The I just woke up face of your 30s is the all day long…

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.

— Edward Young

A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

— Arnold Bennett

Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday with a grateful mind.

— Alexander Pope

I spent my 40th birthday on the stage of the Palladium in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.'

— Michael Ball

In Hollywood, there is another name for a woman's 40th birthday party, it's a retirement party.

— Artie Lange

To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

— Anonymous

Just because you're 40, you don't have to decide whether God exists...when you're already worrying that the National Security Agency is reading your emails,…

— Pamela Druckerman

Just short of my 40th birthday, I told my wife, Beth, I was going to build us a little weekend place in...well, in the…

— Patrick Symmes

So OK, it's your special big Four-O birthday But don't expect me to be obsequious and fawning You, being you, can't possibly be a…

— John Walter Bratton

This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesnt show its age.

— Anonymous

Youre not 40, youre eighteen with 22 years experience.

— Anonymous

If you are an actress in L.A., on your 40th birthday they should just hand you the keys to the lunatic asylum.

— Romola Garai

John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.

— Maureen O'Hara

By your 40s, you don't want to be with the cool people; you want to be with your people.

— Pamela Druckerman

40Too young for medicare, too old for men to care

— Anonymous