There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. ~John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, 1994
There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
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!)
May you live to be a hundred yearsWith one extra year to repent.~Author Unknown
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. ~George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
We know we're getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it. ~Author Unknown
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