Age doesn’t make us childish, as they say, It finds that…

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

— Anonymous

“Are we so childish (I do not say childlike) as to think that a God who could scheme a Jesus-plan would lead poor pilgrims…

— Elisabeth Elliot

Age childish makes, they say, but 'tis not true; We're only genuine children still in Age's season. [Ger., Das Alter macht nicht kindisch, wie…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I think it is important to learn to distinguish between being childlike and being childish.

— Anonymous

Don't you understand that we need to be childish in order to understand? Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn't…

— Douglas Adams

It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child.

— Isaac Asimov

“Growing up is childish.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.

— George W. S. Trow

The naive is what is or appears to be natural, individual, or classical to the point of irony or to the point of continuous…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“Mockery is childish, Beatrice,' She says. 'It does not become you'. 'Mockery is childish, Beatric,' I repeat in my best imitation of her voice.…

— Veronica Roth

When we're in that kind of childish space, we're more genuine and feel more comfortable with our friends.

— Evan Spiegel

“KINGDOM OF THE WOMB From her thighs, she gives you life And how you treat she who gives you life Shows how much you…

— Suzy Kassem

In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Childish egocentrism is, in its essence, an inability to differentiate between the ego and the social environment.

— Jean Piaget

I wasted my time on your childish games. But don't worry I will not even try to hate you.

— Cynthia F B Mora