“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.”
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Peter de Vries 11
American editor and novelist 1910–1993Related quotes
“Is adult entertainment killing our children? Or is killing our children entertaining adults?”
As quoted in MarilynManson.com (2000).
2000s
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).
The Social Affairs Unit (2006 - 2008)
“Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”
On writing for adults, as quoted in Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss: Essays on the Writings and Life of Theodor Geisel (1997) by Thomas Fensch, p. 96
“Adults should strive to be more like children.”
Speaking at Women's march in Los Angeles (21 January 2017).
“The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.”
“But some children have clearer vision than adults.”
Prisonner of Fire (1974)