Adam Sandler Quotes

I'm not ready to own a place yet. I have the money, but I don't have the maturity.

It's nice to have a boyfriend, but it's even nicer to own your house when you're 21.

Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home; and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.

Some people do need to grow up, but I don't think I'm there yet. I don't think I'm ready to do grown-up things and be a grown-up.

The difference for me is I just don't sleep on friends' couches anymore.

Being an adult comes with a whole new set of issues.

I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.

For many of us, owning a home signaled a passage into adulthood that coincided with the start of a career and family.

Part of the American dream is to own your own property - something no one can take from you.

The whole dream of having your own place is great, but the reality is having to cook and clean yourself and do the washing and make sure there's milk in the fridge. But you have to grow up some time.

I'm one of those people who never really joined the grown-ups.

The moment you have children and a mortgage you want things to work; you're locked into the human project and you want it to flourish.

The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.

To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamourous outfits.

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.

I bought my first house at 19-years old.

We don't know, ultimately, if we'll end up in San Francisco, but we're talking about keeping the house. It would be nice to always have a place here.

I know I felt like I was ready to be an adult long before the rest of the world agreed. I'd already realized that a lot of grown-ups didn't know any more than I did, and some of them were even dumber than I was, and even the ones who were smarter weren't using their smarts for things I necessarily considered worthwhile.

I've been sitting at the grown-ups' table my whole life.

I'm a grown man now, I've got a family, I understand responsibility.

Both my kids are above 30 now... grown up enough to take their own decisions.

Work a lifetime to pay off a house You finally own it and there's nobody to live in it.

Scott: I don't think I'm ready to be a grown-up. Kim: I don't think you are either, buddy. But hey, you'll get it. It just takes practice.

Jules says there are three things that make you a grown-up: an eight-piece set of matching dishes; gin, vodka and whiskey in the house; and making your bed every morning. I disagree with her. I think you're officially a grown-up when you've got another half. When you don't have to live in fear of other couples. When you don't have to feel you're not good enough.

When someone tells you they’ve just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume so many things: that they’re locked into jobs they hate; that they’re broke; that they spend every night watching videos; that they’re fifteen pounds overweight; that they no longer listen to new ideas. It’s profoundly depressing.