Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I've decided, is only a slow sewing shut. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience. — John Green Copy Share Image
Compassion should be our animating principle when undertaking instruction with children and adults, since they are made in God's image. — Catherine McAuley Copy Share Image
All employees... deserve to be treated as responsible adults, if that is the behavior we expect of them. — Eric Harvey Copy Share Image
I think Douglas [Adams] is writing with an eye to irony for adults at the same time as entertaining children. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The more intelligent and competent a woman is in her adult life, the less likely she is to have received an adequate… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
In the old days, you became an adult when suddenly your life went from learning to doing the same thing for the… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
People love to talk about how the '70s are the only time they made movies about characters, and adult movies, and complicated… — Elisabeth Shue Copy Share Image
I do not believe in public shaming. I do believe that young adults go to college to learn things, and that this… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
People always tell me, Don’t work so much, but I can’t help it. I feel like all the things I’ve done are… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
And I wanted to do a movie [Moonrise Kingdom] about a childhood romance - a very powerful experience of childhood romance. About… — Wes Anderson Copy Share Image
Adults can take a simple holiday for Children and screw it up. What began as a presentation of simple gifts to delight… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
It's very important not to put pressure on a child. Make sure that she/he feels that whatever happens it's not the end… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
I first told the idea to an editor I had met who, after reading one of my novels for adults that was… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Adult stem cells have shown great potential and have effectively helped patients. Another alternative is cord-blood stem cells. These are a neglected… — Jim Ryun Copy Share Image
Once you let yourself begin to be grown-up, you face a world full of problems you can't solve. The politicians and specialists… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice) and follow the yellow brick road to… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
“There were things that adults needed to know (that they might pick up in a classroom): how to take notes, how to… — Alicia Kazsuk Copy Share Image
She is convinced that when language dies, out of carelessness, disuse, indifference and absence of esteem, or killed by fiat, not only… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Would it be possible for me to see something from up there?" asked Milo politely. "You could," said Alec, "but only if… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“It was them and not them, maybe the ones they’d never been. I could almost see those others standing in the garden… — Lydia Millet Copy Share Image
My stay in Camp Betty was the longest I'd been without drink or drugs in my adult life. [...] At first, they… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
Last year, the journalist Malcolm Gladwell conducted a survey of chief executive officers of Fortune 500 companies for his book Blink. He… — Daniel Finkelstein Copy Share Image
Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
“Not only should we encourage kids to daydream, but also to jump-in and build those dreams. Dreaming is largely lost among adults… — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
People who meet me as an adult are often surprised that I'm alive and have never been in prison or rehab. Sometimes… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
During adolescence, friends bring an intimate quality of support that can't be provided by any adult. — Sara Shandler Copy Share Image
The most significant thing about the Monkees as a pop phenomenon is that we were the only TV show about young adults… — Peter Tork Copy Share Image
If you have an opinion on what other adults do consensually with other adults when they take their pants off, you're a… — Rob Delaney Copy Share Image
I think Anderson Cooper is an opinionated, hypocritical idiot who should be an adult and keep his opinion to himself. — Dina Lohan Copy Share Image
One of the best things about being an adult is the realization that you can share with your sister and still have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults. — Peter De Vries Copy Share Image
Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together - that's the most complicated thing we all face. — Bill Condon Copy Share Image
Children or babies learn to mimic the vibration of the adults who surround them long before they learn to mimic their words. — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
Kids are different from adults. They are not as developed as far as brain science, controlling impulses, and maturity, and fall prey… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
If we don't invest now in building character into children we will surely invest more tomorrow in trying to repair adults. — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with the Little League World Series that locking out the adults couldn't cure. — Mike Penner Copy Share Image
Many teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more 'respectful' teaching, if we thought of adults… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share Image
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