I feel like in America, we don't have a kid problem. You think about all these issues that these kids are dealing… — Alonzo Mourning Copy Share Image
Children's book writers tend to feel quite superior, and adult writers tend to feel they wouldn't know how to write a children's… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a theme song for a TV show I always think, "What would be Pavlovian where a kid would be… — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
There's simply no way you can tell a woman you work with that you disapprove of her relationship with her adult child,… — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
If you just casually look at a baby, it doesn't look like there's very much going on there, but they know more… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
What makes a good animated movie is being able to balance adult and knowing in-jokes and also just out and out funny… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
...innocence of eye has a quality of its own. It means to see as a child sees, with freshness and acknowledgment of… — Minor White Copy Share Image
These teenagers [that drop out of school to take the higher wage jobs] take jobs that would go to unskilled adults, making… — Greg Mankiw Copy Share Image
I, on the other hand, still might not be considered a proper adult. I had been very grown-up in primary school. But… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want to be both pathetic and admirable, I want to be at the same time a child and an adult. Thereby… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
There was a real sophistication and elegance to (Batman: The Animated Series). It certainly appealed to kids but had a depth that… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I did always feel that people were hiding things, and that they weren't expressing their true feelings.… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
Did you ever look into the personalities of male cooks, Army, logging camp, etc.? They're all supposed to be crazy, incomprehensible, contemptible.… — James Tiptree Jr Copy Share Image
As an empowerment right, education is the primary vehicle by which economically and socially marginalised adults and children can lift themselves out… — Koichiro Matsuura Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to do an adult cartoon, because I want a job where you can just drive up in your pajamas,… — Rebecca Mader Copy Share Image
I am still my teenage self. If you think that we all step through a door marked Adult, or that we sign… — Steven Morrissey Copy Share Image
I am convinced that we as adults must constantly cling to, affirm, and celebrate with our children those things we love, sunsets,… — Eliot Wigginton Copy Share Image
I am convinced that the greatest legacy we can leave our children are happy memories: those precious moments so much like pebbles… — Og Mandino 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 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
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
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
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
If you never allow your children to exceed what they can do, how are they ever going to manage adult life -… — Ellen Galinsky 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
New York, it was an adult portion. It was an adult dose. So it took a couple of trips to get into… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
But perhaps that's why we take snaps...to provide false evidence to underpin the false claim that we were happy. Because the thought… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've been an avid consumer of young adult literature since I was one, and I think some people leave that stuff behind… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I haven't taught creative writing all that much (my CW teaching consists of a few summer workshops for elementary school children and… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
When I've taught writing to five, six, and seven year olds, it's not very different than talking to an adult writer. They're… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
Hope is the enduring belief in the attainability of fervent wishes, in spite of the dark urges and rages which mark the… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
Let's admit the real reason that we ban cell phones is that, given the opportunity to use them, students would vote with… — Marc Prensky Copy Share Image
Look at the growing number of people that want to ban football. Or ban anything that might hurt somebody. Too violent or… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
All I liked to do when I was a kid was draw. My childhood was like my adult life: drawing pictures with… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Polygamy has an ancient history and is legal in many parts of the world. I find the rules of polygamy to be… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who… — Leslie Marmon Silko Copy Share Image
My final advice for young people is to not wait for leadership from adult politicians. Step forward today, because our current leaders… — Kumi Naidoo Copy Share Image
[I]f we can bring our children understanding, comfort, and hopefulness when they need this kind of support, then they are more likely… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
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![“And I wanted to do a movie [Moonrise Kingdom] about a childhood romance - a very powerful experience of childhood romance. About what it's like to just be blindsided, when you're in fifth grade or sixth grade, by these kinds of feelings. Along the way, I sort of mixed in some interest in "young…” quote by Wes Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/wes-anderson-9598_adults_and-i-wanted-to-do-a-movie-moonrise-king_1805520.jpg)
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