Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. ~Bill Cosby
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
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
Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
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
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
Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red Buttons
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~Charles Schulz
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
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
Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life. ~Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
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
They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. ~Sam Ewing
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
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 when your age starts to show around your middle. ~Bob Hope
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~Lucille Ball
