Adults Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

We are missing the truth. We live in a society that lies and fosters and sells dishonesty at a discount. Remember the line, 'America…

— Iyanla Vanzant

When you have children your own hypocrisy becomes more apparent because you're telling them how to behave, and you're not behaving like that yourself.…

— Danny Boyle

Adults lie to themselves all the time about what is acceptable, but kids know what is right and wrong.

— Sarah Pinborough

The impossibility and hypocrisy of a situation where kids are expected to be honest but are judged and alienated from their community because of…

— Amy Ray

The thing about kids is that they don't have the broader perspective of what's happening on a national level. Anything that's going wrong in…

— Lori Silverbush

Children are being adultified because our economy is depending on them to make purchasing decisions. So they're essentially the victims of a marketing and…

— Douglas Rushkoff

Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by…

— Leo Tolstoy

When I say that children should be told about sex, I do not mean that they should be told only the bare physiological facts;…

— Bertrand Russell

Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids. They outnumber…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

To be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They've got their heads screwed on a lot better.

— Amy Winehouse

There are so many issues in society - we talk about the violence, the drugs, the unwanted pregnancies - but at the end of…

— Allan Houston

Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and…

— Elias Canetti