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• When I was 16, I thought there was no hope for my father.
  By the time I was 20, he had made great improvement....
• George Washington, father of our country. George Washington, when he was just a child, just a boy, honesty was his trademark.
  The classic story we all remember was when George Washington's father came up to George and said, "George Washington--father of our country--my son--I want to ask you a question....
• When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was.
  By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded how much he had learned in the last seven years....
• I woke up this morning, and I realized that somebody had broken into my apartment, stolen all my things and replaced them with exact duplicates.
  I asked my roommate if he noticed anything, and he said, 'Who are you?...
• I'm looking for adventure, excitement, beautiful women," cried the young man to his father as he prepared to leave home.
  Don't try to stop me. I'm on my way." "Who's trying to stop you?...
• I once asked my father if things were bad for him during the Depression.
  He said the first six months were bad, then he got used to me. -- Rodney Dangerfield...
• A father, Princeton alumnus, was quite a grouch. His son had finished his first term and said that his grades were next to the top of his class.
  "Next to the top?" the father exclaimed. "What do you mean?...
• Aunt Patty: "Nothing dear, I'm just trashing your father.
  Lisa: "Well, I wish you wouldn't because, aside from the fact that he has the same frailties as all human beings, he's the only father I have therefore he is my model of manhood and my estimation of him will govern my prospects of my adult relationships....
• My father used to tell me, "When Abraham Lincoln was your age, Abraham Lincoln had a job.
  When Abraham Lincoln was your age, he walked twelve miles to get to school....