Bits Quote by Judd Nelson

Never have the young taken themselves so seriously, and the calamity is that they are listened to and deferred to by so many adults.

— Eric Hoffer

Youth is always too serious, and just now it is too serious about frivolity.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“If we are genuinely concerned about engaging young people, particularly those that are vulnerable or at risk, we must listen to them properly.”

— Libby Brooks

Seriousness is the refuge of the shallow. There are events and personal experiences that call forth seriousness but they are fewer than most of…

— Rita Mae Brown

“Only in academia did people talk such bullshit and expect to be taken seriously”

— Josh Lanyon

The young never take anything seriously if it sounds simple.

— Rae Foley

I think there's an appetite for seriousness. Seriousness is voluptuous, and very few people have allowed themselves the luxury of it.

— Leonard Cohen

One of the many disservices done to young people by our schools and colleges is giving them the puffed up notion that they are…

— Thomas Sowell

I feel that it's vitally important to write and talk about people struggling with young people's beliefs, young people not being listened to and…

— Declan McKenna

When I was younger, I took everything seriously, and I still do to some degree.

— Doug Baldwin

“Even the most damaged and disenchanted teenager was only waiting for someone to see the real persona beneath the defense and respond with genuine…

— Joan Frances Casey

Young people, all too often, find their interests overlooked and their voices ignored.

— Mo Ibrahim