When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody quite knew what it was, and most… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy, I thought when I grew up I would talk Yiddish. I thought little kids talked English,… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Once you realize that everyone is in the same boat, that everyone is just as insecure and childlike as everyone else, that… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
It amazes me that we are all on Twitter and Facebook. By "we" I mean adults. We're adults, right? But emotionally we're… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in… — Barry Lopez Copy Share Image
The highfalutin aims of democracy, whether real or imaginary, are always assumed to be identical with its achievements. This, of course, is… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
When we are children, people show us so many things that we lose the profound sense of seeing... And just how could… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
Of the primary emotions, fear is the one that bears most directly on survival. Children show fear. Adults try not to, maybe… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
If I'm going to do something a little bit more adult, I'll do it if it's going to be on at a… — Melissa Joan Hart Copy Share Image
I represented many of these kids as they become young adults in the criminal justice system when I was a public defender.… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
In using the terms play and playfulness, I do not intend to suggest any lack of seriousness; quite the contrary. Anyone who… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
It is evident, therefore, that one of the most fundamental problems of psychology is that of investigating the laws of mental growth.… — Lewis Terman Copy Share Image
When it comes to romance, adults are entitled to their own choices, even their own mistakes. Say your peace, offer your opinion,… — Jerry Springer Copy Share Image
The popular idea of a role model implies that an adult's influence on a child is primarily occupational, and that all a… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I'm 48 years old, not a kid anymore by any definition, but here is a universal truth that every adult at some… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
If babies held the same tendency toward self-criticism as adults, they might never learn to walk or talk. Can you imagine infants… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
Having pets can teach us a lot of things. For kids, they are often their first lesson in responsibility, and being responsible… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
The problem is that too many adults think their kids' lives are simple, or they try to make their lives simple, when… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Young people are often asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and given advice about how to lead… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically. It’s then you realize this is make… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
At such a moment, it is not the physical pain which hurts the most (and this applies to adults as much as… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
My dad was a bedwetter; I think his dad was a bedwetter. I like to talk about it because it's something that… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
I thought this election was an adult discussion on how best to protect ourselves in the face of terrorism, but apparently it… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
... once you were in, they put a note in your file that said you were in therapy, and all your teachers… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
It's especially fitting that they call a cruise ship 'she,' for she is pregnant with a thousand adult embryos who long to… — Helen Van Slyke Copy Share Image
Center Stage focused on the drive and what it's like to be a student, and this is what it's like to be… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
People repeat in adult life emotions they experience in childhood. Many of the people whom I spent the last 30 or 40… — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
It is the responsibility of every adult... to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
I have decided that I want animation to be taken seriously; that is the goal of my life. I believe that animation… — Signe Baumane Copy Share Image
In my generation, we learned how to be leaders by being exposed to and involved with adults who empowered us and gave… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Kids can make a difference by telling an adult about any bullying they see. Kids need to know that they can be… — Josh Flitter Copy Share Image
What we do wrong with teenagers is we talk down to you instead of treating you as equals. Adults complain that you're… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I know that when you're a teenager - sometimes when you're an adult - what sets you apart can sometimes feel like… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
I love kids and I maintain that they are our future, that we adults owe them the ability to achieve their potential… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
I know of several children and adults (with Asperger’s Syndrome) who have reported a considerable reduction in visual sensitivity and sensory overload… — Tony Attwood Copy Share Image
I was an only child for 16 years. I didn't realize it at the time, but that experience definitely turned me into… — Chandra Wilson Copy Share Image
“The drives you take for granted (“I’m a hetero/homosexual,” “I’m attracted to children/adults,” “I’m aggressive/not aggressive,” and so on) depend on the… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
I wanted to tell a dream-come-true story about going from a closeted gay kid who loved pop culture to an out adult… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
Anyone can tell you that how you're raised as a child has a great deal to do with how you behave as… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
