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
Youth is a disease from which we all recover. ~Dorothy Fulheim
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!)
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~Charles Schulz
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
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
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
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
He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
Youth is a disease from which we all recover. ~Dorothy Fulheim
A father carries pictures where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~Lucille Ball
Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red Buttons
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor
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
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~Jennifer Yane
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. ~Dinah Craik
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
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