According to the Gallup Poll, 24 percent of American adults exercised regularly in 1961, and 50 percent after 1968. The peak was… — Kenneth H. Cooper Copy Share Image
Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“It was funny. The adults taking all this so seriously, and the children playing along, playing along, believing it too until suddenly… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
How many films are there about friendships between teenagers? And how many projects are there dealing with friendships among adults? True friendships… — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
I’m not a child. Don’t talk to me like I am. (Kiara) No, you’re worse. You’re an adult who still thinks the… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
But just now, he'd gotten on his knees and proposed marriage, like in a television commercial for a diamond ring. Except of… — Nancy Werlin Copy Share Image
The critics try to intellectualize my material. There's no satire involved. Satire is a concept that can only be understood by adults.… — Andy Kaufman Copy Share Image
What is a novel? I say: an invented story. At the same time a story which, though invented has the power to… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
I feel that in all kids that I've came across, that at the age of 12-13 is a big transition . They… — Richard Cabral Copy Share Image
What politicians do not understand is that [Ian] Wilmut discovered not so much a technical trick as a new law of nature.… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny should take a few pointers from the mutual-fund industry. All three are trying to pull off… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
There are clear differences between child and adult artistic activity. While the child may be aware that he is doing things differently… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
During the period of house arrest, I had an electronic manacle around my leg for 24 hours a day, and for someone… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
When a child is born, I once explained to the kids, some dads lay down bottles of wine for them that will… — Mordecai Richler Copy Share Image
“Many people feel like they were born into the wrong family. Nevertheless, adults must take responsiblity for the pain of the past… — James P. Krehbiel Copy Share Image
“Maybe being an adult wasn't crossing some arbitrary age line into wisdom. Maybe it was like anything else - training wheels and… — Megan Crane 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
Many adults play roles when they speak to young children. They use silly words and sounds. They talk down to the child.… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I was a very, very old child. Sometimes you meet a child who seems more like an adult. I think I was… — Marianne Wiggins Copy Share Image
And my parents' separation was tricky. But my mum had always been really honest with me, and treated me like an adult… — Lisa Snowdon Copy Share Image
It appeared clear to me - partly because of the lies that filled my history textbooks - that the intent of formal… — Timothy B. Tyson Copy Share Image
There's a sort of sibling moratorium when you're establishing yourself as an adult. So much of your energy has to be focused… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
What fuels me is that there are a lot of people coming to Broadway and to the show [Aladdin] for the first… — Adam Jacobs Copy Share Image
The thing about hitting kids is, think about if you were doing the same thing to another adult. Hitting your kid is… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
I love superheroes and I love weird horror films... I could definitely feel that there was a lack of movies like The… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I didn't have any qualms. I'm used to taking my clothes off in front of strangers. I've done it since I was… — Alex Kingston Copy Share Image
Young people wonder how the adult world can be so boring. The secret is that it is not boring to adults because… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
The kind of response I hope for when I write my novels for children: to give them a chance to recognize something… — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
Adult librarians are like lazy bakers: their patrons want a jelly doughnut, so they give them a jelly doughnut. Children’s librarians are… — John Green Copy Share Image
Grown adults often tell me that they used to sit, as children with their parents, and watch '3rd Rock from the Sun,'… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Yes, my dolls were the beginning. Obviously there was a convulsive flavor to them because they reflected my anxiety and unhappiness. To… — Hans Bellmer Copy Share Image
If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions… — Brian Baird Copy Share Image
The system concedes nothing without demand, for it formulates its very method of operation on the basis that the ignorant will learn… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
A new study suggests that middle-aged adults who go on periodic drinking binges may face a heightened risk of dementia later on… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Adults don't know how to respect and really love their young ones. Often love is confused with possession. You say "this is… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
Boys need to learn the value of spiritual solitude. For the soul to grow, it needs those moments of no-stimulation, of wakeful… — Michael Gurian Copy Share Image
What adults call 'wrong' in Child Art is the most beautiful and most precious. I value highly those things done by small… — Franz Cizek Copy Share Image