"At some point as adults we cease to……" — William Landay
"At some point as adults we cease to be our parents' children and we become our children's parents instead."
—
William Landay
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
22 Quotes by William Landay
William Landay has 22 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
We move through time like a man in a rowboat, looking back even as we move forward.
-
There is no absolute beginning to any story, after all. There is only the moment you begin watching.
-
Crime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie.
-
Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.
-
I am interested in computers and technology, and art, photography, and design.
-
I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.
-
I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.
-
I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.
-
I'm a bit of a tech geek myself.
-
Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster.
-
You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their…
-
Genes are not simple triggers. No one is hardwired to commit murder or any other crime. Our actions are always…
See all 22 quotes by William Landay »
More Adults Quotes
This quote is filed under Adults Quotes,
one of 1,856 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
-
Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
— Margaret Atwood
-
I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
— Drew Barrymore
-
I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
— Roseanne Barr
-
When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably…
— Drew Barrymore
-
If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
— Mario Batali
-
There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
— Jean Baudrillard
-
What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
— Simone de Beauvoir
-
The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
— Martha Beck
-
Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
— Martha Beck
-
Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
— Martha Beck
-
An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
— Pope Benedict XVI
See all 1,856 Adults Quotes »