“An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out to write either funny or kind, but it's a voice they like, quirky like me... And you know, people like happy endings.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingKindBookVoiceComedyAdultsIntelligentLike MeEditorsHappy EndingsQuirky Author:Elinor Lipman
“The American child is a highly intelligent human being - characteristically sensitive, humorous, open-minded, eager to learn, and has a strong sense of excitement, energy, and healthy curiosity about the world in which he lives. Lucky indeed is the grown-up who manages to carry these same characteristics into adult life. It usually makes for a happy and successful individual.” WorldHumansChildrenDreamIndividualEnergyStrongHuman BeingsSuccessfulHealthyLuckyHumorousAdultsIntelligentCuriosityManageSensitiveExcitementCharacteristicsOpen MindedSuccessful IndividualsHighly Intelligent Author:Walt Disney
“He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be art, the object of children's books is to whip the little rascals into shape.” PeopleWellsMayChildrenLittlesArtBookYoungLiteratureViewsShareObjectsShapesAdultsIntelligentAimEducatedReportersEarnestWhipsChildren's BooksWell EducatedRascalsChildren's Literature Book:Read for Your Life #18 Source: Read for Your Life #18
“Studies have shown that the terms girl and lady have pejorative connotations: They conjure images of someone weaker and lazier; someone more nervous, afraid, dependent, immature, and inconsiderate; someone less sexy, intelligent, and certainly less charismatic than 'woman.' Indeed, the term woman is overwhelmingly interpreted as more favorable and is most often used to describe adult females who deserve respect.” UsedGirlTermStudyAdultsDeserveFemaleIntelligentSexyNervousDependentImmatureCharismaticConnotationInconsiderate Author:Pat Heim
“The more intelligent and competent a woman is in her adult life, the less likely she is to have received an adequate amount of romantic attention in adolescence.” SexAttentionAmountAdultsIntelligentAdolescenceAdequateCompetent Author:Susan Jacoby
“A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.” InspirationalChildrenCompanyBoysAtheismSonAdultsIntelligentAverageTeensTeenageThank You Author:John B. S. Haldane
“It would be wrong of me to suppose that just because I can form private mental images, that everyone can. As Francis Galton and William James long ago showed, a small proportion of adults-and some of these extremely intelligent-are unable to form such visual images. Berkeley's point is that it would be equally arrogant for these non-thinkers or non-image formers to claim that everyone is like them in the relevant respect. The temptation to pontificate in that way reveals a narrowness and unwillingness to see the world from another perspective.” WorldWayMindLongI CanWould BeFormPerspectiveAdultsClaimsIntelligentTemptationVisualsProportionThinkerRelevantArrogantLong AgoBecause I CanBerkeleyVisual Images Author:David Berman
“Such is the breathtaking speciesism of our Christian-inspired attitudes, the abortion of a single human zygote can arouse more moral solicitude and righteous indignation than the vivasection of any number of intelligent adult chimpanzees! The only reason we can be comfortable with such a double standard is that the intermediates between humans and chimps are all dead.” HumansReasonChristianNumbersAttitudeMoralComfortableStandardsAdultsIntelligentInspiredAbortionRighteousIndignationDouble StandardChimpanzeesBreathtakingSpeciesismSolicitudeRighteous Indignation Author:Richard Dawkins
“I think it is an intelligent story [The Intruders]. You've got adult characters who are in search of some things that are out there that we sense are out there, but we don't have any proof. John's character stumbles into that situation.” ThinkingCharacterStoriesSituationAdultsIntelligentProofIntruders Author:Glen Morgan
“True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with it if you tell them, clearly and civility, why you think they are totally, utterly and disastrously wrong.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanEnoughAbleBeliefAdultsIntelligentAssumingCivility Author:Julian Baggini
“He's convinced most human adults do not know how to play anymore and that playing is one of the best ways to think. Franky finds children, by far, much more pleasant and intelligent than most adults, but they are easily ruined by their families, schools, and society. He says one of the ways they are ruined is by being forced to think of all the tasks that need to be done as work, not as play. It takes the joy out of living.” ThinkingKnowsWayNeedsHumansChildrenDonePlaySchoolJoyKnow HowAdultsTasksIntelligentConvincedBest WayPleasantRuined Author:William Wharton
“Children are not less intelligent than adults; what they are is less informed.” ChildrenAdultsIntelligent Author:Philip Pullman
“What men don't want, in fact what anyone who's any sort of thrill-seeking, intelligent adult doesn't want, is some crushing bore describing their emotions in real time every waking hour.” MenWantRealFactsHoursEmotionAdultsIntelligentSeekingCrushWakingBoresThrillDescribing Author:Julie Burchill