“You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay. But adult love means you’re not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.” WantMeanChildrenDoeCountryAmericaRepublicanAdultsOkayWingsDenialBeing The BestLoved OnesRight WingChildren LoveLove Means Author:Al Franken
“I feel like in America, we don't have a kid problem. You think about all these issues that these kids are dealing with, we have an adult problem. We have adults that do not place the priority on our kids to get a valuable education.” ThinkingFeelsProblemKidsAmericaIssuesAdultsValuablePriorities Author:Alonzo Mourning
“Today, 8 million adult Americans, more than the entire population of Michigan, have not finished 5 years of school. Nearly 20 million have not finished 8 years of school. Nearly 54 million - more than one-quarter of all America - have not even finished high school.” YearsTodaySchoolAmericaEducationMillionsHigh SchoolAdultsPopulationFinishedQuartersMichigan Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Yes, the Boy Scouts of America should definitely allow gay adult leaders and I think it's really going to hold them back if they don't.” IfsThinkingShouldAmericaLeaderBoysGayAdultsBoy ScoutBoy Scouts Of America Author:Bear Grylls
“Illiteracy is a huge problem in America. One in three adults in our country is illiterate.” CountryProblemAmericaThreeHugeAdultsOur CountryIlliterateIlliteracy Author:Roseanne Barr
“Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even hip-hop became the vox populi of America, and then as an adult he shattered racial barriers.” YearsAmericaAdultsHip HopHipsHopsBarriersUrbanVocalShatteredCordsAmerican SocietyVocal CordsVox Populi Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“Each and every child in this country is valuable because they are our future as a society. We cannot afford to lose a single child to ill-health, under-education, abuse, addiction, jail, or gun violence. America's highest goal should be for every child to grow up to be a successful young adult -- healthy, educated, free, secure, and a good citizen.” ShouldChildrenCountryAmericaYoungGrowsGoalLosesGrowing UpSuccessfulViolenceCitizensHealthyHighestGunAdultsAbuseAddictionYoung AdultIllValuableEducatedSecureJailOur FutureGun ViolenceGood CitizenIll HealthSingle Child Author:John F. Kerry
“America is behind Europe and Japan in terms of accepting adult ideas in animation.” IdeasAmericaTermBehindsAcceptingAdultsEuropeJapanAnimation Author:Bill Plympton
“It's the biggest public health problem in America, the rising rates of obesity among our young people and very heavy statistics among our adult population.” PeopleProblemAmericaYoungAdultsRatePopulationHeavyRisingStatisticsObesityPublic HealthHealth Problems Author:William J. Clinton
“In America, as was the topic earlier about polygamy, consenting adults are supposed to do - be able to do whatever they want to each other... whether it's marrying multiple partners, marrying someone of the same sex, prostitution, marijuana. As long as you're not hurting anyone else, it's really none of the government's business.” WantLongGovernmentAbleAmericaSexHurtAdultsPartnersMarijuanaMultipleTopicsProstitutionMarryingPolygamyMarrying Someone Author:Max Kellerman
“The roughest thing was learning the realities of the world at such a young age. I was 10 or 11, going to church, hearing the adults standing on the podium talking about world affairs, about history, about war, and how America was founded.” WorldWarRealityAgeAmericaYoungChurchTalkingAdultsStandingAffairHearingYoung AgeGoing To ChurchWorld Affairs Author:Michelle Rodriguez
“As part of our ongoing series of reports on the environment, 'America Goes Green,' we take on the question that can make otherwise competent adults quake with fear. We've all been there. You come to the end of the checkout line and then comes that question: 'Paper or plastic?' For that one brief moment, we grocery buyers are made to feel like the fate of the planet hinges on our decision.” FeelsMadeEndsMomentsAmericaLinesDecisionEnvironmentFatePlanetsPaperAdultsGreenSeriesReportsPlasticOngoingCompetentGroceriesBuyersHingesBrief MomentsQuakeCheckouts Author:Brian Williams
“I thought this election was an adult discussion on how best to protect ourselves in the face of terrorism, but apparently it was a referendum on boys kissing... When homophobia trumps terrorism in America, wow. This country needs to get laid.” NeedsCountryAmericaFacesBoysTrumpProtectKissingAdultsElectionTerrorismDiscussionWowHomophobiaGetting LaidReferendums Author:Bill Maher
“Gallup defines a good job as 30+ hours per week for an organization that provides a regular paycheck. Right now, the U.S. is delivering at a staggeringly low rate of 44%, which is the number of full-time jobs as a percent of the adult population, 18 years and older. We need that to be 50% and a bare minimum of 10 million new, good jobs to replenish America's middle class.” NeedsYearsJobsAmericaHoursNumbersClassMillionsWeekMiddleRight NowLowsPercentAdultsOrganizationRatePopulationMiddle ClassMinimumGood JobNotableDeliveringPaychecksFull Time Jobs Author:Jim Clifton
“As an anti-hunger advocate and longtime member of the Entertainment Council for Feeding America, I have become more and more aware of the issues surrounding hunger in our country, a country where 68% of adults above the age of 20 are overweight or obese. What a staggering thought, when 1 in 6 adults don't have enough food to eat on a regular basis. Good, healthy meal choices play a huge part of controlling weight and other health related issues.” CountryEnoughPlayAgeAmericaChoicesIssuesHugeHealthyMembersAdultsWeightBasesHungerEntertainmentOur CountryRelatedMealsFeedingCouncilGood HealthOverweightStaggeringObeseAge Of 20Health Related Author:Samantha Harris
“I think part of it is the fact that they were kind of the first of its kind - there weren't a lot of cartoons for adults. People forget at the time that The Simpsons started out, it was controversial - the fact that they said "hell" and "damn" in a cartoon was a lot. America was in an uproar.” PeopleThinkingFirstsKindSaidFactsAmericaForgetHellAdultsDamnThey SaidCartoonControversial Author:Eric Andre
“Almost 40% of all young adults are living with their parents. This is a 75-year high in America. Forty percent of young adults are living with their parents. I see stuff like this, and I think it's a good thing I didn't become a parent, because if that were happening to me, you wouldn't want to be my kid.” IfsThinkingWantYearsKidsAmericaYoungStuffParentHappeningsPercentAdultsGood ThingsYoung AdultForty Author:Rush Limbaugh
“America needs an adult in the White House who knows how to deal with China.” KnowsNeedsAmericaHouseWhiteDealsKnow HowAdultsChinaWhite House Author:John Bolton
“We are watching people who've been educated in the public school system and in colleges for the last 25 or 30 years become adults. They're getting jobs as TV commentators and journalists and writers and editors and producers in the media. And we're simply seeing the product of what they've been taught. And they so hate what they've been told is America's history and past that they want everybody to know they disagree with it and they've got nothing to do with it, and they had nothing to do with it, and don't blame them.” PeopleKnowsWantYearsSchoolJobsLastsAmericaPastHateSeeingMediaTaughtCollegeTvsProductsAdultsBlameProducersEducatedJournalistEditorsDisagreePublic SchoolCommentatorsSchool System Author:Rush Limbaugh
“In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics.” AmericaYoungGrowingTrumpSmartAdultsYoung AdultVotingMinoritiesPotExclusiveMeltingMelting PotSingle Women Author:Eliot Spitzer
“I just got hooked on the radio, the voice of it all. It was my connection to metropolitan America, if you will. Sports, in particularly baseball then 'cause of its rich sediment of numbers, was one of the first things a young person could peg up with adults on - that is, you could know as much about Jimmy Fox as your father did.” IfsKnowsFirstsPersonsAmericaYoungFatherCausesSportsVoiceNumbersRichAdultsConnectionsBaseballRadioFoxesJimmyHookedPegMetropolitan Author:George Will