"This generation has given up on growth. They’re just hoping for survival." ― Penelope Spheeris Topic(s): Teen More In Teen "I wanted to be with the kind of people I’d grown up with, but you can’t go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try."― Ethel Waters "The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you’re a teenager you’ve probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you’re going to."― Andrew Shue "I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China."― Rob Lowe