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!)
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ~Bob Hope
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~Robert Frost
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
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
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~Charles Schulz
There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
First you forget names; then you forget faces; then you forget to zip up your fly; and then you forget to unzip your fly. ~Branch Rickey
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
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
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