The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements. — George W. S. Trow Copy Share Image
Typical Hollywood crowd - all the kids are on drugs, and all the adults are on roller skates. — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
By the time a child reaches out to an adult, the vast majority of kids have been dealing with the bullying and… — Rosalind Wiseman Copy Share Image
The library is a place where most of the things I came to value as an adult had their beginnings. — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children. — Donna Shalala Copy Share Image
In adult centers the nerve paths are something fixed, ended, immutable. Everything may die, nothing may be regenerated. — Santiago Ramon y Cajal Copy Share Image
Because I'm in an adult world and I'm really working, my age is just a number. It's not really who I am. — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
In fact, in my adult lifetime, I don't think I've ever seen people as fearful economically as they are right now. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I still can't get over the idea that respectable adults now go to see superhero movies and that such films get reviewed… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Our culture is in deep trouble, and at the heart of its trouble is its loss of a vision for manhood. If… — Stu Weber Copy Share Image
Observation is the generative act in scientific discovery. For all its aberrations, the evidence of the senses is essentially to be relied… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
That was my big break [Lonesome Dove]. My first real kind of adult role on something really well-written. It was a spin-off… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
My mother, whom I love dearly, has continually revised my life story within the context of a complicated family history that includes… — Melissa Gilbert Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huck Finn' for adults exclusively, and it always distressed me when I find that boys and girls… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
As an adult I generally feel this pressure to be thin, not from men, but from other women. As a silent or… — Kate Christensen Copy Share Image
His mind reeled. Now, empowered to ask questions of utmost rudeness-and promised answers-he could, conceivably (though it was almost unimaginable), ask someone,… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
I love my job so much. I thought, what a cool way for kids to learn, via assignment, via reporting. I learn… — Nancy O'Dell Copy Share Image
In our childhoods we either get all the social and emotional and ethical skills we need to be well adjusted adults, or… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
Much of the message that I try to put across to students is that they have to figure out what they really… — Kadir Nelson Copy Share Image
To put it as simply as possible: I am not a Muslim.[...] I do not accept the charge of apostacy, because I… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love… — Alan Beck Copy Share Image
The nature of human beings never changes; it is immutable. The present generation of children and the present generation of young adults… — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
“Apparently, now and again adults take the time to sit down and contemplate what a disaster their life is. They complain without… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
My parents' loss was compensated by the birth of my son Aryan and daughter Suhana. I believe they're my parents. In comparison… — Shahrukh Khan Copy Share Image
To be a healthy person, you have to be sympathetic to the child you once were and maintain the continuity between you… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Very, very few adults possess so much charm that they can long be supported by another adult based on that attribute alone. — Sandra Tsing Loh Copy Share Image
You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love. — Parker Posey Copy Share Image
“If you're referring to yourself as a 'grown-up', then you're still totally a kid. 'Grown ups' call themselves adults” — Chelsea Fine Copy Share Image
I knew enough about adults to know that if did tell them what had happened, I would not be believed. Adults rarely… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Children accept many things adults will not accept, since the world of a child is a constant revelation without any need for… — August Derleth Copy Share Image
I remain totally convinced that if we can do one more simple thing to help kids and adults to learn more, it… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Many of our deepest motives come, not from an adult logic of how things work in the world, but out of something… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough. — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
“I read somewhere that many adults with advanced IQs are often less happy than those who test average.” — Catherine McKenzie Copy Share Image
Being a shy child, I always longed for a mask. Even in my adult life, I have glasses, they are my mask. — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
This is certainly the raunchiest, if you use that word, raunchy. The roots of Jim Henson, though, was adult comedy. — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
It's no wonder we're all such a mess, is it? We're like Tom Hanks in Big. Little boys and girls trapped in… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
All any grownup expects of an adolescent is that he act like an adult and be satisfied to be treated like a… — John Grant Copy Share Image
Nine out of ten adult Americans have a checking account. It's the most widely used financial services product in the United States. — Carolyn Maloney Copy Share Image
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