Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, read more

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.

A boy is a magical creature - you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him read more

A boy is a magical creature - you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart.

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he read more

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!"

Of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage.

Of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage.

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months read more

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

Boys don't make passes at female smart-asses.

Boys don't make passes at female smart-asses.