love you dad poems

'Tis curious that we only believe as deeply as we live. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson


He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him. ~Dutch Proverb


Great software, likewise, requires a fanatical devotion to beauty. If you look inside good software, you find that parts no one is ever supposed to see are beautiful too. I'm not claiming I write great software, but I know that when it comes to code I behave in a way that would make me eligible for prescription drugs if I approached everyday life the same way. It drives me crazy to see code that's badly indented, or that uses ugly variable names. ~Paul Graham, "Hackers and Painters," 2003


You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants. ~Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis


The best way to predict your future is to create it. ~Peter Drucker


The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground. ~Author Unknown


Do you know why grandchildren are always so full of energy? They suck it out of their grandparents. ~Gene Perret


I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. ~Anna Quindlen, "Enough Bookshelves," New York Times, 7 August 1991


There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future. ~Shri Haidakhan Babaji


Teach us to say: "I will arise." ~Richard Le Gallienne


Home is not where you live but where they understand you. ~Christian Morgenstern


Television is an anesthetic for the pain of the modern world. ~Astrid Alauda


The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep. ~A.P. Herbert


Mother Nature is providential. She gives us twelve years to develop a love for our children before turning them into teenagers. ~William Galvin


I've sometimes thought of marrying, and then I've thought again. ~Noel Coward, 1956


Anywhere is paradise; it's up to you. ~Author Unknown


I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us. ~Walt Whitman


Our love could change the orbit of the earth. So, if a meteor ever comes hurtling towards earth with the guarantee of destruction, top scientists may call on us to, well, you know, do it like crazy for the sake of humankind. ~Author Unknown


It may be life is only worthwhile at moments. Perhaps that is all we ought to expect. ~Sherwood Anderson


I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults. ~Gore Vidal