• "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 Tweet
• "Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work." - Karl Jaspers Tweet
• "For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out." - Steven Wright Tweet
• "I've got some incredible fans actually - so loyal and they make me birthday cards and Christmas cards. I got this package of poems and artwork based around the songs. They've got this thing called 'Floetry' where they all have to put in artwork. They've set up their own competitions and stuff which is kind of amazing." - Florence Welch Tweet
• "My parents were dishonest people. If it was my birthday, I knew my mother took me to the K-Mart and she stole my toy. She'd put it in the shopping cart and we'd walk out. I was raised with that." - Vincent Gallo Tweet
• "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." - Liv Tyler Tweet
• "Just hit my 75th birthday, I'm feeling great!" - Colin Powell Tweet
• "My son had his eighth birthday recently and we had a chance to borrow the film and show it to all of his friends that was at his birthday party and they loved it. I was a little nervous. I said they might not even like it, and say his daddy's movie is wack, but they loved it." - Blair Underwood Tweet
• "Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, 'Let's make a wish on a star,' there's one thing I wish for: wisdom." - Rene Russo Tweet
• "My mom won't let me buy high-fashion stuff unless it's TK Maxx or a birthday occasion." - Chloe Moretz Tweet