I am turning thirty-fucking-six today. It is not a big deal, I could be eighty, and that, I suppose, would indicate that there is not much left. But since I am still early in my journey and am still alive and kicking and smelling the roses, I got to make my mark on my anniversary. I forgot my age for a moment, and I had to count it all again to make sure it was thirty-six exactly. I don’t feel like it, luckily. I am always nineteen in my heart, which is the most important thing, always feeling young. This last year wasn’t the best I ever had, but I don’t have much to complain about. It had its ups and downs, but I’ve made it. Things are turning to the best eventually, regardless of how shitty they’ve got. I am going through some moments right now, and based on how life goes, with every year, the birthday day becomes less and less important and less exciting. However, it is important for a couple of reasons. One is to reflect on your life and see where you’ve been and where you are going next. Also, it is a good way to start things from scratch, leave all the past bullshit behind you, and focus on building a new life. It’s kind of like New Year’s resolutions, you know what I mean? So, in my honor today, and so you have something to read and raise your IQs, I compiled a list of thirty-six random quotes which were relevant to me this last year from random people who said something smart once. These quotes are both inspirational, meaningful, and funny. I am not referencing the sources because it is too many, I don’t have time for it, and I don’t give a fuck. Some of these quotes are my own, but most are from other people, mostly famous. Happy birthday to me, and you, if you were ever lucky to be born on the same day and until the next one. Cheers, motherfuckers!
1. Once in a lifetime, never again
2. Good things are fucking coming
3. Mondays are awesome. It’s your job that sucks
4. Life’s too short to wait for retirement
5. If you going to do it, go all the way
6. Fuck ‘em!
7. We should not forget our beginner spirit
8. Life’s too short to drink cheap wine
9. We are the people who can have breakfast at any time
10. Life ain’t no sunshine and rainbows
11. You only go around once
12. Enjoy the ride
13. You can’t always get what you want, but if you try, sometimes you’ll get what you need
14. Desperate times call for desperate measures
15. If momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy
16. All those things that weren’t supposed to happen happened. What happens next is up to you
17. Discipline is what you hate to do, but do it as you love it
18. The dream is to die young, as late as possible
19. You are always one decision away from a totally different life
20. Survival has its costs
21. Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees
22. No, no, I don’t want to die. I want to live for the second time
23. The best way to find out if you can trust someone is to trust them
24. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. If he’s still standing, he can fight
25. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it
26. Success is a journey, not a destination
27. Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working
28. Twenty years from now, you’ll be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the ones you did
29. There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little. And there I was, down at the ‘too little’ stage again
30. My heroes are dead, my ambition is quite awake, I don’t believe in tragedy anymore, I believe in mystery
31. Love life, people, you only get it once
32. The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for the cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one
33. It’s thrilling not to know where you’re going
34. Your life is your life, don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission
35. Lighting new cigarettes, pouring more drinks. It has been a beautiful fight. Still is
36. …and the dance continues – so, it does…