When I was very young every grownup was a hero. It's been all downhill since then, and I have only two left. — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
We all know how tough children are with toys. It turns out grownups are much worse. — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
That's what my books are, now that I'm a grownup - mosaics of jokes. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to trust grownups, perhaps more so when they are not there to actually supervise you. — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
I'll do anything for kids but I don't sign anything for grownups anymore. — Clinton Portis Copy Share Image
You know that Yogi and Huckleberry didn't just belong to the kids. Grownups know all about our animal friends. — William Hanna Copy Share Image
“Cuthbert and Alain still carried an erroneous belief common to many boys their age: that their elders were also their betters, at… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Let's face it: part of being a grownup is that every day you have to choose between going out at night or… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Civilized people can talk about anything. For them no subject is taboo… In civilized societies there will be no intellectual bogeys at… — Clive Bell Copy Share Image
I totally enjoy what I'm doing and bringing joy into people's lives. To me, and if I can bring one second of… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also… — Robbie Fowler Copy Share Image
Nurturing a child’s sense of personal worth and therefore hope and dreams for a wonderful future is perhaps the most important responsibility… — Wess Stafford Copy Share Image
Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is… — Lenora Mattingly Weber Copy Share Image
Integrity is not something that grownups have and adolescents can aspire to. Integrity is something that all of us, at all ages,… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, that's completely inconsistent with the world… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
I feel bad for the kids that are in school right now and the young people all across America who don't realize… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be different. I longed to be everything grownups wanted, so they would love me. I followed all their… — Leslie Feinberg Copy Share Image
A lot of times it's the child that sees something and not the grownup. I love that because, when readers get older,… — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
Aren't you frightened?" Somehow I expected her to say no, to say something wise like a grownup would, or to explain that… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
We’ve educated children to think that spontaneity is inappropriate. Children are willing to expose themselves to experiences. We aren’t. Grownups always say… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I think your 20s are the hardest part of life. I mean, everyone goes on about how hard it is to be… — Nigel Cole Copy Share Image
The moment you decide that you're a grownup now, and therefore must put away foolish things like staying out all night or… — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
The most striking difference between little ones and grownups is that little ones cannot worry, and they cannot worry because they have… — Maria von Trapp Copy Share Image
My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don't read for pleasure. When I visit… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
“But we left camp after a while and we was driving in a real spooky place cause all the roads up near… — Timothy Victor Richardson Copy Share Image
We can surely no longer pretend that our children are growing up into a peaceful, secure, and civilized world. We've come to… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
We all faced painful ethical challenges before we even knew how to spell our names. There were tough choices. Tradeoffs. Confusing signals… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to date my first love for five years. We had a very romantic, very dramatic teenage love affair.… — Amma Asante Copy Share Image
Once I hit 25, I realized I had to do more than just be an actor. I love acting, but there's something… — Fisher Stevens Copy Share Image
One thing is certain: for many of those who came back from WWII, the music of Frank Sinatra was no consolation for… — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
