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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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Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
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Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again. ~Menachem Mendel Schneerson
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Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~Charles Schulz
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Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~Truman Capote
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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
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Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~Jennifer Yane
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown
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Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
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Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. ~Author Unknown
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Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. ~Larry Lorenzoni
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Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~Jennifer Yane
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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
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Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
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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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Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
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They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
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Youth is a disease from which we all recover. ~Dorothy Fulheim
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It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
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You're not 40, you're eighteen with 22 years experience. ~Author Unknown
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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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Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once. ~Dave Barry, "Your Disintegrating Body," Dave Barry Turns 40, 1990
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The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
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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
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown
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A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~Robert Frost
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Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown
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Youth is a disease from which we all recover. ~Dorothy Fulheim
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