It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~Robert Frost
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
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!)
I'm sixty years of age. That's 16 Celsius. ~George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. ~Bill Cosby
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. ~Don Marquis
Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. ~Author Unknown
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
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