Quotes About Adulthood

I think that was the moment at which I realised I was truly leaving. This is something the gentlemen readers of this memoir may not understand, but the ladies will know it all too well. If they are married, they have been through it already, and if not, I am sure they have devoted some thought to the matter. To marry means to leave one home for another, and often one place for another.

When we are young we fear we are not alone in the dark, When we grow up we fear we are

Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesn't have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship - all perks of adulthood.

People are responsible adults at home. Why do we suddenly transform them into adolescents with no freedom when they reach the workplace?

Act your age, not your shoe size.

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic.

George," said Fred, "I think we've outgrown full-time education." "Yeah, I've been feeling that way myself," said George lightly.

I hate having to ask permission to do everything, its one of those gay things that comes with being young & having caring parents.

So, I was driving today and I had an epiphany. Being young only lasts so long, you have your whole life to be an adult.

Hen you're young, your whole life is about the pursuit of fun...when did it stop being fun and start being scary?

When you are young, your whole life is about fun. Then, you grow up and learn to be cautious. You could break a bone or a heart. You look before you leap, and sometimes you don't leap at all because there's not always someone to catch you. And in life ,there is no safety net. When did it stop being fun and start being scary.?

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death.

endured—how I endured!—for one day I knew her services would no longer be required and I would make my come-out and at least I would have a brief time when I could meet girls of my own age. But Miss Stamp was raised to the rank of companion and still had the schooling

Since self-defeating behavior goes back to the childhood experience of being alone and defenseless, it is easier to overcome it in adulthood if you get support from other people. The actual role your helpers play doesn't matter. They can assist you directly, provide moral support or agree to hold you accountable for the changes you vow to make. What's important is that you know you're not alone. This will strengthen your confidence and determination.

The state has gradually annexed all the responsibilities of adulthood - health care, child care, care of the elderly - to the point where it's effectively severed its citizens from humanity's primal instincts, not the least the survival instinct...They corrode the citizen's sense of self-reliance to a potentially fatal degree.

I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood.

Baseball was made for kids, and grown-ups only screw it up.

Boys in their twenties are a waste of time. They have nothing to offer conversationally; they're immature. I feel like I have a better shot with someone in his thirties.

David Sedaris wrote in one of his books that people like to make children into little grown-ups, which to him is about as funny as a dog in sunglasses.

I squinted at her. "You're an adult." "You're an adult too." "But you're an older adult. You've had more practice." Mom leaned back and laughed.

I'm never growing up, I'll just sit in the corner of time and sip my juice box petulantly and judge your terrible Hamlet adaptations.

The average adult hates being treated like a child, unless it suits them.

The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.

I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.