I think I always had joie de vivre. But I had pretty bad self-esteem growing up and much of my adult life. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
When you have a childhood dream that still burns and tugs at your heart when you're an adult, you owe it to… — Robert Cheeke Copy Share Image
Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
Strong role models and unconditional love can heal even the most emotionally impoverished person, and that goes for adults as well as… — Ann Landers Copy Share Image
Among adults, we can admit that of course, characters are creations. They aren't real people. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Young adults that actually read are reading bodice rippers and best-sellers and me. And Horror. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Cord blood stem cell units have been shown to be a suitable alternative to adult bone marrow for the treatment of many… — Nathan Deal Copy Share Image
The single most valuable human trait, the one quality every schoolchild and adult should be taught to nurture, is, quite simply, kindness. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
“I held on to the hope that one day I would grow up and have all the answers, just like my parents.… — Shaun David Hutchinson Copy Share Image
The key is that unless there is accountability, we will never get the right system. As long as there are no consequences… — Albert Shanker Copy Share Image
“Adults are content to walk the same way, hundreds of times, or thousands; perhaps it never occurs to adults to step off… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
We live in a reward-centered society. When I was a child, my father used to say, "It's not whether you win or… — Renee Lawless Copy Share Image
The reason they came up with the ratings board is that there are a lot of movies out there, and parents need… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
In contrast to how a child belongs in the world, adult belonging is never as natural, innocent, or playful. Adult belonging has… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
The years between leaving school and actually becoming an adult are very important years. You make a lot of choices as to… — George Michael Copy Share Image
The story of 'Mirror Mirror' is in many ways a story about evolution. It's about the evolution of a child into an… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest tragedies of growing up is the discovery that your parents- and your teachers, and your sports heroes, and… — Robin Wasserman Copy Share Image
England has been praised for turning out intelligent, adult pictures whereas Hollywood has been severely censured for turning out junk. I don't… — John Garfield Copy Share Image
The annual award of $5,000 goes to an author for a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young… — Scott O'Dell Copy Share Image
Some of the most interesting and happiest kids I've seen have lived with a lot of different adults, because a kid can… — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
All were happy - plants, birds, insects and children. But grown-up people - adult men and women - never left off cheating… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
It is hard to imagine, but in a Maryland school, a 13- year old girl was arrested for refusing to say the… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I… — Chico Xavier Copy Share Image
Soothing touch, whether it be applied to a ruffled cat, a crying infant, or a frightened child, has a universally recognized power… — Deane Juhan Copy Share Image
Plainly, the environment must be a living one, directed by a higher intelligence, arranged by an adult who is prepared for his… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
In fact, I want to be a Transformer as an adult. I would transform into a Gulf Stream 500. — Brad Delson Copy Share Image
Praise and reward create a system of extrinsic motivations for behavior. Children (and adults) end up taking action in order to receive… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The youth have a prodigious talent for inventing progressive ideas and alternative courses of action that elude the jaded, in-the-box minds of… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
The extraordinary gentleness of the adult male with his young dispels all the King Kong mythology. — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
Maybe God's goal wasn't for me to raise a good rule-following child. Instead, His goal was for me to raise a God-following… — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am not really much interested in talking to adults, although I suppose practically every mother in the kingdom knows my name… — Enid Blyton Copy Share Image
People forget what a big issue toilet training is for adults and kids, and it is not fun, especially when you're in… — Robert Munsch Copy Share Image
I wanted to do pretty much a purely boy story, yes. The girls are kind of the bad guys in 'Marble Season',… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children, or you read books for adults. — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
the real reason I had wanted to grow up, the main reason I had been willing to even consider becoming an adult,… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
Nobody could be a professional cartoonist, because you have to do something you don't like to do in order to be a… — David Rees Copy Share Image
“Adults are just making things up as they go along. And when they’re scared, adults have no more answers than us kids” — Mike A. Lancaster Copy Share Image
Recently, I've really responded to books that bring the magic of childhood back to us as adults. — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
The sum and substance of education is the right training that effectually leads the soul of the child at play on to… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
