the growing of a turnip than was ever received from the most ostentatious show the vanity of man could possibly invent. He could delight himself with thinking, Here will I set such a root, because my Camilla likes it; here, such another, because it is my little Davids favorite.”
—Sarah Fielding (17101768)
“Say Im weary, say Im sad,
Say that health and wealth have missed me,
Say Im growing old, but add,
Jenny kissed me.”
—Leigh Hunt (17841859)
“[Children] need time to stare at a wall, daydream over a picture book, make mud pies, kick a ball around, whistle a tune or play the kazooto do the things todays adults had time to do when they were growing up.”
—Leslie Dreyfous (20th century)