Quotations: Birthday

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

- Benjamin Franklin, "Poor Richard's Almanac"

If youth only knew; if age only could!

- FTD 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

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

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

- Jonah Barrington, British squash star

The older you get, the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.

- Jack Nicholson, American actor

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