“Do you ever think about how the girls mature faster argument is used to 1) excuse bad behavior from boys, 2) hold girls to a higher standard, and 3) excuse grown men's sexual interest in young girls, but never to give girls respect or positions of responsibility and influence?”— Sabrina Granger, twitter.com
“I couldn’t have done the show I’m doing now 20 years ago. I’ve changed a lot. I’d be sort of pathetic if I’d reached this point in my life and I hadn’t. How else do you have longevity? There are so many guys who started out with me in radio, who have disappeared, because they can’t broaden their vie…”— Howard Stern, nytimes.com
“I know you saw me with the Senator. I think I'm in love, possibly for the first time. So yes, Senator Lipton and I are having an affair. I hope that I can count on your sensitivity, maturity, and discretion.”— Dan Sterling, Oscar Martinez, Oscar Nunez, imdb.com
“Guys, it's not about her. It's petty to judge her, and I don't want to be petty.”— Amy Aniobi, Issa Dee, Issa Rae, imdb.com
“I just realized, maybe it's maturity or the wisdom that comes with age, but the witch in 'Hansel and Gretel'—she's very misunderstood. I mean, the woman builds her dream house and these brats come along and start eating it.”— Terri Minsky, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com
“I'd say in some ways he's the most mature person I've ever met and in other ways he's not yet been born.”— Lena Dunham, Hannah Horvath, Lena Dunham, imdb.com
“A child who won’t grow up turns into a fool.”— Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus, Jim Holden, Steven Strait, imdb.com
“Salem: Whoa! Who's your new friend? Zelda: It’s her first wart as a witch! Hilda: Oh, let me get the camera!”— Nell Scovell, Hilda Spellman, Caroline Rhea, imdb.com
“No one can ever truly turn over a new leaf. Sure, Ben Affleck told me he'd matured as an artist after he directed 'Argo,' but then, right on schedule, it was, 'Guess what, Tahani, I'm gonna be Batman.'”— Christopher Encell, Tahani Al-Jamil, Jameela Jamil, imdb.com
“I know what it’s like when others tell you what you can and can’t do, especially when you’re a kid. But ultimately, whatever you’re considering doing or giving up, the choice is yours.”— David H. Goodman, Emma Swan, Jennifer Morrison, imdb.com
“Irony deepens a person, helps them mature. It's the entrance to salvation on a higher plane, to a place where you can find a more universal kind of hope.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of maturer age are already sunk into corruption.”— Baron de Montesquieu, amazon.com
“We can never have a full-blooded, mature church or a strong Christianity until we have mature Christians. To be mature, we must know doctrine.”— Arthur H. Stainback, ministrymagazine.org
“I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you cannot fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“You know, my life's changed now. I'm starting to experience what people are really supposed to do. You supposed to be married. You're supposed to have a family, kids, treat your wife right.”— Mike Epps, successories.com
“Maturity is what happens when one learns to only give a fuck about what’s truly fuckworthy.”— Mark Manson, amazon.com
“Past twenty, not yet thirty In between, right there When I’m not a kid or an adult When I’m just me I shine the brightest So don’t get scared when darkness comes”— IU, G-Dragon, open.spotify.com
“If you told me today our being together would result in heartbreak, I would still choose to be with you because I believe that truly living life is in the experiences, not the outcomes.”— Kathryn Vance-Perez, amazon.com