You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
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
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~Lucille Ball
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ~Enid Bagnold
It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. ~Johann Schiller
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
Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red Buttons
There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~Jennifer Yane
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
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