Citizens thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world.

You know we'd just had a birthday he was... you know he still had a future out of him and all I can is he was just one of the most beautiful people in the world... a very gifted man and it's a loss to the world not just for us.

I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party and I'm thinking 'Hey I've still got it.'

I'm amazed. When I was 40 I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60 I was still going strong and enjoying everything.

There is still no cure for the common birthday.

A Harvard Medical School study has determined that rectal thermometers are still the best way to tell a baby's temperature. Plus it really teaches the baby who's boss.

Lay this unto your breast: Old friends like old swords still are trusted best.

Where I am today... I still have my ups and downs but I take it one day at a time and I just hope that I can be the best that I can possibly be not only for myself but also young people that are out there today that need someone to look up to.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods if angels fell aspiring to be angels men rebel.

And it is still true no matter how old you are when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.

You must accept that you might fail then if you do your best and still don't win at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility you don't set high goals you don't branch out you don't try - you don't take the risk.

Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure still heart and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving and for every breath a song.

But what we can do as flawed as we are is still see God in other people and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do that's what I pray to do every day.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades the desire and the will but not the money can still get the best education possible.

Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done that your best days are still out in front of you.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.