Adolescence Quote by Thomas Sowell

We have the most prolonged adolescence in the history of mankind. There is no other society that requires so many years to pass before…

— Ralph Nader

Adolescence is a time of active deconstruction, construction, reconstruction--a period in which past, present, and future are rewoven and strung together on the threads…

— Louise J. Kaplan

Adolescence is the time to enlarge the natural sentiments of pity, friendship, and generosity, the time to develop an understanding of human nature and…

— Louise J. Kaplan

Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood.

— Louise J. Kaplan

“Adolescence--the time when teens begin to do things adults do--now happens later. Thirteen-year-olds--and even 18-year-olds-- are less likely to act like adults and spend…

— Jean M. Twenge

Adolescence is the period of the decisive last battle fought before maturity. The ego must achieve independence, the old emotional ties must be cast…

— Helene Deutsch

Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and…

— Eric Hoffer

Adolescence is a tough time for parent and child alike. It is a time between: between childhood and maturity, between parental protection and personal…

— Anna Quindlen

Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.

— Al Bernstein

Adolescence is not only an important period in life, but that it is the only period where one may speak of life in the…

— Michel Houellebecq

The purpose of adolescence is to revise the past, not to obliterate it. . . . Adolescence entails the deployment of family passions to…

— Louise J. Kaplan

I feel that adolescence has served its purpose when a person arrives at adulthood with a strong sense of self-esteem, the ability to relate…

— Virginia Satir