“Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?” LoveFeelsShouldChildrenAgeHappinessEducationFamilyLearningSocietyAdultsResponsibleEducation SystemGreat EducationTeaching And LearningSchools And EducationChildren LearningChildren EducationStudents And EducationStudent LearningChildren And EducationEducation For AllImportance Of EducationAdult EducationAdult Learning Book:The Sane Society Source: The Sane Society
“Most people are really fighting to not be adults. And, when it happens, it's a big transition. And a lot of that is just awful. It's awful to have to get a job and really be responsible for other people. And it is funny, too. Like, we're all kind of little idiot kids trying to act like we know what we are doing.” PeopleKnowsTryingKindLittlesBigsHappensKidsJobsFightingAdultsResponsibleAll KindsAwfulIdiotTransitionBeing Responsible Author:Judd Apatow
“People are responsible adults at home. Why do we suddenly transform them into adolescents with no freedom when they reach the workplace?” PeopleHomeAdultsResponsibleWorkplacePersonnelImmature People Author:Ricardo Semler
“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.” PeopleKindLittlesBitsResponsibilityHeardLike YouBecomingLittle BitAdultsResponsibleBillsAdulthoodScrewsEarly 20sBecoming An Adult Author:Dan Byrd
“If I could summarize my suggestions to parents over the past twenty-five years it would be: worry less, criticize less, preach less, listen more, have more fun, be more honest with your own feelings, develop your own joys and friendships, and don't sweat the small stuff (which is nearly everything). The goal is not to be a perfect parent, because no such thing exists. The hope is to be a good enough parent so that your child leaves home a responsible adult who can take care of him or herself.” IfsYearsChildrenEnoughFeelingsHomeWould BeCarePastJoyFunStuffParentGoalPerfectWorryFiveHonestAdultsTwentiesResponsibleOur ChildrenTake CareYour ChildrenFive YearsIf I CouldCriticizeGood EnoughSweatSuggestionsOver The PastTwenty FiveSmall StuffSweat The Small StuffWorry LessPerfect Parents Author:Charlotte Sophia Kasl
“Do we honestly believe that hopeless kids growing up under the harsh new rules will turn out to be chaste, studious, responsible adults? On the contrary, by limiting welfare, job training, education and nutritious food, won't we plant the seeds for another bumper crop of out-of-wedlock moms, deadbeat dads and worse?” BelieveKidsJobsTurnsGrowing UpGrowingMomDadTrainingAdultsResponsiblePlantSeedsContraryHonestlyWelfareHopelessHarshCropsChasteBumperKids Growing UpWedlockStudiousJob Training Author:Richard Stolley
“By the age of 18, the average child has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence, including 18,000 simulated murders, on television. It is not always easy to provide clear, consistent structure for children, but providing it often helps keep children safe and helps them grow to be responsible adults.” ChildrenHelpingAgeGrowsEasyClearViolenceMediaTelevisionSafeAdultsMurderResponsibleStructureIncludingAverageConsistentProvidingBeing ResponsibleActs Of ViolenceMedia Violence Author:Jean Illsley Clarke
“It's hard to be responsible, adult and sensible all the time. How good it is to have a sister whose heart is as young as your own.” HeartHardYoungAdultsResponsibleMy SisterSensibleBrothers And SistersSiblingSisterSisterhoodBeing ResponsibleLittle SisterOlder SisterSiblings SistersOther SisterFunny SisterSisters FriendshipCute SisterhoodCute SisterInspirational SisterhoodLike A SisterFunny SisterhoodRakhiSisters And MothersSisters And FriendsGood SisterThank You Sister Author:Pam Brown
“That's the biggest problem existing in this country! People are always mixing up the word free and freedom. Free is something you get for nothin.' Freedom is a responsibility. We think freedom means do nothing, don't be responsible for your actions.... I think its time for adult Americans to be responsible for themselves, to take back the responsibility of being a free nation.” PeopleThinkingMeanCountryProblemActionNationsResponsibilityAdultsResponsibleBeing ResponsibleMixing Author:Aaron Tippin
“Nobody could be a professional cartoonist, because you have to do something you don't like to do in order to be a responsible adult and pay the rent.” OrderPayAdultsResponsibleCartoonist Author:David Rees
“Just plain logic says that the war on drugs does not work. It absolutely does not work. We have this highly addictive legal drug called tobacco which has never resulted in people being sent to prison, but there has been a massive reduction in its consumption simply because responsible adults looking at their own bodies have said they don't want to do that to themselves.” PeopleWantDoeHas BeensSaidWarBodyDrugAdultsLogicResponsiblePrisonMassiveWorking ItConsumptionTobaccoReductionWar On Drugs Author:Graham Hancock
“All employees... deserve to be treated as responsible adults, if that is the behavior we expect of them.” IfsBehaviorAdultsDeserveResponsibleTreatedEmployeeSupervision Author:Eric Harvey
“It's a great place to be at 36 because you're an adult and you're responsible for how you impact other people, the direction of your own life [too], but you're also young enough to say, "You know what? I'm not sure of where I'm at, and I'm going to change that course and do something different. I'm going to look at life differently." I think that's the magic of that age.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksDifferentEnoughAgeYoungCoursesMagicAdultsResponsibleImpactNot Sure Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“I am an adult; deliberately naïve, dewy-eyed optimism is not the proper posture for a responsible adult, is it?” AdultsOptimismResponsiblePosture Author:David Remnick
“Having pets can teach us a lot of things. For kids, they are often their first lesson in responsibility, and being responsible for the well-being of another living thing is actually great for anyone, kid or adult. It teaches empathy, consistency, and so much more - especially if that pet is a dog.” IfsFirstsWellsKidsResponsibilityTeachDogLessonsEmpathyAdultsResponsibleWell BeingPetConsistencyLiving ThingsBeing Responsible Author:Cesar Millan
“I was married to someone who wanted me to change. Become more adult, more responsible. I began not to like myself, not like what I do. I lost my identity. Everything began collapsing around me.” WantedLostIdentityMarriedAdultsResponsible Author:Marilyn Manson
“Even if there was such a thing as a half-price sale at the local Ming outlet shop, she would have to work ten lifetimes to make up such a sum. Always supposing that it wasn't one of a kind. Panic was no longer merely rearing. It was thundering through her at full throttle. There was only one thing to be done, she realized. The mature, responsible, adult thing to do. Hide the evidence.” IfsKindDoneHalfOne ThingTenEvidenceAdultsResponsibleLifetimeLocalsThings To DoShopsMaturePanicOutletsSupposingOne Of A KindSupposing ThatThrottle Author:Alexandra Ivy
“I, as a responsible adult human being, will never concede the power to anyone to regulate my choice of what I put into my body, or where I go with my mind. From the skin inwards is my jurisdiction, is it not? I choose what may or may not cross that border. Here I am the Customs Agent. I am the Coast guard. I am the sole legal and spiritual government of this territory, and only the laws I choose to enact within myself are applicable” MindHumansMayBodyGovernmentSpiritualLawChoicesHuman BeingsAdultsCrossesSkinsResponsibleAgentsBordersCustomsTerritoryMarijuanaSoleCoastHere I AmJurisdictionCoast Guard Author:Alexander Shulgin
“I believe, very strongly, that it is the responsible, adult, recreational, no apologies necessary, 'it just makes my music more fun,' recreational use of marijuana is a civil liberty.” BelieveUseFunI BelieveLibertyAdultsResponsibleVery StrongMarijuanaApologyCivil Liberties Author:Rick Steves
“It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much.” WorldNeedsHelpingSeemsDesireChangeAdultsResponsibleCharityMaking A DifferenceMatureBeing Responsible Author:Norman Lear
“It's weird: The leader of the Conservative Party in England is two years younger than me, and I still don't really feel like a responsible adult.” FeelsYearsStillsTwoPartyLeaderAdultsEnglandResponsibleConservativeTwo YearsConservative Party Author:Jarvis Cocker