Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor
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
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
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
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~Truman Capote
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~Jennifer Yane
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 still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. ~Author Unknown
One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. ~George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
We know we're getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it. ~Author Unknown
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