Gene Perret Quotes

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

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

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

Do you know why grandchildren are always so full of energy? They suck it out of their grandparents.
- Gene Perret

You’re more trouble than the children are is the greatest compliment a grandparent can receive.
- Gene Perret

I always give my grandkids a couple of quarters when they go home.It’s a bargain.
- Gene Perret

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