Quotes About Adulthood

Human beings need tens, even scores, of years before they grow into full adults, human beings at the peak of their abilities

Our consciousness is programmed. We see things a certain way from a young age - we're programmed to keep doing them that way. Then you have to spend adulthood learning how to overcome it, to read out the programs. Try to create. I want to tell people to create. Just start by creating your day. Then create your life.

Sometimes grownups forget stuff they've said.

Is it possible that we never feel grown-up because, as our capabilities increased with age, so increased our responsibilities?

je découvrais que les adultes n'était pas conformes à ce qu'ils disaient être. Qu'ils agissaient par rapport à la société, non par conviction profonde. C'est ce que, toute ma vie, je reprocherai aux un et aux autres: agir sans croyance.

I remember from childhood how easy it was to imagine, how hard to create: the difference between what I could conceive of and what I could actually do was bewildering. In adulthood I have learned that to envisage is nothing: success is a hard currency, earned by actual excellence.

I was delighted to not go to university. I couldn't wait to be out of education.

Everybody always talks about how they can't wait until they turn 18, so they can go out on their own and get their own apartment, and I'm like, 'I want to be with Mom!' I have it good.

When we grew up, we couldn't wait to get our hands on cars, work with them, change the look of them. Now you see kids being like, 'I'll just take the Uber,' or 'Oh, I don't even have my driver's license yet.' I'm like, 'Ugh, who are you people?'

I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just walk off with him? I don't know beans about babies! I don't have a license to do this.' We're just amateurs.

For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood, waking up in my gorgeous turquoise bedroom in the morning beside a person who really inspires me. That's the best revenge a girl-loving girl from the Bible belt could possibly have. And, importantly, it's healthy.

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.

Once I went back to my old city and saw my best friend from childhood walking around with a gang, looking cool. I think I missed out by never having that street life doing stupid things.

I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film.

My biggest problem is not acting my age.

I started learning to ride a bike when I was 18.

When you go through the death of somebody who you care about, and taking on moving, bills, and a daughter, it makes you feel older. You learn a lot about life.

As an adult, I can't blame my parents any more.

It was quite a blow to have my perfect image of my father shattered, but that's something we all face before we come to full adulthood.

To young to hold on and to old to just break free and run.

A lot of people don't want to grow up because it sucks.

It's easy to say you're more mature because all of a sudden you have a child, but it's a process.

I've heard this before from people: early 20s kind of screws with your head a little bit because you're transitioning into adulthood and actually becoming an adult with responsibilities and paying bills. So all of a sudden, it's like you're responsible now.

You think that adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be more capable. But that doesn't happen, ever, does it?