Adulthood Quote by Robert Charles Wilson

Young people, however, tend to ignore the customs of their elders. Adolescent rebellion has been responsible for all manner of absurd costumes. The more…

— Anonymous

Adults end up shading things and shading the truth, and you end up lying and telling people what they want to hear.

— Chelsea Handler

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“There are people who say that children don't behave the way adults tell them to, but the way they see adults behave. Perhaps that's…

— Fredrik Backman

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

— Sarah Pinborough

Kids are truthful by nature.

— Anna Chlumsky

“Adults, in their dealing with children, are insane," he [Ed Ricketts] said. "And children know it too. Adults lay down rules they would not…

— John Steinbeck

Everything in adulthood can be traced back to childhood.

— Penny Junor

Young people are more hopeful at a certain age than adults, but I suspect that's glandular. As for children, I keep as far from…

— Gore Vidal

You grow weary of being treated as the enemy simply because you are not young anymore; because you dress unexceptionally.

— Michael Cunningham

“Children talk themselves out of their convictions as they grow up and become distracted by their huge selfish selves. All the literature is consistent…

— Gregory Maguire

Adulthood brings with it a pernicious illusion of control.

— Juan Gabriel