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We advance in years somewhat in the manner of an invading army in a barren land; the age that we have reached, as the saying goes, we but hold with an outpost, and still keep open communications with the extreme rear and first beginnings of the march. ~Robert Louis Stevenson, "Virginibus Puerisque II," Virginibus Puerisque, 1881
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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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I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
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It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
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Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
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They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
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Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red Buttons
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Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. ~Larry Lorenzoni
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~Lucille Ball
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We advance in years somewhat in the manner of an invading army in a barren land; the age that we have reached, as the saying goes, we but hold with an outpost, and still keep open communications with the extreme rear and first beginnings of the march. ~Robert Louis Stevenson, "Virginibus Puerisque II," Virginibus Puerisque, 1881
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Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
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Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
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Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. ~Bill Cosby
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I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
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It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. ~Johann Schiller
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Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
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Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. ~Bill Cosby
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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
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Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
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Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
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It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge. ~Phyllis Diller
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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
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Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once. ~Dave Barry, "Your Disintegrating Body," Dave Barry Turns 40, 1990
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You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. ~Ogden Nash
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There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
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Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red Buttons
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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
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First you forget names; then you forget faces; then you forget to zip up your fly; and then you forget to unzip your fly. ~Branch Rickey
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I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
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Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red Buttons
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Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. ~Larry Lorenzoni
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Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
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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
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A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown
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Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
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First you forget names; then you forget faces; then you forget to zip up your fly; and then you forget to unzip your fly. ~Branch Rickey
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Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter
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Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
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Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
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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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Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
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When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it. ~Mark Twain
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Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
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In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn't have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
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Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
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Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once. ~Dave Barry, "Your Disintegrating Body," Dave Barry Turns 40, 1990
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There is still no cure for the common birthday. ~John Glenn
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They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
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Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
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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
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