Adulthood Quote by Jonathan Kozol

Childhood ought to have at least a few entitlements that aren't entangled with utilitarian considerations. One of them should be the right to a…

— Jonathan Kozol

Each era invents its own child. Over the past 500 years, conceptions of the child changed gradually from an ill-formed adult who must be…

— Sandra Scarr

Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.

— Bill Watterson

Childhood is not a state which only applies to the first phase of our lives in the biological sense. Rather it is a basic…

— Karl Rahner

Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age The child is grown, and puts away childish things. Childhood…

— Edna St Vincent Millay

Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age. The child is grown, and puts away childish things. Childhood…

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you…

— Lydia Sigourney

a good deal of childhood is strong stuff for adults and totally unsuitable for children.

— Philippa Pearce

Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it.

— George Will

“It was not always the case that a large minority comprising the weakest members of society wore special clothes, were freed from the routines…

— Ian McEwan

The intimation never wholly deserts us that there is, in the unformed activities of childhood and youth, the possibilities of a better life for…

— John Dewey

“Childhood is a time for pretending and trying on maturity to see if it fits or hangs baggy, tastes good or bitter, smells nice…

— Erma Bombeck