It's odd the things that people remember. Parents will arrange a birthday party, certain it will stick in your mind forever. You'll have a nice time, then two years later you'll be like, 'There was a pony there? Really? And a clown with one leg?' David Sedaris on birthday
Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter. Anne Lamott on birthday
You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen. Joe DiMaggio on birthday
I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind. Johnny Vegas on birthday
I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've still got it.' Larry David on birthday
My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for remembering birthdays. I worked at it. Whenever I made a new friend, I made a point of finding out his or her birthday early on, and I would record it in my Filofax calendar. Susan Orlean on birthday
I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. I have asked for a chainsaw for my birthday, but I think I'll probably be given jewelry instead. Susan Orlean on birthday
I just had my 30th birthday and we went turkey shooting. It's what I wanted to do, so we went. Kelly Clarkson on birthday
Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, 'Let's make a wish on a star,' there's one thing I wish for: wisdom. Rene Russo on birthday
I left school on my 15th birthday. David Bailey on birthday
The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are. Anne Lamott on birthday
I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care. Mikhail Baryshnikov on birthday
When I was a kid, for my birthday every year, my mother made me pasta bechamel, which is rigatoni with a white cream sauce. Giada De Laurentiis on birthday
Anybody can have a birthday. It requires nothing. Murderers have birthdays. It's the opposite of anything that I believe in. And I don't like at work where you stop everything to sing 'Happy Birthday' to someone. I feel like that's for children. Mindy Kaling on birthday
My best kiss was on stage. Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child gave me a really nice soft kiss on my lips during a performance on my birthday. It was amazing. Chris Brown on birthday
I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days. Rachael Ray on birthday
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. Flip Wilson on birthday
If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it. David Horowitz on birthday
Interventions are really emotionally exhausting and I would never ever want to have one. In the same way, I would never want to have a surprise birthday party. That would be horrible. Margaret Cho on birthday
I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed. Gene Tierney on birthday