Adulthood Quotes

270 Adulthood quotes by 230 unique authors

I started running away when I was five years old. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized what I really wanted was… — Willie Aames
There’s no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It’s not seen as a gift. Something happened culturally: No one is supposed… — Frances McDormand
What do teachers and curriculum directors mean by 'value' reading? A look at the practice of most schools suggests that when a school 'values' reading… — Kelly Gallagher
Hiro is a talented drifter. This is the kind of lifestyle that sounded romantic to him as recently as five years ago. But in the… — Neal Stephenson
Early fear was felt cellularly and was indeed real. Defensive postures were necessary, but defenses generalize cellularly in adulthood and do not expire. It takes… — David Richo
We survive until, by sheer stamina, we escape into the dim innocence of our own adulthood and its forgetfulness. — Katherine Dunn
To carry feelings of childhood into the powers of adulthood, to combine the child's sense of wonder and novelty with the appearances which every day… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Reading is the scourge of childhood because, in a sense, it creates adulthood. — Neil Postman
As every parent knows, children go through an adolescent growth spurt, during which they put on inches at an alarming rate. Humans are unique in… — Richard Leakey
Now that I'm feeling the responsibilities of adulthood, the choices we make become an incredible weight. — Laura Marling
Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make… — Janet Napolitano
When people are grownups they're grown ups. They make their own decisions you know. — Rene Redzepi
Many people don't have relationships to their siblings in adulthood, or they have superficial ones. It's sort of unfashionable, particularly in America, to be close… — Kiki Smith
People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood. — J.K. Simmons
Love and spiritual values received from parents are the strongest assets for a child to face the various trials of adulthood. — Mata Amritanandamayi
One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this… — Jack Canfield
Childhood in large parts of modern Britain, at any rate, has been replaced by premature adulthood, or rather adolescence. Children grow up very fast but… — Theodore Dalrymple
You treat a kid with respect and as an adult you talk to them as if they're smart people. But you don't throw at them… — Dave Eggers
I love fashion. I always have. When I was a kid, I was in almost full-on costumes when I went to school, and I've retained… — Lake Bell
... social environment in childhood affects achieved adult height, life chances, and ultimately mortality rates in adult life. (...) ... social circumstances acting in childhood… — Michael Marmot
I went from being a beanpole - like a normal kid of the 1950s - and exploded. The weight piled on and didn't stop until… — Richard Griffiths
Tragically, the White House Task Force on Disadvantaged Youth reported that one-quarter of our young people are at serious risk of not achieving productive adulthood. — Ruben Hinojosa
Intern will resonate not only with doctors, but with anyone who has struggled with the grand question 'What should I do with my life?' In… — Akhil Sharma
Someone who is perennially surprised that depravity exists, who continues to feel disillusioned (even incredulous) when confronted with evidence of what humans are capable of… — Susan Sontag
I know end might be near as this is only day of my adulthood I’ve seen my mother and she hasn’t asked, ‘Why that shirt?’ — Scott Simon

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