--- title: "12 Adults Tell Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Adults Tell quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Adults Tell sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/ned-vizzini-1483_adults_the-stuff-adults-tell-you-not-to-do-is-t_1255980.png" --- > [The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/the-stuff-adults-tell-you-not-to-do-is-the-easiest/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/ned-vizzini-1483_adults_the-stuff-adults-tell-you-not-to-do-is-t_1255980.png) > [Too bad, whenever adults tell kids to enjoy their childhoods, kids are like, 'You don't understand anything,' and everyone is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gaby-hoffmann/too-bad-whenever-adults-tell-kids-to-enjoy-their-childhoods-kids-are/) [Gaby Hoffmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gaby-hoffmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/gaby-hoffmann-2890_anything_too-bad-whenever-adults-tell-kids-to-enj_330519.png) > [A guy like James Brown has walked the walk, talked the talk. I can't disrespect James Brown in any kind of way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-b/a-guy-like-james-brown-has-walked-the-walk-talked-the-talk-i-can-t/) [Eric B](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-b/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/eric-b-38619_disrespect_a-guy-like-james-brown-has-walked-the-wa_260627.jpg) > [“The Doctor: You know how adults tell you everything's going to be fine, just to make you feel better? Amelia: Yes. Doctor:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-moffat/the-doctor-you-know-how-adults-tell-you-everything-s-going-to-be-fine/) [Steven Moffat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-moffat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f9/steven-moffat-2328_doctor-who_the-doctor-you-know-how-adults-tell-you_1281239.png) > [To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/to-get-a-child-s-trust-you-may-know-or-not-is-a-very-hard-thing-to-do/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/maurice-sendak-1273_adults_to-get-a-child-s-trust-you-may-know-or-n_2699341.jpg) > [Grown adults often tell me that they used to sit, as children with their parents, and watch '3rd Rock from the Sun,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lithgow/grown-adults-often-tell-me-that-they-used-to-sit-as-children-with/) [John Lithgow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lithgow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/john-lithgow-2438_children_grown-adults-often-tell-me-that-they-use_1322472.jpg) > [“When adults tell you they are concerned about you, what they usually mean is that they think you are up to no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-david-anderson/when-adults-tell-you-they-are-concerned-about-you-what-they-usually/) [John David Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-david-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7e/john-david-anderson-28646_sidekicked_when-adults-tell-you-they-are-concerned_1754073.jpg) > [While I had many friends as a child I aslo kept a great deal to myself. I noticed that adults were drawn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/while-i-had-many-friends-as-a-child-i-aslo-kept-a-great-deal-to/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cd/frederick-lenz-8_adults_while-i-had-many-friends-as-a-child-i-as_1461829.jpg) > [When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/when-i-was-a-child-adults-would-tell-me-not-to-make-things-up-warning/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/806/neil-gaiman-29_adults_when-i-was-a-child-adults-would-tell-me_1373948.jpg) > [Very young children have no way to verify the accuracy and validity of what parents and adults tell them. So be truthful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rey-mellomida/very-young-children-have-no-way-to-verify-the-accuracy-and-validity/) [Rey Mellomida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rey-mellomida/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/rey-mellomida-25095_accuracy_very-young-children-have-no-way-to-verif_1009746.jpg) > [As a child, I always enjoyed - my parents used to have these little cocktail parties - and I always loved trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ross-sorkin/as-a-child-i-always-enjoyed-my-parents-used-to-have-these-little/) [Andrew Ross Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ross-sorkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/andrew-ross-sorkin-12711_adult_as-a-child-i-always-enjoyed-my-parents-u_77444.jpg) > [“There are people who say that children don't behave the way adults tell them to, but the way they see adults behave.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/there-are-people-who-say-that-children-don-t-behave-the-way-adults/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/fredrik-backman-857_child_there-are-people-who-say-that-children-d_2957841.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adults-tell/#itemlist", "name": "Adults Tell Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ned Vizzini" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/the-stuff-adults-tell-you-not-to-do-is-the-easiest/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/ned-vizzini-1483_adults_the-stuff-adults-tell-you-not-to-do-is-t_1255980.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/ned-vizzini-1483_adults_the-stuff-adults-tell-you-not-to-do-is-t_1255980.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/ned-vizzini-1483_adults_the-stuff-adults-tell-you-not-to-do-is-t_1255980.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.” — Ned Vizzini", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Too bad, whenever adults tell kids to enjoy their childhoods, kids are like, 'You don't understand anything,' and everyone is right.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gaby Hoffmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gaby-hoffmann/too-bad-whenever-adults-tell-kids-to-enjoy-their-childhoods-kids-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/gaby-hoffmann-2890_anything_too-bad-whenever-adults-tell-kids-to-enj_330519.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/gaby-hoffmann-2890_anything_too-bad-whenever-adults-tell-kids-to-enj_330519.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/gaby-hoffmann-2890_anything_too-bad-whenever-adults-tell-kids-to-enj_330519.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Too bad, whenever adults tell kids to enjoy their childhoods, kids are like, 'You don't understand…” — Gaby Hoffmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A guy like James Brown has walked the walk, talked the talk. 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