Smoking is, as far as I'm concerned, the entire point of being an adult. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
A little bit of laughter and an occasional adult beverage never hurt nobody. — Erica Tazel Copy Share Image
Some adults would rather pretend that bad things dont exist than to talk about them. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“Children understand...things far better. Adults always make things so complicated.” — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
If cynicism is inevitable as one ages, so is the yearning for innocence. To children heaven is being an adult, and to… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
[A young adult novel] ends not with happily ever after, but at a new beginning, with the sense of a lot of… — Richard Peck Copy Share Image
By health I mean the power to live a full, adult, living, breathing life in close contact with... the earth and the… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who we become as adults. — Chris Hemsworth Copy Share Image
I do what I want, when I want, how I want, and because of that, it has taken me so long to… — Michelle Rodriguez Copy Share Image
When you're an adult designer, you're either running a business, or you're helping someone else's business run. Either way, that's a lot… — Christian Siriano Copy Share Image
I've always thought of this city as Disneyland for adults. ... There's no danger of Las Vegas expiring from an excess of… — Mary Jo Putney Copy Share Image
I find more and more, as I grow older, that I prefer women to men, children to adults, animals to humans… And… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Only teenagers think boring is bad. Adults, grown men and women who've been around the block a few times, know that boring… — Tana French Copy Share Image
As a kid, my brother and I would read the same novel, we'd memorize entire pages, reenact the book as it's characters,… — Irena A. Hoffman Copy Share Image
'Wipeout' is a giant obstacle course for adults of all shapes, sizes, and ages. Whoever wins takes home $50,000 and gets to… — Jill Wagner Copy Share Image
Normal adult shopping is something I will never actually do, because it's no more possible for me to go shopping like normal… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Young adults in their late 20s are confronted by so many choices - there are so many different paths to choose. Sometimes… — Rachael Taylor Copy Share Image
I am not an adult, that's my explanation of myself. Except when I am working on a set, I have all the… — Jean Arthur Copy Share Image
In general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult… — Gregory S. Paul Copy Share Image
In our family, at this point,[Sunday School] its not a choice for my kids. It's a duty for us as parents to… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
Suddenly creativity is the popular goal. Ironically, a quality dissonant with our conventional education process is greatly in demand in adults -… — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
After all, when we were children, when things went wrong, there wasn’t much we could do to help put it right. But… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
In the end, the fate of children depends on our ability to use technology constructively and carefully. The connection of childrenand technology… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
Smoking is, as far as I am concerned, the entire point of being an adult. Many people find smoking objectionable. I myself… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Like all Xhosa children, I acquired knowledge mainly through observation. We were meant to learn through imitation and emulation, not through questions.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
When I say that children should be told about sex, I do not mean that they should be told only the bare… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Normal children of both sexes and all cultures will follow a more or less standard and universal developmental pattern and timetable, and… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
If there is any one thing most needed in this time of tumult and frustration, when men and women and youth and… — Ann M. Dibb Copy Share Image