Famous quotes containing the words consenting adults, consenting, adults and/or theatre:
“I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)
“I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)
“Children who are not spoken to by live and responsive adults will not learn to speak properly. Children who are not answered will stop asking questions. They will become incurious. And children who are not told stories and who are not read to will have few reasons for wanting to learn to read.”
—Gail Haley (20th century)
“People fall out of windows, trees tumble down,
Summer is changed to winter, the young grow old
The air is full of children, statues, roofs
And snow. The theatre is spinning round,
Colliding with deaf-mute churches and optical trains.
The most massive sopranos are singing songs of scales.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)