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\u201cHow old would you be if you didn\u2019t know how old you are?\u201d\u2014Satchel Paige (famous baseball pitcher who was famously elusive or uncertain about his own age, perhaps so he could keep pitching professionally). <\/p>\n

\u201cThe great thing about getting older is that you don\u2019t lose all the other ages you\u2019ve been.\u201d\u2014
\nMadeleine L\u2019Engle<\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes a long time to become young.\u201d\u2014 Pablo Picasso<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know you\u2019re getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It\u2019s like, \u2018See if you can blow this out.\u201d\u2014 Jerry Seinfeld<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing \u2018Happy Birthday.'\u201d\u2014
\nSteven Wright<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I was so much older then, I\u2019m younger than that now.\u201d\u2014 Bob Dylan<\/p>\n

\u201cI kept a diary right after I was born. Day 1: Tired from the move. Day 2: Everyone thinks I\u2019m an idiot\u201d.\u2014 Steven Wright [and we could keep going: Day 3: Why did they stick me in a room full of whining newborns? ; Day 4: No one told me that this stuff I\u2019m drinking would go right through me and leave me with a rash at the other end. Day 5: I haven\u2019t figured out what I am yet, but I must be something like a koala bear. I hear he sleeps 18-22 hours a day, and eats the rest of the time. Day 6: Already I\u2019m tired of milk.; Day 7: Why in the world do they keep taking pictures of me when all I do is squint and drool? I\u2019m not doing any selfies any time soon. <\/p>\n

So next year when I\u2019m 64, I expect lots of creative renditions sung to me of the Paul McCartney classic about that event. <\/p>\n

Most disturbing birthday quote I saw when composing this\u2014 \u2018If religious bigots really believed what they say about life, they would be busily celebrating the date of conception not the date of the birth of someone.\u2019 <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"