I didn't trust adults because I thought they were all kind of corrupted. I thought children were pure and innocent, and that… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
It's enough for a small betrayal, a distancing, an affirmation of independence to provoke wrath, fear and also hatred from the adult.… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
Italy is hard to beat. It's a family-friendly experience, they like to see kids in restaurants, and at dinner you see all… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Every adult should be an expert on teenagers, after spending life's seven longest years being one. — Cullen Hightower Copy Share Image
I really am grateful to have so many people watch, and to be given the chance to create my next projects. I… — Mamoru Hosoda Copy Share Image
What makes a good animated movie is being able to balance adult and knowing in-jokes and also just out and out funny… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness. — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
I think anorexia is a metaphor. It is a young woman's statement that she will become what the culture asks of its… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
I'm not used to be the adult. I'm not very good at being the adult. To some regard, I wanted to just… — Jamie Linden Copy Share Image
By the time a child reaches out to an adult, the vast majority of kids have been dealing with the bullying and… — Rosalind Wiseman Copy Share Image
I was married to someone who wanted me to change. Become more adult, more responsible. I began not to like myself, not… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Ten years have passed since a perfect blue sky morning turned into the blackest of nights. Since then we've lived in sunshine… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
It’s the ability to bring events and characters to a resolution that draws me to writing, especially writing for children. I don’t… — Tim Wynne-Jones Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Our current draconian laws prohibiting the use of marijuana by responsible adults are doubly flawed. Not only does such prohibition violate fundamental… — Nadine Strossen Copy Share Image
I think if my daughter was interested in acting, I would find ways for her to act in theater that has to… — Helen Hunt Copy Share Image
Everyone says buying your first apartment makes you feel like an adult. What no one mentions is that selling it turns you… — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
We commonly see problems in adults that had been present since childhood but which take a toll on the heart over time. — Gary Webb Copy Share Image
To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The foundation of adult trust is not "You will never hurt me." It is "I trust myself with whatever you do.” — David Richo Copy Share Image
The fact is in a city like Chicago, for example, unemployment in the black community is around 20 percent for adults, 35… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
There are very few times in creation in your life. One time is when you become an adult, one time is when… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
Finally, this is one way to reconcile the delight in beauty with the bourgeois life. Aschenbach, on one reading, has spent virtually… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image