A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
We know we're getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it. ~Author Unknown
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~Lucille Ball
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~Charles Schulz
Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore


It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge. ~Phyllis Diller
I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. ~Author Unknown
Dad, you're someone to look up to no matter how tall I've grown. ~Author Unknown
Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. ~Bill Cosby
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
You're not 40, you're eighteen with 22 years experience. ~Author Unknown
I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. ~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

Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red Buttons
First you forget names; then you forget faces; then you forget to zip up your fly; and then you forget to unzip your fly. ~Branch Rickey
We know we're getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it. ~Author Unknown
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown

You're not 40, you're eighteen with 22 years experience. ~Author Unknown
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
I'm sixty years of age. That's 16 Celsius. ~George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997