Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cheney's great strength in the administration has been as the adult in the room behind the scenes. With the allegations about the leaking, which are potentially very, very serious, and this (hunting) story, I think there is real doubt now about his position, his stature.

Sheldon Lee Glashow

Chemistry is good for fun - it's like baseball. It has its role for small children, but I can't see an adult being concerned with it.

Children in state custody can come in with an adult and get whatever they need. They can get clothing, school supplies, toys. When newborn babies come in, the shelter moms come in to get diapers and formula.

Andrea Seigel

Because teenagers don't have adult responsibilities yet, you can create your own drama, and it's a universe of your own emotions.

Georges Pompidou

The most dangerous thing about student riots is that adults take them seriously.

In an adult and in a child, you want them to begin rehabilitation as soon as possible.

I'm a retired psychologist. I thought that I needed to do something I enjoyed. And I've enjoyed flowers, plants and gardening all my adult life.

David Stern

If (players) are really going to have a problem, they will have to make a decision about how they want to spend their adult life in terms of playing in the NBA or not, ... quite liberal and easygoing.

I once heard an adult ask another adult if her daughter was in STAND. One adult responded by saying, she was until her daughter was asked to bring in a roll of toilet tissue. The mom said it was too much, too embarrassing. I was so sad to hear this response from an adult. It was such a teachable moment about social responsibility, compassion and empathy.

I had a beautiful childhood, so my adulthood has been really frustrating because it's - half the time it hasn't been as good as my childhood.

David Small

I just totally do not believe in this sort of Bart Simpson character who infects so much of our literature and film and TV stuff nowadays, these know-it-all kids who seem to understand the hypocrisy of the adult world so thoroughly and can talk about it with such articulateness. That's bunk.

I just realised I'm the adult and I have to be strong. I didn't want to plod along in a numb state, I needed to be totally aware of what's going on, otherwise it wouldn't be fair.

Jon Favreau

I looked at the top 10 films every year, and half of them were made for families. That's a safety zone. There is more opportunity for pure storytelling when you're dealing with the family audience and more creative freedom to explore different genres without being held to the same standard as movies geared toward an adult audience.

Neve Campbell

I look back five years ago, when I thought I was adult and knew everything about the world, and I realize I knew nothing.

I hope no kid or adult has to go through what I'm going through.

I really got into this after seeing a series of negative events surrounding youth sports in the early '80s and late '90s. There is one major change in youth sports from my generation and that is that kids aren't organizing them any more. It's done by adults. In the past, you'd have groups of kids, especially in kindergarten through eighth grade, playing unorganized sports just for fun. Things are becoming too organized and too competitive. Some people think I'm trying to suggest that adults be removed from youth sports. I'm not. I'm suggesting the adult ego be removed from youth sports.

He's ready for it. He's going to be glad to have me gone. He's an adult and he's been living on his own for a long time. He's ready to be back doing his thing. He's actually doing pretty well.

Dave Pirner

I don't know... it's just too much fun to wonder about what life would be without gravity. I just started thinking about outer space more as an adult than I probably ever did as a kid. That was also inspiring, the concept of being stuck to the earth.

It was as if he came out of a time warp. We were still kids. He seemed like an adult already. We were 17 and had no clue.

It will have a double impact on gay businesses because the percentage of adult smokers in our community is double that of the general population.

Rob Reiner

It is the critical time period when the brain develops and grows to 90 percent of its adult size.

Francisco Flores

It's very exciting. I think it's a victory for the (Rio Grande) Valley because for a long, long time I have been trying to get more funding for the adult day cares.

It's very important the toilet be beautiful, that this stage is reflected. If a child suffers trauma, then he will have adult neuroses.

Dexter Fletcher

It took me a long time to make that leap to being a grown-up and responsible adult because I carried on being a child actor into my late twenties. It's OK to be precocious when you're young, but when you're a man of about 27 or 28 and playing a 17-year-old in a TV show, it kind of prolongs your childhood.

Robert Greene

It will be enforced by adult staff members,

It will mirror the brands we have in the stores for our adult customer. It's really lifestyle-broad and broad in price point, as well.

The two children played with the dead poultry and the adult took the dead chickens to cook.

It makes perfect sense for us to be a major part of the Super Bowl broadcast. It is viewed by more than 90 million people -- the vast majority of whom are adult beer drinkers.

It's an important launch for us. It's a niche product in that it will appeal to 20- to 30-year-old adults, a more sophisticated adult palate.

Bob Herbold

It's going to take education, adult supervision and technology to cope with the issues we're struggling with; all these are needed to ensure kids have a safe and educational online experience.

It's geared to the age of our kids ages 2-6. It's just like an adult working in a job. They need a little bit of a break. Her program is also educational, about bones and muscles and healthy eating. It's someone else saying what we say to them and explaining it.

It's funny, I used to do a character that was just a baby - just an adult baby. I would get up onstage and complain about adult stuff, but as a baby. I was in a diaper, and I would require hugs from the audience and reassurance and stuff.

David Brooks

It's been a tough summer for the adult audience. They're champing at the bit to find something fresh. This was a great opportunity to kick off for a couple of weeks with no competition.