Grow Up, Grow Old, Give Up Something, Ignorance, Maya Angelou

“Most people don't really grow up. What they do is grow old, they grow tiresome even and self-righteous maybe, for it is hard to grow. Because it means they must give up something. Usually their ignorance.” - Maya Angelou, in New York Newsday, Jan. 12, 1993

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 11.

Peaceful Wrecks, Life, Grow Up, Tillie Olsen

“Never saw so many peaceful wrecks in my life.... That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.” ― Tillie Olsen, Tell Me a Riddle

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/89863.Tillie_Olsen.

Most People, Grow Up, Grow Old, Give Up Something, Maya Angelou

“Most people don't really grow up. What they do is grow old, they grow tiresome even and self-righteous maybe, for it is hard to grow. Because it means they must give up something. Usually their ignorance.” - Maya Angelou, in New York Newsday, Jan. 12, 1993

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 11.

Grow Up, First Real Laugh, Ethel Barrymore

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.” - Ethel Barrymore

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 74.