“ Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief, the souvenir of pain. ”
“ I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much. ”
“ Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes. ”
“ The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything unless you have to.' ”
“ Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted. ”
“ Beauty is all very well at first sight but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days? ”
“ Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law? ”
“ One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young. ”
“ Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career. ”
“ No man is ever old enough to know better. ”
“ Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. ”
“ No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds. ”
“ Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret. ”
“ My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly friendly knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees tells me that every performance is the greatest he's ever seen, every new outfit is the coolest. Constant cheerleader. ”
“ I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan. Dad used to take me to Bears games and Cubs games. My brother used to ride me over to Lake Forest College on his Honda Supersport and we'd watch the Bears practice. I remember those guys out there as monsters - they were the biggest things I've ever seen! ”
“ In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them. ”
“ Some of the happiest times I ever saw my dad was times when I was with him in the casinos, and he had a good night. ”
“ My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes. ”
“ My dad had always been a big decaf coffee drinker. But my mom had always been more of a tea drinker. So I grew up around a lot of tea. And I also really love tea. But I'm not one of those people who has ever felt the need to choose between coffee and tea. I think that is a completely false dichotomy. ”
“ I feel more grounded and more settled than I ever have. I don't know whether that is to do with my spirituality or whether I'm wiser about life, but as you age you become more selective about what you listen to, devote your time to and who you hang out with. ”