327 Quotes About Adults

I became an adult in an extreme way. I was recently sorting some old photographs and I found another.

The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.

I'm not a scientist, I was not a good science student, I felt effectively alienated from science throughout my young life, and it was only when I became an adult that I began to really appreciate from a completely different angle the power of science.

I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've only really gotten into them as an adult.

Putting lessons in young adult books is very dangerous.

The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.

I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine.

Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.

Stated as an English sentence, of course, this is just a banal platitude-but the fact is that, in the day-to-day trenches of adult existence, banal platitudes can have life-or-death importance. That may sound like hyperbole, or abstract nonsense.