When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. ~Author unknown, commonly attributed to Mark Twain but no evidence has yet been found for this (Thanks, Garson O'Toole!)
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass." "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys." ~Harmon Killebrew
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge. ~Phyllis Diller
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~Lucille Ball
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