Mature is the adjectival form of maturity, which has several meanings.
Mature may also refer to:
- "Mature 17+", a rating in the Entertainment Software Rating Board video game rating system
- Mature, a character from The King of Fighters series
- Victor Mature (1913-1999), an American actor
- Matured Minds, Rock-Band from Germany
Famous quotes containing the word mature:
“Immature love says: “I love you because I need you.” Mature love says: “I need you because I love you.””
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)
“Do they merit vitriol, even a drop of it? Yes, because they corrupt the young, persuading them that the mature world, which produced Beethoven and Schweitzer, sets an even higher value on the transient anodynes of youth than does youth itself.... They are the Hollow Men. They are electronic lice.”
—Anthony Burgess (b. 1917)
“Preschoolers sound much brighter and more knowledgeable than they really are, which is why so many parents and grandparents are so sure their progeny are gifted and super-bright. Because children’s questions sound so mature and sophisticated, we are tempted to answer them at a level of abstraction far beyond the child’s level of comprehension. That is a temptation we should resist.”
—David Elkind (20th century)