Birthday 50th Quotes

#1. On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.

Iman

#2. My 50th birthday approaching felt like a big milestone to me. I've lived half a century. If I write about food and use my life as a fulcrum to move the story along, maybe I've lived long enough to fashion a narrative that has a happy ending.

Kate Christensen

#3. The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.

Anne Rice

#4. I celebrated [my 50th birthday] by throwing a big bowl on the pottery wheel, then going for a water ski at the lake on our property in the Catskills, and that night, skinny-dipping under the stars. Just being free and joyful. And that's how I [felt] about turning 50.

Marcia Gay Harden

#5. One starts to get young at the age of sixty and then it is too late.

Pablo Picasso

#6. In your 50s, time becomes precious and must not be wasted. Every minute is an excellent opportunity for a good nap. Happy 50th birthday!

Bill Cosby

#7. I actually had the pleasure of meeting David Bowie at his 50th birthday party in New York City. I handed him the cassette of 'Eight Arms to Hold You,' which I had just got an advance of that day. He very graciously thanked me and tucked it into his jacket pocket.

Louise Post

#8. Today, you're halfway to 100! Here's to optimism, whether it is realistic or not. Happy 50th birthday!

T. S. Eliot

#9. Now, they're saying I groped a male staffer. Yes, I did. Not only did I grope him, I tickled him until he couldn't breathe and four guys jumped on top of me. It was my 50th birthday.

Eric Massa

#10. When you stop playing for a while, people tend to forget about you.

Alexandra Kosteniuk

#11. For my sister's 50th birthday, I sent her a singing mammogram.

Steven Wright

#12. And like I say, I think we've got other cases other than Iraq. I do not think the problem of global proliferation of weapons technology of mass destruction is going to go away, and that's why I think it is an urgent issue.

David Kay

#13. I believe that we are at or near the apex of a great civilization ... In 50-100 years, if we're a poor third to some countries in Asia, I wouldn't be surprised. If I had to bet, the part of the world that will do best will be Asia.

Charlie Munger

#14. In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.

Charles Eastman

#15. Don't give up your power.

Billy Crystal

#16. Many massacres have happened when people yell surprise! Pearl Harbor. The Tet Offensive. My uncle's 50th birthday party. I was there, man! How many more people gotta die?

Christopher Titus

#17. One of the shocks of a 50th birthday is realizing the fundamental fact that your youth is irrevocably over.

Marianne Williamson

#18. I timed my previous wife's pregnancy to the moment to have my son born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday. There is no bigger Bob Dylan fan than me. You don't just time the day and impregnate your wife to get your kid to be born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday.

Charlie Trotter

#19. America is fickle. You never know what they're going to go for.

Lee Daniels

#20. For my 50th birthday, I got ahold of a new print of 'Saturday Night Fever.' I see it much more as a tough coming-of-age movie than as a disco story.

Gene Siskel

#21. At 50, don't let aging get you down. It's too hard to get back up. Happy 50th birthday.

H. H. Asquith

#22. Remember how excited you were when you turned five years old. Today, you should be 10 times that excited. Happy 50th birthday!

Franklin P. Adams

#23. As it's your 50th birthday
The very best of cheers to you
Truthfully, I'm just being selfish
Coz now I am so cheerful, too
Happy, Cheerful Birthday

John Walter Bratton

#24. Your success can't be measured by anyone else. You have to set your own goals and do what gives you a sense of fulfillment.

Rhondra O. Willis

#25. I'm not bossy - I just happen to be more capable than most everyone else.

Shannon Hale

#26. The spirit should never grow old.

John Kenneth Galbraith

#27. You can't argue with a raging want. You can, but it is useless.

Storm Jameson

#28. And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

Graeme Murphy

#29. Today, you're 50. Now we can round your age up to 100! Happy 50th birthday!

Dave Barry

#30. In my heart of hearts, I thought, if we get a 1-0 win and the team doesn't perform well, that would feel good.

Landon Donovan