“Oh, give me back the good old days of fifty years ago,“ has been the cry ever since Adam's fifty-first birthday.” GivingYearsFirstsHas BeensCryYears AgoGive MeFiftyAdamOld DaysGood Old DaysFirst Birthday Book:The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Source: The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
“Suddenly this camera, this thing, allowed me to move around the world in a certain kind of way, with a certain kind of purpose. (On receiving a camera for her twenty-first birthday)” WorldWayFirstsKindMovingPurposeCertainTwentiesCamerasAround The WorldReceivingFirst Birthday Author:Carrie Mae Weems
“I saw Richard Linklater's film 'Slacker' for my twenty-first birthday. That was the moment when it all seemed possible. This guy gave me hope.” FirstsMomentsFilmGuySawsTwentiesBirthdayThis GuySlackerFirst Birthday Author:Kevin Smith
“My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.” FirstsFactsSchoolInterestMemoriesTeacherChildhoodShoesBoxesReformBirthdayPolishChildhood MemoriesCrackersFirst Birthday Author:Flip Wilson
“You know who you remind me of? The kid cop in Lethal Weapon 3. You know, the one who says, 'it's my twenty-first birthday today', and right away you know he's dead meat?” KnowsFirstsKidsTodayWeaponsTwentiesMeatCopLethal WeaponFirst Birthday Book:Getting Rid Of Bradley Source: Getting Rid Of Bradley
“We placed the wreaths upon the splendid granite sarcophagus, and at its feet, and felt that only the earthly robe we loved so much was there. The pure, tender, loving spirit which loved us so tenderly, is above us - loving us, praying for us, and free from all suffering and woe - yes, that is a comfort, and that first birthday in another world must have been a far brighter one than any in this poor world below!” WorldLoveFirstsHas BeensSpiritSufferingFeltPoorFeetPrayingComfortPureWoeSplendidBrighterAnother WorldRobesGraniteWreathsFirst Birthday Author:Queen Victoria
“When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.” FirstsEndsPartySpecialCelebrateExcitementBirthdayBagsMagnificenceFirst Birthday Book:The Lord of the Rings: One Volume Source: The Lord of the Rings: One Volume
“I think there's something about the homemade birthday cake, because my wife, on my daughter's first birthday, started the tradition where she takes a full cake and cuts the number birthday out of it.” ThinkingFirstsNumbersCuttingWifeDaughterTraditionMy WifeBirthdayMy DaughterCakeHomemadeBirthday CakeFirst Birthday Author:Willie Geist
“The best advice I was ever given was on my twenty-first birthday when my father said, Son, here's a million dollars. Don't lose it.” FirstsSaidFatherGivenLosesMillionsAdviceSonTwentiesDollarsMillion DollarsBest AdviceFunny BusinessFirst Birthday Author:Larry Niven