Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red Buttons
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
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
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
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
Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
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
Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~Lucille Ball
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ~Bob Hope


Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~Jennifer Yane
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