Adulthood Quotes

270 Adulthood quotes by 230 unique authors

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown up children - and creatures so relatively selfish and cruel… — George Bernard Shaw
I'm pretty squeaky clean. No big tragedies in my childhood or adolescence or adulthood. I've had a very easygoing, simple life. — Vera Farmiga
When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which… — Rabindranath Tagore
Can you remember when you didn't want to sleep? Isn't it inconceivable? I guess the definition of adulthood is that you want to sleep. — Paula Poundstone
The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth. . . celebrated by each succeeding generation as it… — Pierre de Coubertin
Massachusetts is the first state in America to reach full adulthood. The rest of America is still in adolescence. — Uwe Reinhardt
A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed… — Rachel Carson
Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don't remember what it's like… — Walt Disney
I've been told that certain species of fish will grow according to the size of their environment. Put them in a tiny aquarium, and they… — John C. Maxwell
One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do. — Amy Dickinson
Adulthood was invented to repair the wounds of childhood. — Joy Browne
It's never too late to move to a good place to try to improve your child's outcomes in adulthood. — Gwen Ifill
Adulthood brings with it a pernicious illusion of control. — Juan Gabriel
One of the most jolting days of adulthood comes the first time you run out of toilet paper. Toilet paper, up until this point, always… — Kelly Williams Brown
Our rising generation is worthy of our best efforts to support and strengthen them in their journey to adulthood. … In every action we take,… — Ronald A. Rasband
To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult. — Sigmund Freud
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age? — Erich Fromm
What happens when children reach puberty earlier and adulthood later? The answer is: a good deal of teenage weirdness. — Alison Gopnik
The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood. — Germaine Greer
I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood. — Larry David
You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway. — Walt Disney
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood. — Walt Disney
I believe I owe all the best parts of my adulthood to embracing my imperfections and showcasing them. — Beth Ditto
For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood, waking up in my gorgeous turquoise bedroom in the morning beside a person… — Beth Ditto

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