Adults Quote by Piers Anthony

It seemed to me that every adult did something terrible sooner or later. And every child, I thought, sooner or later becomes an adult.

— Anonymous

I always looked forward to being an adult, because I thought the adult world was, well—adult. That adults weren’t cliquey or nasty, that the…

— Peter Cameron

“I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up:that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived.…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Those who tread 'adult' as a term of approval cannot hope to be considered adult themselves. When I became a man I put away…

— Anonymous

I didn't realize then that so much of being adult is reconciling ourselves with the awkwardness and strangeness of our own feelings. Youth is…

— Douglas Coupland

“Maturity is so often considered to be synonymous with ‘adult.’ But I truly feel that maturity may be defined by the ability to be…

— Gina Marinello-Sweeney

“Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about…

— C.S. Lewis

the term 'young adults' which is so often used today seems to me a misnomer, and one which, if taken seriously, may lead the…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

People thought becoming an adult meant that all your acts had consequences; in fact it was just the opposite.

— Chad Harbach

Youth is when you blame all your troubles on your parents; maturity is when you learn that everything is the fault of the younger…

— Anonymous

I, on the other hand, still might not be considered a proper adult. I had been very grown-up in primary school. But as I…

— Anonymous

I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who…

— Ursula K. Le Guin