Jaleel White Quotes

I think I am an adult.

I feel like 2012 was the first year I actually felt like a grown-up.

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that.

Becoming an adult means leaving the world of your parents and starting to make your way toward the future that you will share with your peers.

I needed to grow up and do things all adults do. It was time to stop having everything spoon fed to me. It was about being independent.

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.

You have to eventually grow up and take control of your life, which is very hard to do.

I've been sitting at the grown-ups' table my whole life.

There comes a time when you have to grow up and start thinking for yourself.

I wanted to be grown up the minute I could.

What I do now defines who I am as a woman and how people see me; they don't see me as a little girl.

Through a huge duration of my life, someone has always picked up after me. And when you're on your own and you're trying to be independent, it's definitely different.

After all, we are not children. It's time we planned our life.

I'm not a girl anymore.

I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.

Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help you.

If you're a caretaker, who are you when there's no one else to take care of?

When people are grownups they're grown ups. They make their own decisions you know.

I'm ready to live on my own. It's a really big step, but I'm ready.

To be adult is to be alone.

It's not that I don't respect my parents' authority or appreciate all that they did for me, but when I was 18 I was able to move out, and I was out. I feel like a different person since then; I mean, it's obviously a big turning point in life. I feel like I've established myself, and I'm a smarter and more mature for it.

I told my parents, 'You've taken care of me all my life, helped me through college. You've been awesome, but now it's my turn to be my own man.'

As you grow and mature, you will want and will earn more freedom to live your lives your way and to make your own choices. This you should do.

Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's leaned on, not the person doing the leaning, you're not an adult.

It was hard to find that transition to adult roles.