"A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment." ― Liz Carpenter Topic(s): Dad More From Liz Carpenter "Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we’ve learned and create something." More In Dad "Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands."― Ryszard Kapuscinski "My father came from a very poor background, but I was very fortunate in the sense that we were never in need. My dad was determined to make sure that we didn’t want for things. He wanted to give us more opportunity than he had, a better shot at a better life."― Brad Pitt "Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope."― John Ciardi