Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.

Quote by Wendy Wasserstein

Topics: Parents Quotes

Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.

Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

The trick...is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious...

The trick...is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious...

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick...

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me,...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me,...

An unused life is an early death.

An unused life is an early death.

And down his mouth comes to my mouth! and down His bright dark eyes come...

And down his mouth comes to my mouth! and down His bright dark eyes come...

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honours depend upon heaven.

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honours depend upon heaven.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream...

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream...

Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but...

Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but...

Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.

Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.

The stirrings within us have their own fearful excesses; the excesses show which way these...

The stirrings within us have their own fearful excesses; the excesses show which way these...

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it...

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it...

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

It's all this cold-hearted fucking that is death and idiocy.

It's all this cold-hearted fucking that is death and idiocy.

Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to...

Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to...