In Europe, we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women. — Francesca Annis Copy Share Image
“The average adult hates being treated like a child, unless it suits them.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I'm really enjoying playing mothers, it just feels a bit more grown-up. — Joanna Page Copy Share Image
“Was it for this I uttered prayers, And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs, That now, domestic as a plate, I… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
If you want to tell grown-up fairy tales, you have to look for the dark side. — Juan Antonio Bayona Copy Share Image
I'm not very good with conventional, prim-and-proper people who are well-behaved, grown-up. — Lesley Nicol Copy Share Image
Little children love bright, shiny things - and in my experience, most grown-up women aren't very different! — Sheherazade Goldsmith Copy Share Image
'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier was the first grown-up book I read, when I was aged about 12. — Mary Nightingale Copy Share Image
“When you are a grown up your brothers become your neighbors and your unconditional brotherhood become your conditional neighborhood.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a… — P. L. Travers Copy Share Image
I don't think, until you've actually lost somebody you really love, that you can go through that door that allows you to… — Felicity Kendal Copy Share Image
If you're in a successful band, you tend to fall into a role. But I'm not remotely laddish. I'm a grown-up. I'm… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
“We were still children, for all that we thought we weren’t. We were in that in-between place, the twilight between childish things… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
I have a theory that there are still parts of our mental worlds that are still based around the age of between… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
I think clothing is transformative. When you put something really beautiful on, you feel something. In so many ways, we're always playing… — Jason Wu Copy Share Image
Even if you can't afford to travel the world, you can take your children to the museum, zoo or local park. And… — Kimora Lee Simmons Copy Share Image
I always think it's hard for any young actor to make that transition to more grown-up roles. Because you don't want to… — Alexa Vega Copy Share Image
Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as Hustler is that scribbling child in a… — Herbert Gold Copy Share Image
From the time I was 9 years old, I loved magic. I was an only child, and I think that had a… — Rick Rubin Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to make that leap to being a grown-up and responsible adult because I carried on being… — Dexter Fletcher Copy Share Image
Here's to all the Real men out there.. . Boys play house. Men build homes!!! Boys shack up. Men get married!!! Boys… — Ms Paradeez Copy Share Image
I bought a year's production of flax from a single field owned by a Dutch producer. That's 10,000 kilograms of flax, enough… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
I always felt like Tahliah's a very grown-up name to have. It's a pretty name when you're young, and then I think… — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
“Kids are naturally curious about the world around them. Everything is fascinating and holds their attention as they explore their new surroundings.… — James A. Murphy Copy Share Image
I hope that there's a difference between being childish and childlike and that I'm the latter, if you take my meaning. I… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I… — Valerie Simpson Copy Share Image
I read John Irving's novel 'The World According To Garp' when I was about 14 or 15. It was the first grown-up… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
“The Acceptance of who you are is in the embrace of who you will become.” — Ricky Maye Copy Share Image
A studio allows you to indulge your untidiness and your penchant for toys and curiosities that really wouldn't work in a grown-up… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
As a performer you often feel that you're the child and everyone else is a grown-up. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I didn't lead a very wise life, myself, but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come of age… — Philip Dunne Copy Share Image
Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
