Adulthood Quote by Rumer Godden

“There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Most grown people are like icebergs, three-tenths showing, seven-tenths submerged - that is why a collision with one of them is unexpectedly hurtful.

— Rumer Godden

“The entrepreneurs are only about my age, probably younger, but they don't seem so. Their tailored clothes and unbending hairdos, their clipboards and laser…

— Sara Baume

God knows it's a sign of a really sick mind to see grown people, adults with responsibilities, wearing class rings.

— Nikki Giovanni

“One finds pleasure in childish enough things, and it is too bad to destroy such a pleasure when, by simply leaving it alone, one…

— Alexandre Dumas fils

Being immature is one thing, but acting childish is a whole different category. Immaturity is a phase, childishness is a choice.

— Anonymous

“When I was a little girl, everything in the world fell into either of these two categories: wrong or right. Black or white. Now…

— C. JoyBell C

“When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“There’s a huge difference between being childlike and being childish. When we embrace joy and look at the world with fresh eyes we’re being…

— Seth Godin

“Perhaps there is nothing wrong with being childish and naïve. Perhaps naivety is simply the unwillingness to learn one’s lesson. It is the decision…

— Vironika Tugaleva

“Whereas, in the west, individuality and drive are considered positive qualities, they are not seen the same way, in Japan. In that country, if…

— Alexei Maxim Russell

For me, it's very childish to tour on a train. And I think that's a powerful quality, to inspire childishness.

— Alex Ebert