• "I hate birthdays." - Zane Grey Tweet
• "There is still no cure for the common birthday." - John Glenn Tweet
• "I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face." - Stephen Hopkins Tweet
• "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 Tweet
• "Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time." - Doug Coupland 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
• "A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present." - Thomas Fuller Tweet
• "I grew up doing all that stuff because I was obsessed with the '50s. I had sock hops for birthday parties. So I've always done The Twist and stuff. It was pretty natural and, with my parents doing it all the time, I'd just copy them. Not very pretty." - Brittany Snow Tweet
• "About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm." - Kurt Vonnegut Tweet
• "To me - old age is always ten years older than I am." - John Burroughs Tweet