I’m sixty years of age. That’s 16 Celsius. – George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997
In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn’t have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order. – Robert Brault
We know we’re getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it. – Author Unknown
Believing hear, what you deserve to hear:
Your birthday as my own to me is dear…
But yours gives most; for mine did only lend
Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
- Martial
We advance in years somewhat in the manner of an invading army in a barren land; the age that we have reached, as the saying goes, we but hold with an outpost, and still keep open communications with the extreme rear and first beginnings of the march. – Robert Louis Stevenson, “Virginibus Puerisque II,” Virginibus Puerisque, 1881
Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. – Tom Wilson
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. – Chili Davis
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. – Don Marquis
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. – Author Unknown
Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once. – Dave Barry, “Your Disintegrating Body,” Dave Barry Turns 40, 1990
