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Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life. ~Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
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Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. ~Author Unknown
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Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into that predicament. But a child does owe his father a debt, if Dad, having gotten him into this peck of trouble, takes off his coat and buckles down to the job of showing his son how best to crash through it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
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We advance in years somewhat in the manner of an invading army in a barren land; the age that we have reached, as the saying goes, we but hold with an outpost, and still keep open communications with the extreme rear and first beginnings of the march. ~Robert Louis Stevenson, "Virginibus Puerisque II," Virginibus Puerisque, 1881
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We advance in years somewhat in the manner of an invading army in a barren land; the age that we have reached, as the saying goes, we but hold with an outpost, and still keep open communications with the extreme rear and first beginnings of the march. ~Robert Louis Stevenson, "Virginibus Puerisque II," Virginibus Puerisque, 1881
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One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. ~George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
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Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Dad, you're someone to look up to no matter how tall I've grown. ~Author Unknown
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I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
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Spread the diaper in the position of the diamond with you at bat. Then fold second base down to home and set the baby on the pitcher's mound. Put first base and third together, bring up home plate and pin the three together. Of course, in case of rain, you gotta call the game and start all over again. ~Jimmy Piersal, on how to diaper a baby, 1968
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In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn't have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
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Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
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Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
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One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. ~George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
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I'm sixty years of age. That's 16 Celsius. ~George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997
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You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
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Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
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Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown
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Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~Jennifer Yane
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Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
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Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. ~Sam Ewing
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Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~Jennifer Yane
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You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
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Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
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There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
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One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. ~George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
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I'm sixty years of age. That's 16 Celsius. ~George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997
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Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
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It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. ~Johann Schiller
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