You're going to make decisions that are not in your best financial interest because they make you happier or more fulfilled or because of your values. You're going to do that because you're a good, smart person.
Hank GreenRead
Being silly is still allowed, not excluded by adulthood. What's excluded by adulthood is thoughtlessness, so be thoughtful and silly
Interpretation
What this quote means
Adulthood does not have to mean losing your sense of fun and playfulness; rather, it encourages being mindful and thoughtful.
This quote by Hank Green highlights the notion that embracing silliness and humor is not just for children; adults can and should also allow themselves to be playful. However, it also emphasizes the importance of thoughtfulness in one's actions and words, suggesting that while it's perfectly fine to be silly, one should remain considerate and aware of how their behavior affects others.
Themes
SillinessAdulthoodThoughtfulnessPlayfulnessHumor
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about maintaining joy in the workplace, you might quote this to encourage coworkers to embrace creativity.
More from Hank Green
All quotes βSome days, it seems to me like the purpose of life is to convert energy into beauty.
Hank GreenRead
Ultimately, our ideas about robots are not about robots. The robot is a canvas onto which we project our hopes and our dreams and our fears... they become embodiments of those hopes and dreams and fears.
Hank GreenRead
Similar quotes
I have no idea what my best material is. Different people like different things. I'll say this: The political stuff gets the press, but the relationship jokes sell all the seats.
Chris RockRead
You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? On the Discworld we know that There Be Dragons Everywhere. They might not all have scales and forked tongues, but they Be Here all right, grinning and jostling and trying to sell you souvenirs.
Terry PratchettRead
As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.
Mark TwainRead
The news just came in from the County of Keck That a very small bug by the name of Van Vleck Is yawning so wide you can look down his neck. This may not seem very important, I know, but it Is, so I'm bothering telling you so.
Dr. SeussRead
You are thirty minutes late." "Yes." "Would you be thirty minutes late to a wedding or a funeral?" "No." "Why not, pray tell?" "Well, if the funeral was mine I'd have to be on time. If the wedding was mine it would be my funeral.
Charles BukowskiRead
MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.
Ambrose BierceRead