"Adults are always asking little kids what they……" — Paula Poundstone
"Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas"
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52 Quotes by Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone has 52 quotes on this site.
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I've decided that perhaps I'm bulimic and just keep forgetting to purge.
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The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community.
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It is my wish to die of unique causes, perhaps in a high-speed tricycle crash, a bizarre stapling incient, or…
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I have terrible short-term memory loss, which I like to think of as Presidential eligibility.
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I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name and apparently that's the key to…
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When a woman extends her hand for you to shake it, then you shake her hand. You do not turn…
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I’m an atheist. The good news about atheists is that we have no mandate to convert anyone. So you’ll never…
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I used to work at The International House of Pancakes. It was a dream, and I made it happen.
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I think we need a 12-step group for non-stop talkers. We're going to call it On and On Anon.
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I don’t believe for a second that weightlifting is a sport. They pick up a heavy thing and put it…
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I know a little bit about handicapping. If the horse has an IV, you want to stay - away from…
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I confess that when I first read that smog is particularly hazardous to children, senior citizens, and physically active people,…
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More Adulthood Quotes
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Comedy was the key to everything. I grew up fast and controlled my future by bringing it on faster than…
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If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses…
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Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having…
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We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and…
— Sydney J. Harris
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The tough thing about adulthood is it starts before you even know it starts.
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Calculated is the truth of adulthood, whereas honest is the truth of a child.
— Wes Fesler
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If I were entering adulthood now instead of in the environment of fifty years ago, I would choose a career…
— Charles Lindbergh
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The meaningful role of the father of the bride was played out long before the church music began. It stretched…
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Adulthood isn't an award they'll give you for being a good child. You can waste ears, trying to get someone…
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A life-long blessing for children is to fill them with warm memories of times together. Happy memories become treasures in…
— Charlotte Sophia Kasl
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People whose integrity has not been damaged in childhood, who were protected, respected, and treated with honesty by their parents,…
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