The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.
If religious people deny paradise to their opponents or to 'non-believers,' atheists would likewise seek to eliminate 'dangerous' believers with their 'childish' ways and their heads in the clouds.
To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.
I mean, it's fine when you're a kid and someone runs into the playground and goes, 'I've got this great game of pretend,' and you play... As an actor, getting to play, getting to use your imagination and be childish - it is weird but it's wonderful.
Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence.
When we're in that kind of childish space, we're more genuine and feel more comfortable with our friends.
Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions.
I do have a childlike enthusiasm at times. I certainly enjoy life and get pleasure sometimes in childish things.
My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven't got that, it's very sad.
I have a very childish attitude to books - a very non-analytic enthusiasm... like Alice falling down the chute.