The bottomless bitter misery of childhood: how little even now it is understood. Probably no adult misery can be compared with a… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Compelled to become instruments of war, to kill and be killed, child soldiers are forced to give violent expression to the hatreds… — Olara Otunnu Copy Share Image
A child of today can detect a lie quicker than the wisest adult of two decades ago. When I want to know… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
A man who has spent most of his adult life trying out a series of patent medicines is always an optimist. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I thought of myself as kind of an anarchist all my whole adult life, from the days when I was 15 or 16. — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
Mentoring is the cultivation of young adults, the tender caring for and nurturing of them so that they will grow, flourish, and… — Jeff Myers Copy Share Image
a good deal of childhood is strong stuff for adults and totally unsuitable for children. — Philippa Pearce Copy Share Image
Libertarians believe consenting adults have the right to do whatever they choose, except band together. — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
We've fallen down on our responsibility to our children by somehow creating this world where they're surrounded by images of sexuality; and… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
When you envy actors, only envy them for their good roles. Keep in mind they have to do a lot of roles… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
If you're 29, there has been no global warming for your entire adult life. If you're graduating high school, there has been… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
We have been deformed by educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a… — Parker Palmer Copy Share Image
In middle school, we are all so damn insecure. It was the worst time for me, really destructive, like slapping myself across… — Nikki Reed Copy Share Image
Adamson feels that drug developers are unreasonably concerned about rare events. The reality is children tolerate phase I therapy new agents being… — Peter Adamson Copy Share Image
If ever there was a holiday that deserves to be commercialized, it's Halloween. We haven't taken it away from kids. We've just… — Cassandra Peterson Copy Share Image
We tend to think of orphans as being the protagonist of stories we read when we're kids, and yet here you are:… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
And they just slam the door. And they don't peek into that land any more. And they forget that teens and tweens… — Lauren Myracle Copy Share Image
There are still many unsolved problems about bird life, among which are the age that birds attain, the exact time at which… — Paul Bartsch Copy Share Image
What I notice is that every adult or child I give a new set of Crayolas to goes a little funny. The… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
When you become an adult you just make that transition and you're right... it's fun and exciting to be an adult and… — Fernando Torres Copy Share Image
When you practice Dynamic Meditation for the first time this will be difficult, because we have suppressed the body so much that… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I have always loved jazz music and as a teen growing up in New York City and then later on as an… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
Compliant children are very easily led when they are young, because they thrive on approval and pleasing adults. They are just aseasily… — Barbara Coloroso Copy Share Image
First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
Down the road a bit, I would like to write a couple of stand-alone adult novels, especially in the horror genre. I've… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
I wish adults would spend less energy freaking out about the cutting itself and work harder to understand what drives kids to… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Illiteracy is a huge problem in America. One in three adults in our country is illiterate. — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
... the growing child must not be treated by those rigid rules of criminal procedure which confessedly fail to prevent offenses on… — Julia Lathrop Copy Share Image
You have to be mentally strong to withstand the ridicule of other children and the stares of adults. — Franck Ribery Copy Share Image
This year has been full of lessons learned and soul searching and realizing I'm an adult. It's time to take responsibility and… — Nicole Richie Copy Share Image
I understand that I have become a liability to the very institutions and policies to which I have dedicated my career and,… — John Kitzhaber Copy Share Image
All my adult life, if I didn't have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Your waking adult life is going to be spent in what you do professionally, so you'd better like the journey and not… — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
Childhood constitutes the most important element in an adult's life, for it is in his early years that a man is made. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
I'm terrified of growing up. Once you become an adult, how to you step back from that? It's something that wakes me… — Lorde Copy Share Image
I think it's safe to say that 50% of the record buying metal community is people between the ages of 16 and… — Blake Judd Copy Share Image
The child plays at being an adult long before he is one, and so you can play with more desirable beliefs while… — Seth Roberts Copy Share Image
If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
When I'm on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that's the only time in my adult life I feel like myself. — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
