Childish Quotes

301 Childish quotes by 251 unique authors

Once I turned pro, so to speak, I put away childish things forever. — Glenn Gould
All works, no matter what or by whom painted, are nothing but bagatelles and childish trifles... unless they are made and painted from life, and… — Unknown Author
In honesty you have to admit to a wise man that prayer is not for the wise, not for the prudent, not for the sophisticated.… — Frederick Buechner
Real morality is not the product of fearing a spanking. But what does fundamentalist hell-belief encourage? It retards any developing moral judgment by freezing moral… — Robert M. Price
At first we will only skim the surface of the earth like young starlings, but soon, emboldened by practice and experience, we will spring into… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Children get acquainted with each other in a special way, they do not make contracts as adults, they believe each other or not. Childish friendships… — Henning Mankell
The abstract, unreal freedom of the liberal intellect was really nothing more than childish disobedience, amplified into anarchy. — Roger Scruton
Never lose your childish enthusiasm and things will come your way. — Frances Mayes
At a period when Literature was wont to attribute the grief of living exclusively to the mischances of disappointed love or the jealousy of adulterous… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
How often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessments made by a child? We can replace… — Benjamin Zander
He is not a true man of science who does not bring some sympathy to his studies, and expect to learn something by behavior as… — Henry David Thoreau
The theology of the average colored church is basing itself far too much upon Hell and Damnation-upon an attempt to scare people into being decent… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Compared to my talents, Whoopi Goldberg is like one of those fake plastic Buddhas you get at dollar stores. I mean really, I fail to… — Zach Braff
There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. The glib supposition of utilizing atomic energy when our coal has run… — Robert Andrews Millikan
A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection. — Alexander Cockburn
One cannot overstate the childishness of the ideas that feed and stir the masses. Real ideas must as a rule be simplified to the level… — Sebastian Haffner
Sweet childish days, that were as long, As twenty days are now. — William Wordsworth
Old golfers don't win (it's not an absolute, it's a general rule). Why? The older golfer can hit the ball as far as the young… — Paul Arden
By putting the spotlight on the female child and framing her as the ideal of beauty, he condemns the mature woman to invisibility. In fact,… — Fatema Mernissi
Life calls us forth to independence, and anyone who does not heed this call because of childish laziness or timidity is threatened with neurosis. And… — Carl Jung
The Truth that is to be Realized may be summarized simply as the Realization that no matter what is arising, no matter how many others… — Adi Da
Living in that childish wonder is a most beautiful feeling - I can so well remember it. There was always something more - behind and… — Kate Greenaway
Sometimes I wish Marta were more loyal to me. Like the other day. The car parked next to ours had a real dirty windshield; so… — Jack Handey
A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree as we do namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The world breaks everyone or nearly everyone, of their childish illusions, assumptions and wishes, often painfully and afterwards due to the personal growth in practical… — Ernest Hemingway

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