“I always give my grandkids a couple of quarters when they go home. It's a bargain.”
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Famous Gene Perret Quotes
“On the seventh day God rested. His grandchildren must have been out of town.”
“Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet.”
“Grandchildren: the only people who can get more out of you than the IRS.”
“I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for self-defense.”
“"You're more trouble than the children are" is the greatest compliment a grandparent can receive.”
“Like good wine, marriage gets better with age - once you learn to keep a cork in it.”
“Retirement means no pressure, no stress, no heartache... unless you play golf.”
“Leisure: A fancy word for people who don't want to admit they're bored.”
“I enjoy waking up and not having to go to work. So I do it three or four times a day.”
“Retirement: That's when you return from work one day and say, "Hi, Honey, I'm home - forever."”
“Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it.”
“When you retire, you switch bosses - from the one who hired you to the one who married you.”
“Our marriage has always been a 50-50 proposition - with the possible exception of closet space.”
“I'm now as free as the breeze - with roughly the same income.”
“My granddaughter and I are inseparable. She keeps me wrapped around her little finger.”
“He has a brain like Einstein's - dead since 1955”
