Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into that predicament. But a child does owe his father a debt, if Dad, having gotten him into this peck of trouble, takes off his coat and buckles down to the job of showing his son how best to crash through it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
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
They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~Jennifer Yane
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
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
May you live to be a hundred yearsWith one extra year to repent.~Author Unknown
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!)
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
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
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
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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