“See how the world (whose chaste and pregnant womb Of late conceiv'd, and brought forth nothing ill) Is now degenerated, and become A base adult'ress, whose false births do fill The earth with monsters, monsters that do roam And rage about, and make a trade to kill: Now glutt'ny paunches, and avarice a pawn; Pale envy pines, pride swells, and sloth begins to yawn.” WorldEarthPrideBirthLateAdultsTradeIllEnvyRageMonstersPregnantPaleWombAvariceSlothPawnsChaste Book:Quarles' Emblems Source: Quarles' Emblems
“To put it as simply as possible: I am not a Muslim.[...] I do not accept the charge of apostacy, because I have never in my adult life affirmed any belief, and what one has not affirmed one can not be said to have apostasized from. The Islam I know states clearly that 'there can be no coercion in matters of religion'. The many Muslims I respect would be horrified by the idea that they belong to their faith purely by virtue of birth, and that a person who freely chose not to be a Muslim could therefore be put to death.” KnowsPersonsSaidIdeasMatterStatesWould BeReligionBeliefAcceptingVirtueBirthAdultsIslamCan NotCoercion Author:Salman Rushdie
“Hollywood has glorified adult premarital sex, and that is unhelpful if your goal is to reduce teen pregnancy and out-of-wedlock births.” IfsSexGoalBirthAdultsHollywoodPregnancyWedlockTeen Pregnancy Author:Joe Lieberman
“My parents' loss was compensated by the birth of my son Aryan and daughter Suhana. I believe they're my parents. In comparison to them, I behave childishly. My 13-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son behave like my mother and father. They're not my weakness. I love them a lot and give them a lot. I'll give them so much that by the time they are adults they wouldn't want anything.” WantGivingYearsBelieveMotherFatherI BelieveParentLossSonBirthDaughterWeaknessAdultsBehaveComparisonMy SonMother And Father Author:Shahrukh Khan
“I was, like, forty at birth. When I wasn't even a year old, I spoke, I was potty trained, I walked and talked. That was it. Then I started school and drove everybody crazy because they realized I had popped out as an adult. I had adult questions and wanted adult answers.” YearsWantedSchoolAnswersCrazyBirthAdultsFortySpokesPotty Author:Sharon Stone
“Thou shalt not commit adultry is a command which makes no distinction between the following persons. They are all required to obey it: children at birth. Children in the cradle. School children. Youths and maidens. Fresh adults. Older ones. Men and women of 40. Of 50. Of 60. Of 70. Of 80. Of 100. The command does not distribute its burden equally, and cannot. It is not hard upon the three sets of children.” MenChildrenPersonsDoeHardSchoolThreeYouthBirthMen And WomenAdultsFollowingBurdenCommitCommandDistinctionCradleMaidens Book:What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings Source: What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings
“Even when all the paperwork-a marriage license, a notarized deed, two birth certificates, and seven years of tax returns-clearly indicates you're an adult, but all the same, there you are, clutching the phone and thanking God that you're still somebody's daughter.” YearsStillsTwoReturnBirthTaxesDaughterAdultsSevenPhonesDeedsThank GodLicenseSeven YearsCertificatesPaperworkBirth CertificateTax Returns Author:Kelly Corrigan
“My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.” MotherPayBirthBasketballAdultsMotherhoodExtrasFiftyCentsMothers DayCertificatesBirth CertificateFunny Mothers DayFunny MotherTwo Cents Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar