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
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ~Bob Hope
I'm sixty years of age. That's 16 Celsius. ~George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997
I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. ~Author Unknown
Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. ~Bill Cosby
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~Charles Schulz
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
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