“Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.”

“If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it.”

“We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be.”

“On my birthday, I was in Milan for the collections.”

“I often buy myself presents. Sometimes I will spend $100,000 in one day in a posh boutique.”

“Being seventy is not a sin.”

“I've got some incredible fans actually - so loyal and they make me birthday cards and Christmas cards. I got this package of poems and artwork based around the songs. They've got this thing called 'Floetry' where they all have to put in artwork. They've set up their own competitions and stuff which is kind of amazing.”

“A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.”

“There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday.”

“I'm over the moon to be involved in the 'Doctor Who' Christmas special. I can't quite believe it as it's a part of the family tradition at the Jenkins household. I heard the news that I got the role on my 30th birthday and it was the best birthday present ever.”

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

“Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.”

“I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage.”

“I do like to shock and surprise people. When it's all in good fun, of course.”

“Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.”

“Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter.”

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”

“I'm trying to get the record that I made at my birthday party last year, trying to get that out, and the lawyers are diddling around with it and it probably won't be out until next year. I don't know.”

“You know, we'd just had a birthday, he was... you know, he still had a future out of him, and all I can is he was just one of the most beautiful people in the world... a very gifted man, and it's a loss to the world, not just for us.”

“I sing a little bit. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday.”

“I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything.”