Quotes About Adults

Tommy had never been successful at explaining himself to adults because of their calamitous heedlessness

Las pasiones humanas son un misterio, y a los niños les pasa lo mismo que a los mayores. Los que se dejan llevar por ellas no pueden explicárselas, y los que no las han vivido no pueden comprenderlas.

When you're young you can't work out the age of an adult - they're just quite old, old, or very old.

Kids' perceptions are not mediated by expectations and conventions in the been-there, done-that way that adult perception is; as adults, she explained, our minds don't simply take in the world as it is so much as they make educated guesses about it.

Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would sit and carry on conversations, making the dolls real people.

In an ageing society, it makes sense to support older adults to develop new skills, prolonging their working lives.

I love children. I'd prefer to be around children much more than adults, actually. And I like animals, too. I'm just really into beings who are at ease with themselves.

We can know what love is. It´s adults who have forgotten, so they cling to their poor substitute and yell at kids who dare to live with real love. Pure Love. Love without compromise or distraction.

Haven't you noticed grown-ups aren't perfect? asked Mrs. Quimby. Especially when they're tired. Then how come you expect kids to be so perfect all the time? demanded Ramona.

Nothing infuriated Ramona more than having a grown-up say, as if she could not hear, that she was worn out.

Until this minute she had thought all adults were supposed to like all children. She understood by now misunderstandings were to be expected- she had had several with teachers - and often children and grown-ups did not agree, but things somehow worked out. For a grown-up to actually dislike a child and try to shame her, she was sure had to be wrong, very, very wrong.

though they know in their adult hearts, even as they threaten to banish Timmy to bed for his appalling behavior, that their bosses are Big Fatty Stupids, their wives are Dopey Dopeheads and that they themselves are Mr. Sillypants.

DISNEYLAND isn't designed just for children. When does a person stop being a child? Can you say that a child is ever entirely eliminated from an adult? I believe that the right kind of entertainment can appeal to all persons, young or old. I want Disneyland to be a place where parents can bring their children—or come by themselves and still have a good time.

Something maternal awakened, perhaps, by the physical contact with such lovely young babies? And tonight was a good night, thus I feel correspondingly tender. There will be other bad nights, but remembering the versatile quicksilver shifting of children's moods, I smile with equanimity and do not cherish grudges, as most of us adults do, letting them fester like a cancer. But I let my emotions run on the same forgiving and transient track.

Autistic thinking is always detailed and specific. Teachers and parents need to help both children and adults with autism take all the little details they have in their head and put them into categories to form concepts and promote generalization.

Because I write contemporary, magical realism and speculative for both children and adults, I spend a lot of time thinking about real settings for the contemporary books and the pieces that could be taken from those places to create fantasy spaces. But I also like to look for the magic in the real world…

I'm generally intimidated by adults.

it myself!" These are the words that I would hear from my grandson when, as a toddler, he would try to pour juice from a large container into a cup. Grownups aren't much different. It is a well-documented fact that no one of my gender will ever ask for directions. I'm not lost. I can find it myself.

I]f we can bring our children understanding, comfort, and hopefulness when they need this kind of support, then they are more likely to grow into adults who can find these resources within themselves later on. (from the introduction)

I'm sorry, young caretaker," Lomo said. "By coming to Wyrmroost, you inherited calamitous trouble. And look what you do!" "Flip over my rocking chair?" "You stand and fight! While a nation of ancient adults cowers behind policies of appeasement.

Then I'm going?" Kendra asked. The adults in the room exchanged tacit glances before nodding. "Then we only have one problem left to discuss," Seth said. Everyone turned to him. "How do I get invited?

Adults always underestimate kids. They get all protective because they think we're babies.

Then I'm going?" Kendra asked. The adults in the room exchanged tacit glances before nodding. Then we only have one more problem left to discuss," Seth said. Everyone turned to him. How do I get invited

We're a nation of exhausted and over-stressed adults raising over-scheduled children.