Quotes about adults
children independent adults
I have an only child. She's so independent and good with adults. Tim Allen
children want adults
I'm sad for adults who want to be children. And children who want to be adults.
children tactics adults
Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage. Thomas Szasz
children parent adults
In the United States today, there is a pervasive tendency to treat children as adults, and adults as children. The options of children are thus steadily expanded, while those of adults are progressively constricted. The result is unruly children and childish adults.
real monsters adults
Adults are the real monsters. Stephen King
writing men adults
I'm seen as somebody who writes for adults because I'm an older man myself. Some of them find me, and a lot of them don't.
childhood independence adults
The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it I felt I wouldn't have survived. I cared deeply for everyone in my family, but in the end I depended on myself. Sonia Sotomayor
children may adults
Centuries ago it may have been difficult for pregnant women and their children to get proper nourishment, probably leading to smaller - and therefore shorter-lived - adults. Robert Fogel
training adults attention
But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training. Robert Fripp
growing-up waiting adults
Part of me is still waiting to grow up, to be an adult, and the other part knows there is no such thing. Richard Dreyfuss
kids technology adults
I would not let an adult drive my robot. You don't have enough gaming experience. But I will let a kid with no license take control of my vehicle system. Robert Ballard
kids adults contact
Kids are absolutely starved for positive adult contact. Richard Louv
children world adults
In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.
home people adults
People are responsible adults at home. Why do we suddenly transform them into adolescents with no freedom when they reach the workplace? Ricardo Semler
america adults contempt
Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America. Robert Crumb
talking canada adults
I very much like "Canada, the adults are talking" stance. Tucker Carlson
purses adults hello
I don't carry a purse when I fly because I have my Hello Kitty carry-on. I'm the biggest adult supporter. Venus Williams
pigs abortion adults
With respect to those meanings of 'human' that are relevant to the morality of abortion, any fetus is less human than an adult pig, Richard Dawkins
meaningful views adults
The truly adult view [...] is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it. And we can make it very wonderful indeed.
kids adults fantasy
I realized that everything I do is fantasy, whether it is an adult movie or a kids movie. Robert Rodriguez
government regulation adults
The trouble with government regulation of the market is that it prohibits capitalistic acts between consenting adults. Robert Nozick
adults socialist capitalist
The socialist society would have to forbid capitalist acts between consenting adults.
kids talking adults
Technically, 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' was a kids' show, but adults watched almost religiously - and we're talking adult adults, celebrated adults - including James Thurber, Orson Welles, John Steinbeck, Adlai E. Stevenson and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Tom Shales
nerd adults enough
For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough. Steve Carell
people adults helping
All my adult life people have been helping me. Stephen Hawking
wavelength way adults
She couldn't be on his wavelength all the time. That's all. When you could recognize that and deal with it, you were on your way to an adult relationship.
children agreement adults
Schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It's accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are lunatics.
children adults ifs
If children could, if adults knew. Sigmund Freud
adults defense characteristics
The defense against childish helplessness is what lends its characteristic features to the adult's reaction to the helplessness which he has to acknowledge - a reaction which is precisely the formation of religion.
people world adults
I wasn't frightened of people, but I didn't have a clue about the adult world. Shirley Henderson
adults world problem
Once you get your own family clear in your head, whatever your problems are with it, you're better prepared for being an adult in the world. Shirley MacLaine
adults fans huge
I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've only really gotten into them as an adult. Serj Tankian
sex kids adults
Kids and adults have sex for many, many reasons... Put out a question box. Sue Johanson