Adolescents Quotes

You hear about troubled adolescents. That was not the young men and women I saw. They were incredible workers, they had vision, they were dedicated and determined and committed to the project. - Rusty Fumi

With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents. - Omar N. Bradley

While approximately one in every 400 children and adolescents have Type I diabetes; recent Government reports indicate that one in every three children born in 2000 will suffer from obesity, which as noted is a predominant Type II precursor. - Tim Holden

What we're finding is that adolescents actually use a different part of their brain than adults do, in particular when responding to things with emotional content. They are much more likely to use the more primitive parts of their brain. - David Fassler

We will gradually expand the project to cover the central and western cities and rural areas, to benefit more adolescents in poverty-stricken areas. - Pan Guiyu

We were seeing, touching and hearing the degree of human suffering being experienced by children, adolescents and adults. I think there were moments when we all felt overwhelmed. - Russell Jones

We see these adolescents mourning for a lost childhood. - David Elkind

We know there's better recognition of ADHD, and we also know that when children are treated nowadays, they're more likely to be treated over a longer period of time... If you go back five, seven, eight years ago, it was very rare that an adolescent with ADHD was treated. And usually it'd just be a child in elementary school was treated, but nowadays prescriptions have probably risen because adolescents are getting treated, there's better recognition for girls and they tend to be treated more throughout the school year. - Peter Jensen

We have not even begun to see the consequences of the epidemic we're seeing in children and adolescents and continuing for a lifetime. This is an alarming trend. It really should serve as a wake-up call that major societal changes are needed to address this epidemic. - JoAnn Manson