Steven Heighton

I'm supportive of practical nationalism, like the kind we need in Canada to avoid being absorbed into a much larger country. The kind of nationalism I despise as destructive and infantile is really just tribalism writ large.

Canadian Novelist

Joseph de Maistre

Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man.

French Diplomat

Colin Firth

One of the things that makes you want to be an actor, speaking only for myself, is that there's something infantile about it. You're suspending disbelief, pretending and entering into a story world.

British Actor

Herman Gorter

Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a doubt, I also am a victim, has been chased away by your brochure, or will yet be eradicated by it.

Dutch Poet

Michael Leunig

Avoiding maturity is, for many men, not just a cute hobby, but a life's work - often handsomely rewarded in the infantile popular culture of the West.

Australian Cartoonist

Aleister Crowley

I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck.

English Critic

Albert Einstein

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

German Physicist

Ivor Novello

I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer.

Welsh Musician

John Lithgow

Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.

American Actor

Robert Wyatt

I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.

English Musician

Use 'infantile' to describe qualities typical of babies, like simplicity and innocence.

Young Child Traits

'Infantile' can be factual, without meaning to offend, when referring to a child's characteristics.

Not Insulting

'Infantile' suggests negative judgment when used for adults, indicating silliness or lack of maturity.

Negative Implication

'Infantile' is casual and may be seen as disrespectful in formal or serious contexts.

Not for Formality

Use 'infantile' to emphasize when behavior is not age-appropriate, especially for adults or older children.

Age-Appropriate

'Infantile' in medicine relates to infants' health issues, requiring a more technical understanding.

Medical Context

When used medically, 'infantile' may not be understood outside of healthcare professionals.

Technical Usage

Discussing 'infantile' medical conditions requires sensitivity due to the serious nature of the topic.

Sensitive Topic

 What do you seek to express there? Is it a place for transcendence and spiritual union? Is it a place for naughtiness and is it a place to be safely aggressive? Is it a place where you can finally surrender and not have to take responsibility for everything? Is it a place where you can express your infantile wishes?

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 happiness is a doomed quest is propelled by infantile aspects of the individual that can never be met in reality he said one feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be happy is not included in the plan of creation so the ultimate goal of psychoanalytic

The surprising science...

 they diagnosed her with infantile spasms with hips arrhythmia I'm almost immediately and put her on three different medications as well as started the ketogenic diet she did not progress at all she was not growing she was not gaining weight the doctors had given us