What did Gene Perret mean by: Like good wine, marriage gets better with age – once you learn to keep a cork in it. Gene Perret Copy
I always give my grandkids a couple of quarters when they go home. It’s a bargain. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gene Perret, Family, Generosity, Value, 0 Gene Perret
When you retire, you switch bosses – from the one who hired you to the one who married you. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gene Perret, Relationship, Transition, Work, 0 Gene Perret
You’re more trouble than the children are is the greatest compliment a grandparent can receive. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gene Perret, Compliment, Family, Love, 0 Gene Perret
Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven’t thought of yet. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gene Perret, Adventure, Guidance, Mischief, 0 Gene Perret
Retirement is wonderful. It’s doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gene Perret, Freedom, Leisure, Relaxation, 0 Gene Perret
Retirement: That’s when you return from work one day and say, “Hi, Honey, I’m home – forever.” Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gene Perret, Leisure, Transition, 0 Gene Perret
I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have – if only for self-defense. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gene Perret, Energy, Self-defense, 0 Gene Perret
Grandchildren: the only people who can get more out of you than the IRS. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gene Perret, Family, Humor, Taxes, 0 Gene Perret
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
