“There are children born to be children, and others who must mark time till they can take their natural places as adults.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
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Paul McCartney (1942) English singer-songwriter and composer
“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.”
Peter de Vries (1910–1993) American editor and novelist
“Adults must remember that they look like insane giants to children.”
Irving Fiske (1908–1990) American writer
Attributed without citation in Isabella Fiske McFarlin, et al., "Free The Kids! and Quarry Hill Community" http://search.proquest.com/openview/e76b1d1a966283049dcf60bcb9386c4d/1, Journal of Psychohistory, Vol. 21 No. 1 (Summer 1993), p. 21
“Is adult entertainment killing our children? Or is killing our children entertaining adults?”
Marilyn Manson (1969) American rock musician and actor
As quoted in MarilynManson.com (2000).
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Theodore Dalrymple (1949) English doctor and writer
Mr Brown's self-esteem issue - or, asks Theodore Dalrymple, does Gordon Brown really believe that he can solve the problems of the world? http://www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/001326.php (January 24, 2007). <br class="br">The Social Affairs Unit (2006 - 2008)
Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) American illustrator and writer of children's books
Source: The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to Present
Fritz von Uhde (1848–1911) German artist
As quoted in Bowron, Aurisch, Supan, Künste (2000). Romantics, realists, revolutionaries: masterpieces of 19th-century German painting from the Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig. Prestel. p. 158