Birthday Quotes
“I was fired at the pinnacle of my career, on my 39th birthday. And in the year that followed, I learned that there are many psychological phases of being 'let go.'”
“Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter.”
-- Anne Lamott
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”
-- Oprah Winfrey
“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.”
-- Marian McPartland
“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.”
-- Robin Gibb
“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.”
-- Gloria Stuart
“My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for remembering birthdays. I worked at it. Whenever I made a new friend, I made a point of finding out his or her birthday early on, and I would record it in my Filofax calendar.”
-- Susan Orlean