“It’s adult swim time and I’m diving in here at the shallow end.” — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
How you were raised is no excuse for ignorance. If you're grown you're old enough to make your own decisions. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
Being an adult is the ability to postpone a want for the sake of a family need. — Chris Hogan Copy Share Image
As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
“Is this what being a grown-up is like ? Badness and goodness squished together in a big ball of craziness ?” — Kirstin Cronn-Mills Copy Share Image
Believing in religion is like believing that adulthood is the solution to childhood. — Adam Phillips Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy, I told my dad, 'When I grow up, I want to be a musician.' My dad… — Chet Atkins Copy Share Image
“There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood. — Larry David Copy Share Image
It's a universal truth that no parent wishes to acknowledge that the fear and phobias we are in thrall to in adulthood… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
As children we all wonder - we wonder all the time. And that gets lost in adulthood. It gets beaten out, it… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
For many people, the age of 20 is when they first reach adulthood, and it's a time full of ideals and dreams.… — Lee Min-ho Copy Share Image
“Face your fears and overcome them. Become the best person you can be as you grow into your impending adulthood. Find what… — L.B. Simmons Copy Share Image
“Their best chance for a happy adulthood lies in discovering and nurturing their strengths, cultivating flexibility in the face of obstacles, and… — Christine Koh Copy Share Image
“Children seldom are able to realize that death will come to them personally. One might define adulthood as the age at which… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Let's face it: part of being a grownup is that every day you have to choose between going out at night or… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Although I was well past my teenage troubles, our music was specifically designed to lubricate the passage from adolescence to adulthood. — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
“I remember everything,' Bette Midler flatly notes. 'But you know how in life, you tend to hold grudges? Well, I don’t do… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
For me the breakthrough was the realization that I wasn't the center of the universe or even the centre of my own… — Shaun Micallef Copy Share Image
In all times and in all places--in Constantinople, northwestern Zambia, Victorian England, Sparta, Arabia, . . . medieval France,Babylonia, . . .… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
I began writing for kids because I wanted to effect a change in American society. I continue in that spirit. By the… — Arnold Adoff Copy Share Image
“We were girls, you see, not even women, just girls, most of us when we started. And the boys were just boys,… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, books took me away from my life to a solitary place that didn't feel lonely. They celebrated… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
“Youth is a gift that goes largely unappreciated by its proprietor. Like a single raindrop falling on hot pavement it evaporates before… — Rob Wood Copy Share Image
“Oh, monsters are scared', said Lettie. 'And as for grown-ups...' She stopped talking, rubbed her freckled nose with a finger. Then, 'I'm… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
