Quotes on Birthday

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.

Aging is not "lost youth" but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost.

If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building.

It's an epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.

In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.

If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's what intimacy is, if you're with your soulmate.

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.

We are always the same age inside.

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.

I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that.

It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people.

I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president's birthday rally in Madison Square Garden. There was like a hush over the whole place when I came on to sing 'Happy Birthday,' like if I had been wearing a slip, I would have thought it was showing or something. I thought, 'Oh, my gosh, what if no sound comes out!'

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.

I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.