“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
“It's a fact that children with cancer have higher cure rates than adults with cancer, and I wonder if the reason is their natural, unthinking bravery... Adults know too much about failure; they're more cynical and resigned and fearful.” IfsKnowsChildrenReasonFactsNaturalWonderToo MuchHigherAdultsLogicBraveryRateCancerCuresCertaintyUncertaintyReasoningCynicalFearfulOntologyResigned Author:Lance Armstrong
“There's a generation now that didn't grow up in nature. Some of these adults are parents and they know that nature is good for their kids but they don't know where to start.” KnowsKidsGrowsParentGrowing UpGenerationsAdults Author:Richard Louv
“Anybody who has ever been in business, anybody who has ever paid bills, anybody who has ever lived in a serious adult life knows that indebtedness is a killer.” KnowsSeriousAdultsPaidBillsKillersIndebtedness Author:Frank Lautenberg
“Some people manage to make that transition from child actor to adult actor seamlessly. But I felt that if I spent my whole life on a film set without taking a few years to do something else, all I would ever know about was film sets.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsChildrenWholeFilmActorsFeltAdultsWhole LifeManageTransitionFilm SetChild Actors Author:Anna Popplewell
“I have spent my tenure in office - and, in fact, my adult lifetime - fighting for things that I care deeply about. And as anyone who knows me will tell you, I do not back down from tough fights.” KnowsFactsCareFightingOfficeAdultsToughLifetimeKnow MeI CareTenure Author:Bev Perdue
“When most of the greatest individuals in history were misunderstood and you've spent so much of your own adult life misunderstood, you can't help but believe that the majority of people know very little worth knowing.” PeopleKnowsBelieveLittlesHelpingIndividualKnowingAdultsMajorityMisunderstandingMisunderstoodBeing Misunderstood Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“For a long time I felt like I was fighting my age, like I was constantly trying to prove to people that I was a savvy peer, and I felt them viewing me as a kid. I was a cocky kid, and I felt like I was an adult at, like, 9, you know? I think that’s because my parents always treated me as an adult.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingLongKidsAgeFightingFeltParentProveLong TimeAdultsTreatedPeersCockySavvy Author:Ezra Miller
“I know plenty of adults who act like teenagers.” KnowsAdultsPlentyTeenager Author:Michael K. Williams
“I've been a Colt for almost all of my adult life, but I guess in life, and in sports, we all know nothing lasts forever. Times change, circumstances change, and that's the reality of playing in the NFL.” KnowsRealityLastsSportsForeverCircumstancesAdultsNflNothing Lasts ForeverColts Author:Peyton Manning
“I am not really much interested in talking to adults, although I suppose practically every mother in the kingdom knows my name and my books. It's their children I love.” KnowsChildrenBookMotherNamesTalkingAdultsKingdoms Author:Enid Blyton