Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ~Bob Hope
Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again. ~Menachem Mendel Schneerson
In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn't have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~Charles Schulz
It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge. ~Phyllis Diller
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~Charles Schulz
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~Dan Bennett


Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. ~Don Marquis
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once. ~Dave Barry, "Your Disintegrating Body," Dave Barry Turns 40, 1990


Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson