“There are two things I’d love to do more — have more birthdays and pay more taxes. If you have more birthdays, it’s obviously because you haven’t died yet, and if you pay more taxes, it’s clearly because you’re making more money.”— Mike Bloomberg, vanityfair.com
“To me, the thing about birthday parties is that the first birthday party you have and the last birthday party you have are actually quite similar. You know, you just kinda sit there...you're the least excited person at the party. You don't even really realize that there is a party. You don't know wh…”— Larry Charles, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com
“I don't know about you, but I'm getting sick of pretending to be excited every time it's somebody's birthday, you know what I mean? What is the big deal? How many times do we have to celebrate that someone was born? Every year, over and over. All you did was not die for twelve months. That's all you…”— Larry Charles, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com
“Well, birthdays are merely symbolic of how another year has gone by and how little we've grown. No matter how desperate we are that someday a better self will emerge, with each flicker of the candles on the cake, we know it's not to be, that for the rest of our sad, wretched, pathetic lives, this is…”— Peter Mehlman, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com
“Birthdays were invented by Hallmark to sell cards.”— Emily Spivey, Ron Swanson, Nick Offerman, imdb.com
“I bet the worst part about being a birthday cake is when you're set on fire and then eaten by the hero that saved you.”— Little Greenis, twitter.com
“I like birthdays. I like them more for other people, but I’m glad we celebrate them. At the heart of it is the opportunity to tell someone I’m glad that you were born, which is also to say I’m glad that you’re alive. Those are powerful statements. The world would be a different place if we lived tha…”— Jamie Tworkowski, amazon.com