Birthday 80th Quotes & Sayings

That's easy," Mabel said. "Why don't you have a Champagne?" "I can barely sell wine," Michael said. But he thought, you know, why don't we? "What would I call it, anyway?" Mabel barely paused. "Well, I'd call it Barefoot Bubbly," she said. It took a few years. Barefoot's sparkling wine didn't hit the market until 1997. A year later, Michael and Bonnie toasted Mabel for her 80th birthday with a wine named Barefoot Bubbly. — Michael Houlihan

Former President Bush, to celebrate his 80th birthday, jumped out of an airplane. And if you've seen the polls, you know he's not the only Bush in freefall. — David Letterman

This is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday ... I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn't let me - Homeland Security. — Art Buchwald

Vanity calculates but poorly on the vanity of others; what a virtue we should distil from frailty, what a world of pain we should save our brethren, if we would suffer our own weakness to be the measure of theirs. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

If the riders, governing bodies, teams, race organisers and media weren't doing anything about it, then what the hell could I, a 20-year-old neo-pro from Scotland, do about it? — David Millar

The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love. — Red Auerbach

Compassion is born when we discover in the center of our own existence not only that God is God and man is man, but also that our neighbor is really our fellow man. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

I got a postcard from my gynecologist. It said, Did you know it's time for your annual check-up? No, but now my mailman does. — Cathy Ladman

The goal of the Christian is to grow up into Christ. — Pat Robertson

Apple smiled. She could play the damsel-in-distress like a cow could jump over a moon. The male species couldn't resist wanting to help her. — Shannon Hale

You wonder sometimes how our government puts on its pants in the morning. — Jon Stewart

Making the attempt is what matters most. — Gary Hopkins

The human race never solves any of its problems, it only outlives them. — David Gerrold

I'd be happy to live till 80 as long as I was comfortable and in good health. Mind you, ask me again on the eve of my 80th birthday. Even so, I hope we don't all start living to be 120. I'm not sure I'd cope with another 60 years. — Bonnie Tyler