Notable & Quotable: Birthday

At 20, the will reigns; at 30, the wit; and at 40, the judgement.

– Benjamin Franklin, “Poor Richard’s Almanac”

You know your getting old when your childhood toys are now collectibles and antiques.

-Petals n Buds Customer

Youth is a gift of nature, but age is a gift of art.

-Petals n Buds Customer

We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse!

– FTD customer

Aging is mandatory. Maturity is optional.

– Chris Antonak

You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.

– Ogden Nash

Age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying you.

-Petals n Buds Customer

Never trust anyone over thirty.

– Jerry Rubin, American activist

Age is a number and mine is unlisted.

– Anomymous

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

– Tom Stoppard, British playwright

Youth is a disease from which we all recover.

– Dorothy Fulheim, American writer

It’s sad to grow old, but nice to ripen.

– Brigitte Bardot

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.

-Mary Pickford

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.

-Satchel Paige

Allow me to politely suggest this be the Birthday you begin to start lying about your age.

-Petals n Buds Customer

As you get older three things happen. First your memory goes and then …I can’t remember the other two.

-Petals n Buds Customer

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

-Paris Hilton

Youth has no age.

-Pablo Picasso

It’s not how old you are, it’s how hard you work at it.

– Jonah Barrington, British squash star

Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”

– Jack Benny

Women over thirty are at their best, but men over thirty are too old to recognize it.

– Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor

There is still no cure for the common birthday.

– John Glenn, U.S. senator

“Nature gives you the face you have at twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty. But at fifty you get the face you deserve.”

– Coco Chanel

“To relive your special day again in this world with good company, great food and fine wine. May we again appreciate you, the centerpiece of the table and the night.”

~ Audrey Camacho

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Younger than You.”

~ Dr. Seuss

“Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.”

~ Plautus

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”

~ Charles M. Schulz

Shh! Don’t tell anyone!

“One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it’s such a nice change from being young.”

~ William Feather

Enjoy Act II. It’s full of great things. Happy birthday!

-Petals n Buds Bear Mountain Florist Customer

Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.

-Ausonius

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

-Oprah Winfrey