quotes of the day
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quotes of the day
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quotes of the day
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quotes of the day
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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
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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
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Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ~Bob Hope
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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
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I'm sixty years of age. That's 16 Celsius. ~George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997
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Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
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Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. ~Author Unknown
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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
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A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown
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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
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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
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Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~Truman Capote
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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
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~Lucille Ball
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He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
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Youth is a disease from which we all recover. ~Dorothy Fulheim
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I'm sixty years of age. That's 16 Celsius. ~George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997
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A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown
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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
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Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
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Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
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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
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Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ~Bob Hope
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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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A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~Robert Frost
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Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
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There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
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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
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Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor
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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
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It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. ~Johann Schiller
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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
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You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
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Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. ~Dinah Craik
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I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. ~Author Unknown
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Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red Buttons
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Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
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Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
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Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor
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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
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown
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Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ~Bob Hope
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A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
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The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
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I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. ~Author Unknown
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A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
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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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Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
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Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. ~Dinah Craik
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Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red Buttons
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