“I will thank you not to be impertinent," said Aunt Josephine, using a word which here means "pointing out that I'm wrong,… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
Until you can intelligently articulate the other side's position, you are not an adult. You are a liberal. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
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The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery. — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
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Morrissey was my Mrs. Garrett, the house mother from the Facts of Life, a soothing adult figure giving me words of wisdom. — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
It's hard to change adults, and it's hard to change it from a political position or a perceived political position. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
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I think the main thing that we can do as adults helping young people to find the joy in reading, whether we're… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
I have some idea that if I pick on [boy band] One Direction, I'll get a ton of hate mail, because I… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
Americans are willing to go to enormous trouble and expense defending their principles with arms, very little trouble and expense advocating them… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
The children of this world and the adults of this world are in entirely separate boats and only drift near each other… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There were some super-lean years, yeah. I'm six feet four. And I entered into this period all of a sudden when I… — Jason Segel Copy Share Image
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We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I'm not suggesting at all that we take away all of the characters' vices. I am suggesting that this particular vice is… — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
Jesus beckons me to follow him to that place of weakness where I risk the vulnerability of a child so that I… — Gary Haugen Copy Share Image
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With so many mind-bytes to be downloaded, so many mental codons to be replicated, it is no wonder that child brains are… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
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Evolution has led to some populations of people being able to digest milk without much trouble when they're adults as well. — Carl Zimmer Copy Share Image
The 'militia' was the entire adult male citizenry, who were not simply allowed to keep their own arms, but affirmatively required to… — Don Kates Copy Share Image
Liberals want the government to be your Mommy. Conservatives want government to be your Daddy. Libertarians want it to treat you like… — Brandon Simpson Copy Share Image
I spent my adult life as a scientist, and science is, essentially, the most successful approach we have to try and understand… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
I was a little shocked at how adult some of the humor was, because I was never that into animation before and… — Cheryl Hines Copy Share Image
Not only Southern children - but adults as well - use the preface ma'am or sir when speaking to someone older or… — Tinsley Mortimer Copy Share Image
If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry will decline, just as a population which does not give birth will eventually… — R. J. Reynolds Copy Share Image
I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults. — Rick Derringer Copy Share Image
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Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or family member. It may… — Joe Manchin Copy Share Image
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