There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. ~John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, 1994
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~Robert Frost
They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~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
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
My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass." "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys." ~Harmon Killebrew
Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. ~Bill Cosby
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ~Bob Hope
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
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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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