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Adults Quotes by Wystan Hugh Auden
- We do not change as we grow up. The difference between the child and the adult is that the former doesn't know who he is…
- There are good books which are only for adults. There are no good books which are only for children.
- As readers, we remain in the nursery stage so long as we cannot distinguish between taste and judgment, so long, that is, as the only…
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- Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
- Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. — Margaret Atwood
- I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I was working,… — Drew Barrymore
- I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard just to… — Roseanne Barr
- When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it,… — Drew Barrymore
- If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me… — Mario Batali
- There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world. — Jean Baudrillard
- What is an adult? A child blown up by age. — Simone de Beauvoir
- The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times. — Martha Beck
- Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young. — Martha Beck
- Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children… — Martha Beck
- An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties. — Pope Benedict XVI