When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. ~Mark Twain, “Old Times on the Mississippi” Atlantic Monthly, 1874
One of my favorite quotes is a Twain quote along the same lines. Furthermore, now that I am the father of three teenagers, I appreciate it much more. The quote is:
By the time a man realizes that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he’s wrong.
The Wolf