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Quotes About Adults

One clue, which applies to virtually all species and can be very useful in late summer and fall, is that juveniles, having just fledged, are then in very uniform fresh plumage, while adults are actively molting or showing a mixture of old and new plumage.
~ David Allen Sibley
Some anti-natalist positions are founded on either a dislike of children or on the interests of adults who have greater freedom and resources if they do not have and rear children. My anti-natalist view is different. It arises, not from a dislike of children, but instead from a concern to avoid the suffering of potential children and the adults they would become, even if not having those children runs counter to the interests of those who would have them.
~ David Benatar
Many people feel like they were born into the wrong family. Nevertheless, adults must take responsiblity for the pain of the past and create a productive life in the present.
~ James P. Krehbiel
Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.
~ Douglas Adams
And you have no idea what a creep he really is. I know what he wants to do to you. They've come up with this medicine now. It slows down biological growth, allows adults to stop their children from ever growing up." "Why would anyone want that?" She looked back at me with an exasperated expression. "You're so naïve, Fura.
~ Alastair Reynolds
I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.
~ Kate DiCamillo
I think there's a fear of disconnect sometimes; communication is a huge issue for all of us, from adults to kids, as far as our face-to-face time and our ability to interact with each other without isolating itself to a phone. I think that has to be something that's very challenging.
~ Jim Rash
As a physician concerned with the significant impact of obesity health, it is my mission to encourage children and adults to take control of their own lifestyle choices.
~ Margaret Cuomo
If we behave like the kitchen is for adults, they become more wary of it and reluctant to go in it because it feels like it's a grown-up space.
~ Nadiya Hussain
Most people think the big challenge is having adults take you seriously, but as long as you go into meetings confident and prepared, they respect you. And a lot of my employees think that it's cool to be working for a young entrepreneur,
~ Rachel Zietz
I wanted to do animation for adults; films like Fritz the Cat (1972) that were shown as midnight movies and had an edge to them.
~ Ramin Zahed
los adultos representan el peligro más activo para los niños, a no ser que hayan tomado la decisión de reconocer y respetar los procesos de desarrollo.
~ Rebeca Wild
Children, who have so much to learn in so short a time, had involved the tendency to trust adults to instruct them in the collective knowledge of our species, and this trust confers survival value. But it also makes children vulnerable to being tricked and adults who exploit this vulnerability should be deeply ashamed.
~ Rebecca Goldstein
It's exciting being around people who are adults - I actually race out the door in the morning and shout, 'Bye!'
~ Davinia Taylor
As adults, we do know more, but we don't know enough. People can be very unthinkingly callous.
~ Dennis Potter
Censorship is a stupid thing. There should be certification, and not censorship. People are smart enough to understand that if a film is meant for kids, then kids will watch it and if a film is meant for adults, only adults will watch it.
~ Vikramaditya Motwane
I'm one of the few adults lucky enough to love their job. And when you've got bills to pay, you get on with it! I like challenges.
~ Malorie Blackman
IT Chapter Two' is the story of the Losers as adults 27 years later, but they go back to their memories to retrieve something that is very, very necessary. They have to remember who they were, as well as their amazing bond with each other.
~ Andy Muschietti
Chemistry is good for fun - it's like baseball. It has its role for small children, but I can't see an adult being concerned with it.
~ Sheldon Lee Glashow
For the sake of our children, let's behave like civilized, law-abiding adults.
~ Lara Trump
Children up to the age of seven are like sponges. They look up to adults and copy what they do. So I thought if I could create a positive role model - a superhero, if you like - who moves around and has a balanced lifestyle - then they would be motivated to move more.
~ Magnus Scheving
Very, very few adults possess so much charm that they can long be supported by another adult based on that attribute alone.
~ Sandra Tsing Loh
I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.
~ Jack Kevorkian
My dad, who is a heart surgeon, works with many adult patients who did not take good care of their bodies in their formative years. He is able to teach them how to break old eating and exercise habits and reshape their bodies, but not without a great deal of resistance.
~ Daphne Oz