“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.”
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American editor and novelist 1910–1993Related quotes
“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).
2000s
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)
“Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
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
“Children are the vessels into which adults pour their poison.”
Salman Rushdie book Midnight's Children
Source: Midnight's Children (1981)
“Adults should strive to be more like children.”
Lorin Morgan-Richards (1975) American poet, cartoonist, and children's writer
Speaking at Women's march in Los Angeles (21 January 2017).
“The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.”
Mo Willems (1968) American children's illustrator and writer
“But some children have clearer vision than adults.”
Edmund Cooper (1926–1982) British writer
Prisonner of Fire (1974)