Quotes About Adulthood

There's nothing more tedious than a grown man blaming his parents, birth or otherwise, for all the things that have gone wrong in his life.

Nine-year-old boys usually turn ten at some point. It's the nineteen-year-olds who have difficulty turning twenty.

before we learn to feel afraid of things, our bodies know how to do them anyway. It's one of the more disappointing aspects of growing older. We fear more so we can do less.

leaving me an orphan like those characters I had spoken of the night before, if one can truly be called an orphan at twenty-one years of age.

That's good to hear. There's nothing more tedious than a grown man blaming his parents, birth or otherwise, for all the things that have gone wrong in his life.

The first decision adult children who want to grow up need to make is to surrender.

Success is different at different stages of development—from not wetting your pants in infancy, to being well liked in childhood and adolescence, to getting laid in young adulthood, to making money and having prestige in later adulthood, to getting laid in middle age, to being well liked in old age, to not wetting your pants in senility." What's

Maturity doesn't come with age. It begins with the acceptance of responsibility.

Most adults, by contrast, find it hard to be playful Ã¢â'¬â€ no doubt because they have to take care of all the responsibilities that come with an adult's life. Creative adults, however, have not forgotten how to play.

Grownups are so tiresome. They fake their smiles all day long and they try to force us to do the same. It's no fun at all.

Just because I'm nice to someone, doesn't make me two faced. It's called growing up. You should try it sometime.

You are only young once, after that you have to think of another excuse.

If I were a boy, I'd get away with a lot of things. Being a man comes with responsibilities.

A guy is a boy by birth, a man by age, but a gentleman by choice.

It`s not so much that they don`t want me to grow up. It`s that they`re annoyed that I`m growing up adjusted. They`d much rather I was growing up and going wild and crashing cars.

Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.

Education is preparation to live completely.

School prepares you for the real world... which also bites.

As I've gotten older, projects are more interesting and dynamic. My thinking and acting has evolved over the years.

Kids are a great excuse for you to stop acting like one.

I came to New York late; I was already past 30.

To put it mildly, I was just a very late bloomer.

If someone had told me age 14 to start making serious decisions about my career, I'd have laughed!

I think the years leading up to 21 were a bit more fun than 21 and beyond might be.