Grown Man Birthday Quotes & Sayings

Every gift is held by two hands: the one that gives, and the one that takes away. — Tony D'Souza

Life on Mars would be awesome! Even single-celled life, although I admit that in my heart of hearts, I want it to be the barge-people of the canals. — Sarah Monette

First I brush my teeth and then I sharpen my tongue. — Oscar Levant

It was terrible to feel so empty, as if I were nothing. Why couldn't I be happy? And just what was happines anyway? — Paula McLain

Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is wise it is nothing that the river horse does not know, and most of his creations are the result of accident. — Edward Dahlberg

Until you have stood in another woman's stilettos, you will never begin to know the year of pain she felt breaking them in. — Shannon L. Alder

The problem with you is that you always see a glass of milk half empty instead of half filled. — Jodi Picoult

The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's. — Nelson DeMille

I thought about cricket a lot. I needed to get out of this bubble of mine. I found it in books and conversations with other people about other things. I was a curious person, and this was my release. I like being challenged intellectually. I hated at the end of the day to talk cricket to someone else. — Rahul Dravid

All flesh is grass. and all its glory fades
Like the fair flower dishevell'd in the wind;
Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream;
The man we celebrate must find a tomb,
And we that worship him, ignoble graves. — William Cowper

Talking about unpleasant things during a meal is not good for digestion, not good for health. — Betty Jamie Chung

Let no one try to justify the glaring difference between the classes and the masses, the prince and the pauper, by saying that the former need more. — Mahatma Gandhi

Even before he left the room, - and certainly, not five minutes after, the clear conviction dawned upon her, shined bright upon her, that he did love her; that he had loved her; that he would love her. — Elizabeth Gaskell