--- title: "11 20th birthday Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 20th birthday quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best 20th birthday sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/arnold-bennett-3325_20th-birthday_a-man-of-sixty-has-spent-twenty-years-in_121839.png" --- > [A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-bennett/a-man-of-sixty-has-spent-twenty-years-in-bed-and-over-three-years-in/) [Arnold Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-bennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/arnold-bennett-3325_20th-birthday_a-man-of-sixty-has-spent-twenty-years-in_121839.png) > [You take all the experience and judgment of men over 50 out of the world and there wouldn't be enough left to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/you-take-all-the-experience-and-judgment-of-men-over-50-out-of-the/) [Henry Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/henry-ford-492_20th-birthday_you-take-all-the-experience-and-judgment_2113099.png) > [School teaches you what to do with the rest of your life. I already knew.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avril-lavigne/school-teaches-you-what-to-do-with-the-rest-of-your-life-i-already/) [Avril Lavigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avril-lavigne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/avril-lavigne-1570_20th-birthday_school-teaches-you-what-to-do-with-the-r_232580.png) > [Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of 30.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/time-and-tide-wait-for-no-man-but-time-always-stands-still-for-a-2/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/robert-frost-371_20th-birthday_time-and-tide-wait-for-no-man-but-time-a_2525390.png) > [One starts to get young at the age of sixty and then it is too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/one-starts-to-get-young-at-the-age-of-sixty-and-then-it-is-too-late/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/pablo-picasso-552_20th-birthday_one-starts-to-get-young-at-the-age-of-si_3215722.jpg) > [For my 20th birthday in March, I'll buy myself a present for doing my best. A one way ticket to Tokyo. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-yazawa/for-my-20th-birthday-in-march-i-ll-buy-myself-a-present-for-doing-my/) [Ai Yazawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-yazawa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/ai-yazawa-3869_20th-birthday_for-my-20th-birthday-in-march-i-ll-buy-m_192792.png) > [“I broke up with Ren a year and nine months ago. Soon it will be two springs. My 20th birthday is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-yazawa/i-broke-up-with-ren-a-year-and-nine-months-ago-soon-it-will-be-two/) [Ai Yazawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-yazawa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a5/ai-yazawa-3869_20th-birthday_i-broke-up-with-ren-a-year-and-nine-mont_347712.jpg) > [Derek actually had started with The Allman Brothers in June of '99, right around his 20th birthday, and I was 28. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-tedeschi/derek-actually-had-started-with-the-allman-brothers-in-june-of-99/) [Susan Tedeschi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-tedeschi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/259/susan-tedeschi-6059_20th-birthday_derek-actually-had-started-with-the-allm_589245.jpg) > [It is through the idealism of youth that man catches sight of truth, and in that idealism he possesses a wealth which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/it-is-through-the-idealism-of-youth-that-man-catches-sight-of-truth/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/albert-schweitzer-701_20th-birthday_it-is-through-the-idealism-of-youth-that_3106136.jpg) > [Food is one of life's really great pleasures. My 20th birthday party was all about booze, my 30th birthday was about drugs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-james/food-is-one-of-life-s-really-great-pleasures-my-20th-birthday-party/) [Alex James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db1/alex-james-70445_20th-birthday_food-is-one-of-life-s-really-great-pleas_130100.jpg) > [This morning a terrible family tragedy has occurred, we are devastated to report that our beloved brother, son, and friend, Sawyer Sweeten,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madylin-sweeten/this-morning-a-terrible-family-tragedy-has-occurred-we-are-devastated/) [Madylin Sweeten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madylin-sweeten/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f1/madylin-sweeten-68385_20th-birthday_this-morning-a-terrible-family-tragedy-h_1460368.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/20th-birthday/#itemlist", "name": "20th birthday Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Arnold Bennett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-bennett/a-man-of-sixty-has-spent-twenty-years-in-bed-and-over-three-years-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/arnold-bennett-3325_20th-birthday_a-man-of-sixty-has-spent-twenty-years-in_121839.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/arnold-bennett-3325_20th-birthday_a-man-of-sixty-has-spent-twenty-years-in_121839.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/arnold-bennett-3325_20th-birthday_a-man-of-sixty-has-spent-twenty-years-in_121839.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.” — Arnold Bennett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You take all the experience and judgment of men over 50 out of the world and there wouldn't be enough left to run it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Ford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/you-take-all-the-experience-and-judgment-of-men-over-50-out-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/henry-ford-492_20th-birthday_you-take-all-the-experience-and-judgment_2113099.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/henry-ford-492_20th-birthday_you-take-all-the-experience-and-judgment_2113099.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/henry-ford-492_20th-birthday_you-take-all-the-experience-and-judgment_2113099.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You take all the experience and judgment of men over 50 out of the world and there wouldn't be enough left…” — Henry Ford", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "School teaches you what to do with the rest of your life. 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