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, www.robertbrault.com
Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again. ~Menachem Mendel Schneerson
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
Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. ~Bill Cosby
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~Robert Frost
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett
I'm sixty years of age. That's 16 Celsius. ~George Carlin, Brain Droppings, 1997
He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. ~Author Unknown
They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. ~John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, 1994
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