Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. Jean Paul Richter

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. Plautus

Birthdays? yes, in a general way; For the most if not for the best of men: You were born (I suppose) on a certain day: So was I: or perhaps in the night: what then? James Kenneth Stephen

From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye William Butler Yeats

There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents ... and only one for birthday presents, you know. Lewis Carroll

Old age: A great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold, you may have escaped, not from one master but from many. Plato

the birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me. Christina Georgina Rossetti

No wise man ever wished to be younger.

Jonathan Swift One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them. Virginia Woolf

The greatest comfort of my old age, and that which gives me the highest satisfaction, is the pleasing remembrance of the many benefits and friendly offices I have done to others. Marcus Cato

May you live all the days of your life. Jonathan Swift

Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Robert Browning

Inside every older person is a younger person - wondering what the hell happened. (I love this one!!) Cora Harvey Armstrong

To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. Bernard Baruch

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. Maurice Chevalier

Of late I appear To have reached that stage When people who look old Who are only my age. Richard Armour

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not. Mark Twain

I'm at an age when my back goes out more than I do. Phyllis Diller

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. Robert Frost

You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime. John P. Grier (Isn't that the truest statement I've read ina a long time)

If I'd known I was going to live this long (100 years), I'd have taken better care of myself. Ubie Blake

Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. C.E.M. Joad

Let us respect gray hairs, especially our own. J. P. Sears

Age is a high price to pay for maturity. Tom Stoppard

If we could be twice young and twice old we could correct all our mistakes. Euripides

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you have not committed. Anthony Powell

Call this an unfair generalization if you must, but old people are no good at everything. Moe, from the Simpsons

Everything I know I learned after I was thirty. Georges Clemenceau

Time and Tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of thirty. Robert Frost

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart. Caryn Leschen

After 30, a body has a mind of its own. Bette Midler

Thirty five is a very attractive age; London society is full of women who have of their own free choice remained thirty-five for years. Oscar Wilde

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Daily Dumbass: Sorry smokers, but when what you do forces me to do it too, you loose the right!!
Thankful For: Another year on the road trip called life
Music of the mind: : Always look on the bright side of life......

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