anniversary quotes for parents

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


It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears. ~Helen Keller


A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. ~Ingrid Bergman


The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. ~Marcus Aurelius Antonius


The Act of God designation on all insurance policies... means roughly that you cannot be insured for the accidents that are most likely to happen to you. If your ox kicks a hole in your neighbor's Maserati, however, indemnity is instantaneous. ~Alan Coren, The Lady from Stalingrad Mansions, 1977 The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium. ~Norbet Platt


The light of starry dreams can only be seen once we escape the blinding cities of disbelief. ~Shawn Purvis, ShawnPurvis.com


He who travels in search of something which he has not got, travels away from himself and grows old even in youth among old things. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance"


The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it. ~William Gibson


A man who finds no satisfaction in himself, seeks for it in vain elsewhere. ~Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld


A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. ~Author Unknown


When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something. ~Robert Browning, "Bishop Blougram's Apology"


We think fast food is equivalent to pornography, nutritionally speaking. ~Steve Elbert


Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club?... Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam. ~Alfred Whitney Griswold


You're only as sick as your secrets. ~Author Unknown


Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea. ~John Anthony Ciardi


There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. ~Vicki Baum


When a diplomat says yes he means perhaps; when he says perhaps he means no; when he says no he is no diplomat. ~Author Unknown


Know safety, no injury. No safety, know injury. ~Author Unknown


Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. ~Sam Ewing


Lethargics are to be laid in the light, and exposed to the rays of the sun for the disease is gloom. ~Aretaeus