Naivete in grownups is
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity. Eric Hoffer
Grownups
The world is an
The world is an orphanage for grownups Elizabeth Swados
Grownups! Everyone remembers them.
Grownups! Everyone remembers them. How strange and even sad it is that we never became what they were: beings noble, infallible, and free. We never became them. One of the things we discover as we live is that we never become anything different from what we are. We are no less ourselves at forty than … Read more
Once I hit 25,
Once I hit 25, I realized I had to do more than just be an actor. I love acting, but there’s something that makes it difficult to just be a man, a grownup. Not to take away from any actors, but I knew I wasn’t going to be Tom Cruise. I knew I was a … Read more
When people go to
When people go to a new country, whether as refugees or immigrants, kids usually assimilate easily, but it’s much harder for the grownups. Especially, oftentimes, for the mothers, because they are usually confined to the house. They’re not going to school, and they’re not necessarily holding down a job. It’s tough. It’s not easy to … Read more
Children hold spring so
Children hold spring so tightly in their brown fists-just as grownups, who are less sure of it, hold it in their hearts. E. B. White
When you’re young, you’re
When you’re young, you’re always wondering when you’re actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it, in a sense, too. There’s a danger to feeling like an adult… like this whimsical kid in you is going to die or something. And then all of a sudden, one day you … Read more
This is not a
This is not a game, … Debt has become a part of who we are. It’s become that spoiled child in the grocery store with their lip stuck out: ‘I want it. I want it. I deserve it because I breathe air.’ And, well, that’s an uphill climb in our culture right now, to go … Read more
It’s naive and even
It’s naive and even irresponsible for a grownup today to get her or his information about foreign policy and war and peace exclusively from the administration in power. It’s essential to have other sources of information, to check those against one’s own common sense, and to form your own judgment as to whether we ought … Read more
Time always seems long
Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. Dag Hammarskjold