Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
Spread the diaper in the position of the diamond with you at bat. Then fold second base down to home and set the baby on the pitcher's mound. Put first base and third together, bring up home plate and pin the three together. Of course, in case of rain, you gotta call the game and start all over again. ~Jimmy Piersal, on how to diaper a baby, 1968
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~Charles Schulz
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
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
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
In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn't have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~Robert Frost
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
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
