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
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~Truman Capote
Youth is a disease from which we all recover. ~Dorothy Fulheim
I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. ~Author Unknown
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
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
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor
There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
I'm sixty years of age. That's 16 Celsius. ~George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997
Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. ~Larry Lorenzoni
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