Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thanks to Anton, on Dec. 31, 1892 (his 33rd birthday), the streetlights of Washington were lit with generated power . . . He also brought telephone service to Washington.

Herbie Hancock

So my parents, particularly my mother, she noticed that I seemed to be interested, so on my seventh birthday my parents got me a piano.

John Ziegler

It was to be a birthday surprise for Letterman, who is a huge fan. But Tom said 'We've got commitments and we just can't do that.' I got to say, my chest went out a little bit at that.

Stanley Coren

The big thing about the past is that a lot of people didn't have disposable income. Now we do. Now, if you want to go out and get a liver pate birthday cake for your dog and throw a party, you can do that sort of thing.

Samuel Johnson

At seventy-seven it is time to be earnest.

E. B. White

A woman came in Monday and found items to make a hostess gift and a birthday gift. We saved her a trip to Geneva or Enterprise.

O. Henry

This was my birthday present. Winning the game was all I really wanted. It was a cutting fastball a little bit over the plate. It was a huge win after (Friday). We were real flat coming back from (playing) Dixie State. We needed a win to get us on a roll.

Colt Brennan

This was like our birthday. Before the game, we said, 'It starts from today.' We came here with a purpose, and I thought we played with one. We got the job done, and, hey, we're in first place, right?

Thomas Fuller

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

Hilary Duff

I've never had a birthday this cool before,

They all three work around me like I'm nothing. You can find them involved in pretty much everything we do here from painting fingernails to decorating for birthday parties. They are a special group of ladies.

Wayne Coyne

There's something about whatever despair and whatever negativity there is in your life, once you expel it, well, it's like praying, saying whatever's troubling you through your mouth, and hearing it through your ears, participating in your own despair makes it better. So we're not making it for you like a birthday cake, we're making it for ourselves.

Willard Scott

I just want to take this opportunity to wish a Happy Birthday to all of you out there celebrating your 100th birthday today.

David took the shift so his wife's brother could celebrate his birthday.

Shawn Levy

Even when I was a kid, I had a good thing with kids. To this day, if I go to a birthday party with one of my kids, I swear to you, I am so much happier hanging out with my kids and their friends than talking to the grown-ups.

That's popular. People have home videos and want them on DVDs and we can provide that or make copies of weddings or birthday parties to send to family members. We do more than 800 video dubs a year, with the VHS to DVD being the most popular.

E. B. White

Swedish meatballs were the favorite, and the 'Happy Birthday, Poppy' cake with cream cheese frosting.

Sure, birthdays have been around forever. But birthday parties are a growth business.

Jerry Spinelli

Once, I was out of the house 93 days in a year. I was missing grandparents' days at schools and kids' birthdays and Valentine's Day, not to mention the fact that when you're on the road, you can't get anything done. I had to learn to say 'No,' cut back on travel.

It's an honor to be playing and representing our community and our school on Dr. King's birthday.

Lamon Brewster

It's an honor fighting on his birthday, because of what he did for my idol, my hero, Joe Louis,

It's not just a birthday party to commemorate 100 years in June 2006. It is a year-long celebration about the last 100 years, and looking into the future to the next 100 years.

Paris Hilton

I'm really excited to meet you and I know tomorrow's your birthday. I just wanted to show you my house and also give you a surprise!

I love this stuff. I had all my birthdays here as a kid.

Avi

Every night, I was read to. Every Friday, we were taken to the library. I always received at least one book for my birthday. I have a few of them yet. Early on, I had my own collection of books. I loved to read. Still do.

It's bittersweet. We're sad that she's not here to celebrate her birthday.

Brett Favre

It was nice to get this win, birthday or not. There's days when I wake up now, when I say, 'This is going to be a rough one.' You just have to fight through the pain.

I've forgotten the birthdays of everyone close to me. I have forgotten to pay bills, file tax returns on time, go to meetings, and, every week, I forget to put the bins out. But I have never forgotten I want my lunch.

Mandy Moore

There's a huge part of my life that I've skipped over, but I'm fine with it. I've maybe been drunk once or twice in my life. In fact, my 21st birthday was in Tokyo, and everyone around me was drunk, but I was sober.

This is the seventh Giro stage win of my career and it's a gift for my son Ewan because it's his third birthday on Wednesday.

Romola Garai

If you are an actress in L.A., on your 40th birthday they should just hand you the keys to the lunatic asylum.

If you are trying to keep your relationship a secret, plan holidays and birthdays carefully. People will notice if, coincidentally, you both come back from a vacation on the same day with the same tan.

Andy Roddick

I really honestly wish I didn't have a birthday in this tournament.