Emily Osment Quotes

I'm so happy in the projects that I'm able to make, to be involved in projects like this. This isn't always where it was at for me, I started working when I was a kid. I'm just a different person now, I'm 30. I started working when I was 11 and it's a different ballgame.

Education is the first step on the ladder to economic empowerment.

Growing up in India, I knew all I needed to change the world was one good opportunity, and I prepared myself for it. When that opportunity came - in the form of the chance to earn an engineering degree - I was ready.

I certainly feel as if I've been blessed professionally and personally, but I've still got moves I'd like to make.

I think, you know, when you're a teenager, sometimes your emotions are a little bit more drastic than maybe when you're in your 20s. You sort of level out a little bit.

I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far.

I've never had to get a job as a waiter or anything. I've always been able to support myself in 'the biz.' Which is great. It's really fantastic to be able to say that, because I know it's hard to do.

I've been very fortunate in my career.

I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

High school isn't necessarily the best time of your life.

I'm just a kid - I've got a lot of stuff to do yet.

My profession has helped me to grow up.

In certain ways, I'm not very different than I was when I was a teenager.

I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.

I became popular very young. I viewed myself as just a young actor trying to figure out how to do well, and, you know, making mistakes and learning and growing.

I didn't have a teen age at all. I didn't even look at boys, never mind... then suddenly it was like, 'Oh my god!' So I made up for a lot of lost time very quickly. It was kind of bonkers. Working hard, partying hard - but also experiencing life, you know.

I find the education I got from living in Derby and being streetwise and knowing the people that I know, the lessons that I had to learn growing up, have set me in good stead for this kind of working life.

An education is a more surefire guarantee that you have possibilities opened to you.

It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me.

I was a teacher most of my life, which I loved. I had a very happy working life, and when I retired, I thought I must do something, and I've always read a lot of fiction - you learn so much from fiction. My sentimental education came mostly from fiction, I should say, so I thought I'd try.

When you're educated, you must offer others a road to success.

The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future.

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

There is a lot of learning I have to do and a lot of growing up I have to do.

A good education is a foundation for a better future.