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
There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
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
Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. ~Larry Lorenzoni
One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. ~George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
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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