Top 31 Quotes & Sayings by Gene Perret

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Last updated on November 21, 2024.

Gene Perret
Writer

What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure.

I went to school with a kid who was so smart, the only time he got an answer wrong, they had to go back and change the question.

Gene Perret

I'm now as free as the breeze - with roughly the same income.

Gene Perret

I enjoy waking up and not having to go to work. So I do it three or four times a day.

Gene Perret

Our marriage has always been a 50-50 proposition - with the possible exception of closet space.

Gene Perret

My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too.

Gene Perret

I always give my grandkids a couple of quarters when they go home. It's a bargain.

Gene Perret

He has a brain like Einstein's - dead since 1955

Gene Perret

Education can get you the only thing that really matters in today's world--an assigned parking space.

Gene Perret

My granddaughter and I are inseparable. She keeps me wrapped around her little finger.

Gene Perret

An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly.

Gene Perret

Hi, Honey, I'm home - forever.

Gene Perret

Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet.

Gene Perret

Two things I dislike about my granddaughter - when she won't take her afternoon nap, and when she won't let me take mine.

Gene Perret

Retirement means no pressure, no stress, no heartache... unless you play golf.

Gene Perret

Leisure: A fancy word for people who don't want to admit they're bored.

Gene Perret

My grandchild has taught me what true love means. It means watching Scooby-Doo cartoons while the basketball game is on another channel.

Gene Perret

Grandchildren: the only people who can get more out of you than the IRS.

Gene Perret

Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it.

Gene Perret

"You're more trouble than the children are" is the greatest compliment a grandparent can receive.

Gene Perret

It's time to diet and exercise when you accept the fact that you can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time - but not while you're wearing a bathing suit.

Gene Perret

In my retirement I go for a short swim at least once or twice every day. It's either that or buy a new golf ball.

Gene Perret

I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for self-defense.

Gene Perret

On the seventh day God rested. His grandchildren must have been out of town.

Gene Perret

I don't intentionally spoil my grandkids. It's just that correcting them often takes more energy than I have left.

Gene Perret

Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Pop-pops have only so many horsey rides in them.

Gene Perret

Retirement: It's nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along with less cheese.

Gene Perret

Retirement: That's when you return from work one day and say, "Hi, Honey, I'm home - forever."

Gene Perret

I like to do nice things for my grandchildren - like buy them those toys I've always wanted to play with.

Gene Perret

When you retire, you switch bosses - from the one who hired you to the one who married you.

Gene Perret

Like good wine, marriage gets better with age - once you learn to keep a cork in it.

Gene Perret

Top 31 Quotes & Sayings by Gene Perret

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