Half a century is a long time.
We’re not here to poke fun… We’re here to celebrate! We’re here to celebrate just how old a person can get. Here’s to fifty more!
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“If you haven’t grown up by age 50, you don’t have to.-Unknown
“By the time we hit 50, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves.-Marie Dressler
“Remember how excited you are when you turn 5 years old. You should be 10 times that excited. Happy 50th birthday!-Unknown
“Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.-Coco Chanel
“You take all the experience and judgment of men over fifty out of the world and there wouldn’t be enough left to run it.-Henry Ford
“Turning 50 means it’s only a matter of time before you’re regaling your grandkids with the details of your first colonoscopy.-Greg Tamblyn
“Age 50! Now is the time to make your mark on the world-explore the Antarctic or become an astronaut. Make your mind up to take on exciting new challenges-straight after your afternoon nap.-Unknown
“When you’re 50, every time you look in the mirror you think it must be April Fools Day.-Melanie White
“50 years: here’s a time when you have to separate yourself from what other people expect of you, and do what you love. Because if you find yourself 50 years old and you aren’t doing what you love, then what’s the point?-Jim Carey
“I’m aiming by the time I’m fifty to stop being an adolescent.-Wendy Cope
“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.-C.S. Lewis
“The best form of birth control for people over 50: nudity.-Unknown
“At 50, everyone has the face he deserves-George Orwell
“The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.-T.S. Elliot
“There’s nothing stressful about turning 50 – except people reminding you about it.-Melanie White
“At 50 years old, life seems shorter. No point in spending it trying to make yourself disappear by dieting.-Unknown
“Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.-Bill Vaughan
“Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.-Joey Adams
“Looking fifty is great–if you’re sixty.-Joan Rivers
“Around mid-life everyone goes maniac a little bit.-Tom Berenger
“Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed.-Charles M. Schluz
“When you’re 50 and wake up without any aches and pains, you know it’s going to be a good day.-Melanie White
“The face you have at age twenty-five is the face God gave you, but the face you have after fifty is the face you earned.-Cindy Crawford
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.-Victor Hugo
“50 years old. In Led Zeppelin terms, that’s halfway up the stairway to heaven.-Unknown
“I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming… suddenly you find – at the age of 50, say – that a whole new life has opened before you.-Agatha Christie
“The heyday of a woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.-Elizabeth Staton
“Happy 20th anniversary of your 30th Birthday!-Unknown
“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.-Oscar Wilde
“At 21 you’re finally free to slam down the throttle and see how fast you can go. At 30 you realize, hey, this thing has a brake pedal too. By 40, that brake pedal is showing some serious wear. At 50, let’s face it, you need a brake job.-Greg Tamblyn
“You know youre fifty when your chiropractor sends you birthday cards.-Unknown
“Except ye become as little children, except you can wake on your fiftieth birthday with the same forward-looking excitement and interest in life that you enjoyed when you were five, “ye cannot enter the kingdom of God.” One must not only die daily, but every day we must be born again.-Dorothy L. Sayers
“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.-Carl Sandburg
“You’re not fifty – you’re five perfect 10s!-Unknown
