Grownups Quotes
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The thing about grown ups is that they're always wanting you to be this Great Hero and Leader. What's wrong with being NORMAL, for Thor's sake? What's wrong with just being SO-SO at stuff? They're just totally unrealistic.
Cressida Cowell -
This is our island. It's a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we'll have fun.
William Golding
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One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.
Lois McMaster -
To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love 'em.
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings -
When I was a young student, I thought grow-ups would come and make things work. Now I realize that grown-ups are just kids with wrinkles.
Esther Dyson -
Kaoru: Grownups are so tiresome. They fake their smiles all day long and they try to force us to do the same. It's no fun at all.
Bisco Hatori -
Sometimes you have to trust grownups, perhaps more so when they are not there to actually supervise you.
Scarlett Thomas -
We just got to go on, that's all. That's what grownups would do.
William Golding
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Embracing the fear of freedom, deciding to determine your own path, this is the work of a grownup.
Seth Godin -
As a kid, I really did want to hang out with the grownups, so it was hanging out with the hippest grownups in the world. This was the nicest bunch of people I've worked with in show business, with the exception of the people around 'A Mighty Wind.' It really was a wonderful eight years.
Harry Shearer -
The world is an orphanage for grownups.
Elizabeth Swados -
I mean, we're grown-ups now. Allegedly. And we feel things less than we did when we were kids, because we've grown so much scar tissue, or our senses have dulled. I think it's probably healthy. I mean, little kids don't have to make decisions, unless something's very wrong. Maybe you can't make up your mind as easily, if you feel too much. You know?
Charlie Jane Anders -
People hate politicians, it's really in vogue right now to hate politicians, but we need someone to lead us into the new world economy, we actually need to make decisions and we actually need grownups.
Alexandra Pelosi -
Adult novels was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers.
Judy Blume