Everybody counts in applying democracy. And there will never be a true democracy until every responsible and law-abiding adult in it, without… — Carrie Chapman Catt Copy Share Image
I see someone who is an adult now, but when you were a child you actually had a seer anointing and you… — Patricia King Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I used to escape from my family with my imagination, and I kept this spirit into my… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share Image
You know, as a young child, I lay in my bedroom and I swore to myself then: 'I'm not going to smoke… — Floyd Mayweather, Jr Copy Share Image
I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
We don't think a child of 13 should be held responsible as a man of 23. That's true for most people, but… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Writing from a teen's perspective is easy as pie. At least I've actually been a teen. I've never been a woman, or… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Girls have long been evaluated on the basis of appearance and caught in myriad double binds: achieve, but not too much, be… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
While you were four, you didn't know anything other than being terrified and scared; you're not four any longer. Now [as an… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
We need the stars... We need purpose! We need the image the Destiny to take root among the stars gives us of… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
Blind obedience is itself an abuse of human morality. It is a misuse of the human soul in the name of religious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Children who willingly participate in sexual acts have the right to make that decision as well, even if it's distasteful to us… — Mary Ruwart Copy Share Image
Some people never learn how to talk to kids. They turn up the volume and enunciate with extra care, as if talking… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
One of the most significant effects of age-segregation in our society has been the isolation of children from the world of work.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Do you know what separates adults from children? Self-discipline. We don’t want to go to work, we don’t want to do our… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
It's not just what Christian fiction lacks I appreciate - it's what it offers. The variety is vast: contemporary, historical, suspense, mysteries,… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
there is a world, in a far-flung corner of our galaxy, where women have no nipples and motor cars, though legally capable… — Trevor Beattie Copy Share Image
Many children grow through adolescence with no ripples whatever and land smoothly and predictably in the adult world with both feet on… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Most adults get to a point in their careers where they feel secure, where they have a body of work behind them… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
You spend a good part of your adult life acquiring things: building a home, filling it with objects that please your eye… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Using adult stem cells drawn from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood system cells, scientists have discovered new treatments for scores of… — Nathan Deal Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say in all situations, but a lot of times kids can be the most reasonable people around because they don't… — RJ Mitte Copy Share Image
In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
There is one message children can never hear enough as they grow up, and adults should never forget as long as they… — Mardy Grothe Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln did not shoot John Wilkes Booth. Titanic did not sink a North Atlantic iceberg. And Fox News is neither fair… — Keith Olbermann Copy Share Image
At the age of 16 I was already dreaming of having a baby because I felt myself to be an adult, but… — Milla Jovovich Copy Share Image
Dimitri: "Rose, I'm seven years older than you. In ten years, that won't mean so much, but for now, it's huge. I'm… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“I thought about adults. I wondered if that was true: if they were all really children wrapped in adult bodies, like children’s… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
We are seeing pioneers moving out to the Internet, banks that are taking transactions, retail shopping on the Internet, and although it's… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Some of the anxiety has been laid to rest. We don't see a spike in adult use. We don't think we see… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Many people believe that dealing with overweight and obesity is a personal responsibility. To some degree they are right, but it is… — David Satcher Copy Share Image
Let's review the cost-free techniques that we've learned so far for raising an achievement-oriented, obedient, drug-free, virgin adult: Calamity, Praise, Local Theater,… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
There is no moral equivalency between those who would kill using children, innocent civilians, children and adults, in their homes and in… — George Pataki Copy Share Image
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For me, choice is the most important thing because I'm going to be an adult actor pretty soon. So I've got to… — Haley Joel Osment Copy Share Image
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