Famous Quotes & Sayings

Harold Pinter

My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish.

Jack White

I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, 'Yeah, I know what you mean,' and stare at their mobiles.

J. R. R. Tolkien

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

Elton John

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

Because, death is certain for the one who is born, and birth is certain for the one who dies. Therefore, you should not lament over the inevitable.

Francis Escudero

Because of so many people who remembered his birthday, I can now see that he will be successful in whatever position he will run for in the future. It's because he knows how to love, so many love him in return. He's a sincere man. Happy birthday!

Hopefully it is the only birthday this hearing will have, though, your honour, ... We will see!

Paul Ryan

We're saying no changes for Medicare for people above the age of 55. And in order to keep the promise to current seniors who've already retired and organized their lives around this program, you have to reform it for the next generation.

Paul Ryan

The condition of your birth doesn't determine the outcome of your life. This is America.

Leonard Slatkin

The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get much better than Lyon.

Oscar Wilde

To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.

Paris Hilton

The way I see it, you should live everyday like its your birthday.

Laurence J. Peter

Don't worry about middle age: you'll outgrow it.

Navjot Singh Sidhu

We'll take the cake with the red cherry on top.

Navjot Singh Sidhu

Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.

Muhammad Ali

Fifty years old, 212 fights, and I'm still pretty.

Muhammad Ali

There's nothing stressful about turning 50 except people reminding you about it.

Muhammad Ali

Old age is just a record of one's whole life.

Muhammad Ali

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care.

Marian Wright Edelman

Hope is the best contraceptive.

Marian McPartland

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.

Nadine Gordimer

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

Naguib Mahfouz

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

Princess Diana

The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved.

Princess Diana

I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that.

Pope Paul VI

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

Rachel Maddow

My life is better with every year of living it.

Joe DiMaggio

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

Kristen Wiig

I feel like women are asked their age more than men.

Kristen Wiig

Even in this day and age, if you're not married, there are people who are like, 'Awww! Don't worry, it'll happen for you someday.'

Kristin Armstrong

I love the big fresh starts, the clean slates like birthdays and new years, but I also really like the idea that we can get up every morning and start over.

Kristen Stewart

I think I'm a bit less inhibited, and not thinking too much before speaking. It's not about being shameful, I'm just a bit more unabashedly myself because of this thing, and it probably started at age 15. I can be around people and say what I think without fear.