As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts. — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“One of the pleasures of adulthood is saying nothing when you have nothing to say.” — Mary-Claire van Leunen Copy Share Image
The transition into adulthood is so exciting and remarkable to witness as parent. — Polixeni Papapetrou Copy Share Image
The older you get, the more Saturday Morning Hangovers replace Saturday Morning Cartoons. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And at twelve, heading for adulthood, a child fears that the way she is at that moment is all she's ever going… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
If from infancy you treat children as gods, they are liable in adulthood to act as devils. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
[Adulthood:] It's when you stop doing the stuff you have to make excuses for and when you stop making excuses for the… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
It may comfort you to know that if your child reaches the age of eleven or twelve and you have a good… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
I went from being a beanpole - like a normal kid of the 1950s - and exploded. The weight piled on and… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share Image
Both humans and dogs love to play well into adulthood, and individuals from both species occasionally display evidence of having a conscience. — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
The hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome is probably my first steps into adulthood: paying rent, groceries, cooking, taxes. I was… — Dillon Lane Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ - He means the world to me. So many different situations I've been through, through my childhood and now my… — Adrian Peterson Copy Share Image
I thought of my father's wisdom, as though it were buried in a box under a tree. As in the old song… — Mary Butts Copy Share Image
When we strive to remove all risk from childhood we also remove the foundations of a rational adulthood, and we eliminate the… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
I've always thought - and I don't even know if I'd be right for the part - that Jean Seberg would make… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I remember fearing that the dreary grind of adulthood would feature infinitely more existential dread than frat… — John Green Copy Share Image
Realization that i couldn't be a ballet dancer was a blessing in disguise because that was the first time I felt like… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
Has it ever occurred to you," he said abruptly, "that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It's a Little Leaguers game that major leaguers play extraordinarily well, a game that excites us throughout adulthood. The crack of the… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
Hiro is a talented drifter. This is the kind of lifestyle that sounded romantic to him as recently as five years ago.… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Yet GenX'er teens didn't slow down--they were just as likely to drive, drink alcohol, and date as their Boomer peers and more… — Jean M. Twenge Copy Share Image
As an actor, I relish and delight in doing things that I'm not necessarily the demographic for. This is a demographic that… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
Can you remember when you didn't want to sleep? Isn't it inconceivable? I guess the definition of adulthood is that you want… — Paula Poundstone Copy Share Image
I spent my whole childhood wishing I were older and now I'm spending my adulthood wishing I were younger. — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
“Adulthood involves learning to conclusively bury a great many of our hopes.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“I realized I would be forced to run away from home if someone tried to arrange a marriage for me. I didn't… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
For many of us, owning a home signaled a passage into adulthood that coincided with the start of a career and family. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
“As a man begins to understand the sacrifices he must make to live the life he dreams of, he often loses his… — Josie Sigler Copy Share Image
I'm pretty squeaky clean. No big tragedies in my childhood or adolescence or adulthood. I've had a very easygoing, simple life. — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to have done all one’s growing up since 33 — but that’s a damn sight better than not growing up… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“How do you explain to a child who likes everyone in the world that adult life consists to a great extent of… — Miranda Emmerson Copy Share Image
One of my most important 'Secrets of Adulthood': Outer order contributes to inner calm. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“Only as I approached adulthood did I realize that life is a process of continual becoming.” — Peter Korn Copy Share Image
It's never too late to move to a good place to try to improve your child's outcomes in adulthood. — Gwen Ifill Copy Share Image
Being nice to someone you'd rather shank isn't being fake... it's sucking it up, acting like an adult, and avoiding prison — Rose Etheridge Copy Share Image
I went from living in my dad's basement to moving to New York. So I never had that middle ground of easing… — Alex Winston Copy Share Image
“Your first period may unequivocally announce puberty, but your first 9–5 doesn’t definitively mean you’ve grown up.” — Mia Fontaine Copy Share Image
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