Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~Charles Schulz
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~Robert Frost
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. ~Don Marquis
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ~Bob Hope
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!)
Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. ~George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
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
A father carries pictures where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown
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