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
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
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. ~Larry Lorenzoni
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~Robert Frost
I'm sixty years of age. That's 16 Celsius. ~George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
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
A father carries pictures where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown
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
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~Robert Frost
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
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