Adulthood Quote by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“You see, the thing with adults is that respect is just a word they use to guilt us nonadults into doing what they want…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Festivals are fun for kids, fun for parents and offer a welcome break from the stresses of the nuclear family. The sheer quantities of…

— Tom Hodgkinson

Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.

— Mason Cooley

It doesn't take a brilliant mind to notice that adults are telling you what to do and then they do the opposite. I mean,…

— Al Jaffee

“Let the children play, let the children be children! And let us wish the same thing for the adults, let them also be children,…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

It's what all actors try to do, really, to just preserve the child inside them because their imagination is quite available. I think partly…

— Bertie Carvel

Kids like my act because I'm wearing nose glasses. Adults like my act because there's a guy who thinks putting on nose glasses is…

— Steve Martin

“Enmeshment creates almost total dependence on approval and validation from outside yourself. Lovers, bosses, friends, even strangers become the stand-in for parents. Adults like…

— Susan Forward

“I talk to children like adults and to adults like children.”

— Bryant McGill

Babies cannot eat meat but some adults like milk.

— J. Vernon McGee

Coloring is very relaxing for one thing. And I think adults like to unplug from technology for awhile and do something tangible with their…

— Alan Robert

Most 14-year-olds aren't in a room with adults being like, 'So, what's your brand?'

— Olivia Rodrigo