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 having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
A father carries pictures where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~Robert Frost
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor
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
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
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
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
I'm sixty years of age. That's 16 Celsius. ~George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997
One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. ~George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
You're not 40, you're eighteen with 22 years experience. ~Author Unknown
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