Childish Quotes

301 Childish quotes by 251 unique authors

For I too liked reading, thought of a frivolous and childish kind; I could not digest or comprehend the serious or substantial. — Charlotte Bronte
It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child. — Isaac Asimov
Then she added in a sort of childish delight: 'We'll be poor, won't we? Like people in books. And I'll be an orphan and utterly… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I think that love is more like a light that you carry. At first childish happiness keeps it lighted and after that romance. Then motherhood… — Bess Streeter Aldrich
To wake up one morning and feel that I was a last a grown-up person, emptied of resentment, vengeful thoughts and other wasteful childish emotions.… — Truman Capote
Even in this world of course it is the stupidest children who are most childish and the stupidest grown-ups who are most grown-up. — C.S. Lewis
It's not fair. It's not fair," she cried, knowing it was a child's argument but not caring, because being childish did not make it untrue. — Kristin Cashore
It was all very childish. Why on earth should Edward have to leave for Jacob to come over? Weren't we past this immaturity? — Stephenie Meyer
If I ever fall in love again, I would like it if it were a slightly cold guy. Someone who won't constantly mind about my… — Ai Yazawa
The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's… — Carl Sagan
The obligation to amuse and instruct myself was entirely my own, and people who didn't know that were childish people, to be avoided if possible.… — John Taylor Gatto
It was juvenile, he knew, this need to assign blame, but everyone had a right to childish emotions from time to time, didn't they? — Julia Quinn
The tree was so old, and stood there so alone, that his childish heart had been filled with compassion; if no one else on the… — Karl Ove Knausgard
In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous. — Elie Wiesel
Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to… — Simon Pegg
Is it more childish and foolish to insist that there is a conspiracy or that there is not? — China Mieville
Mother said," mocked the king. "Don't be childish." "We're children," Myrcella declared haughtily. "We're supposed to be childish." The Hound laughed. "She has you there. — George R. R. Martin
It was a part of myself that was my enemy; I still had a childish illusion that the flesh on my own bones was somehow… — MacDonald Harris
There is a part of childhood that is childish, and a part that is sacred. Suddenly we are touching the sacred part -- running to… — David Levithan
For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.… — Albert Ellis
I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must… — Osamu Dazai
When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then a tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look… — Hermann Hesse
But to be perfectly frank, this childish idea that the author of a novel has some special insight into the characters in the novel...it's ridiculous.… — John Green
We're children. We're supposed to be childish. — George R. R. Martin
Kira is childish and hates to lose. I am also childish and hate to lose. - L — Tsugumi Ohba

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