I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf every year is a marble, how many marbles do you have left? How many sunrises, how many opportunities to rise to the full stature of your being?
Copy Quote View & ShareI don't pay attention to the number of birthdays. It's weird when I say I'm 53. It just is crazy that I'm 53. I think I'm very immature. I feel like a kid. That's why my back goes out all the time, because I completely forget I can't do certain things anymore - like doing the plank for 10 minutes.
Copy Quote View & ShareI 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.
Copy Quote View & ShareI like birthday cake. It's so symbolic. It's a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just 'Happy birthday!' because it's this emblem of childhood and a happy day.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie?
Copy Quote View & ShareMy biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
Copy Quote View & ShareI 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.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are.
Copy Quote View & ShareMost 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.
Copy Quote View & ShareI binge when I'm happy. When everything is going really well, every day is like I'm at a birthday party.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.
Copy Quote View & ShareThis is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday... I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn't let me - Homeland Security.
Copy Quote View & ShareI quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.
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