Precocious Quotes

33 quotes by 30 authors

Precocious talents mature slowly if at all. — Gore Vidal
Mr. Steven Bochco is a very wise man. After a many-monthed nationwide search to find a precocious teenage doctor, he hired me. — Neil Patrick Harris
The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies. — Lester B. Pearson
What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may… — Pablo Picasso
It is practically an axiom in psychiatry that precocious intellect combined with physical weakness can give rise to many unpleasant character traits - avarice, delusions… — Sam Savage
Hi there," squeaked a precocious little voice, "you are speaking to Chloe Fusakawa, and I have just learned how to answer the phone. — Gabrielle Zevin
One of the troubles of our times is that we are all, I think, precocious as personalities and backward as characters. — Wystan Hugh Auden
I fell in love with Shakespeare when I was 12, and I read the whole works. Yes, I was precocious. — Claire Tomalin
When you work and earn money as a child, you need to be confident, but it can make you a bit precocious, and I think… — Donna Air
By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy. — Cameron Mackintosh
I was a precocious child. — Pippa Evans
All literature is written by the old to teach the young how to express themselves so that they in turn may write literature to teach… — Laura Riding
What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may… — Pablo Picasso

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