“I'm not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does.”

“I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was stepping down at my 65th birthday, I was already regretting it. And I regretted it every day since.”

“I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.”

“When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th.”

“My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I said I wanted to read poetry with her.”

“It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.”

“The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are.”

“For the youth, the indignation of most things will just surge as each birthday passes.”

“I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.”

“If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.”

“Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.”

“I am a big popcorn fanatic. I love popcorn. In fact one year for my birthday, my husband bought me one of those big popcorn machines like they have in movie theaters.”

“John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.”

“I had arranged a birthday party for him and my children, who are all Aquarians. Instead, we got married. I ran out of excuses. It was just us and my children.”

“In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.”

“My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.”

“Lucy took care of me on the set, and made sure that none of the crew cussed around me. She also had birthday parties for me and made sure that they were well attended.”

“Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.”

“You know, maybe I was just born in the wrong time, but I love all things romantic. Puffy understands that. For my last birthday, he covered my hotel room floor with rose petals and had flowers and candles all over the room.”

“Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.”

“At her birthday, my seven-year-old daughter will say that she wants these big cakes and certain expensive toys as presents, and I can't say no to her. It would just break my heart. But when I was little, for birthdays we just played outside and we were happy if we got any cake.”