Quotes About Adulthood

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.

At 35, I'm definitely starting to feel more like a grown-up than I ever have. There's nothing in my life that is childish or whimsical. Having fun is fantastic and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work or else it's going to feel stiff.

I moved out eventually of the White House and moved into a townhouse with a group of girls while I was in college.

In the 40 years that I've been a priest and the 17 as a bishop, I have experienced people coming at things in a different way. That's the way adults are, that's the way the world is, and that's OK.

Princeton ignited my intellectual curiosity and introduced me to a new social world. It... challenged me on the most fundamental levels imaginable. It was where I became a man.

I was in the final year of my English Literature degree at Hindu College, Delhi University, when I came to Mumbai. I liked the city and the sense of freedom - here, I wasnt a principals daughter anymore.

In my bachelor days, the priority wasn't learning to cook.

I learned so much from my life as an actor, as a kid actor through being an adult actor, and then becoming a writer and producer and doing animation.

I think people with open minds will observe the way we do things and realize that our goal is to have successful, happy, productive adults, and they will take our ideas and implement them elsewhere for their own children.

My profession has helped me to grow up.

Of course you do things differently in your 30s and 40s than in your 20s.

I grew up very quickly because of the difficulties and responsibilities that I have always had.

My mom says I'm not allowed to move out, but I'm allowed. I said I have to FaceTime her every night to make dinner with her because I won't be able to do it myself. So she said she'll accept it if I do that.

I understood the feeling of being 17 and living with your parents somewhere, and then being 18 and living in New York and having a city at your disposal.

I've experienced women, but I feel like growing up it's good to experience things when you're young.

As I grew up and really - 22, 23, 24 - I was faced with new problems that were bigger. A lot of them were issues that pertained to people that were super close to me.

I think part of being an adult is leaving the fairytale behind.

It'll be nice not to have to use my fake IDs anymore.

You've got to grow up sometime.

When my dad left public life, I was 13 years old. I went through my teen years and into adulthood in relative anonymity. After my dad's funeral, I was suddenly recognizable to people I passed on the street.

I'm not just a child star. And I'm not just someone's sister. And I'm not just a teen mom.

I've never really been a rebellious teen.

I think obviously there's a core of who you are, and as you get older, you become more aware of what behavior is immutable. For a long time, I felt there was a deep separation between the person I was as a teenager and the person I was in my 20s and early 30s .

I don't really feel like I need to be a teenager ever again.