Spectator Interference

Famous quotes containing the words spectator and/or interference:

“Thus I live in the World, rather as a Spectator of Mankind, than as one of the Species.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)

“Adolescent girls were fighting a mother’s interference because they wanted her to acknowledge their independence. Whatever resentment they had was not towards a mother’s excessive concern, or even excessive control, but towards her inability to see, and appreciate, their maturing identity.”
—Terri Apter (20th century)