If animals play, this is because play is useful in the struggle for survival; because play practices and so perfects the skills needed in adult life

Quote by Susanna Miller

Topics: Adulthood Quotes, Play Quotes

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults

You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.

You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.

It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've...

It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've...

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

Adults are obsolete children.

Adults are obsolete children.

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop...

I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop...

Even Tom Sawyer had a girlfriend and to talk about adults without talking about their...

Even Tom Sawyer had a girlfriend and to talk about adults without talking about their...

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up...

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up...

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the...

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the...

Children aren't dogs; adults aren't gods

Children aren't dogs; adults aren't gods

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the...

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the...

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and...

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and...

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who...

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who...

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who...

The art of adulthood is to develop self-confidence without arrogance.

The art of adulthood is to develop self-confidence without arrogance.

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home...

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home...

Let him who plays the monarch be a king; Who plays the rogue, be perfect...

Let him who plays the monarch be a king; Who plays the rogue, be perfect...