The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
We advance in years somewhat in the manner of an invading army in a barren land; the age that we have reached, as the saying goes, we but hold with an outpost, and still keep open communications with the extreme rear and first beginnings of the march. ~Robert Louis Stevenson, "Virginibus Puerisque II," Virginibus Puerisque, 1881
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
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. ~George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~Truman Capote
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
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
We know we're getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it. ~Author Unknown
There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
May you live to be a hundred yearsWith one extra year to repent.~Author Unknown
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it. ~Mark Twain
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
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