When I was 14 | Incorrigible Observer

Quote Of The Day

"Q: Is there anything you would have done differently? A: "I would have done it in July." "

--Jeff Skiles - co-pilot of Flight 1549, From the film "Sully" at the NTSB investigation hearing on their forced water landing into 36° F water of the Hudson River.

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Mark Twain

Widely attributed, probably inaccurately since Mark Twain’s father died when he was eleven years old

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"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. "

--Mark Twain, Widely attributed, probably inaccurately since Mark Twain’s father died when he was eleven years old