“Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life’s work.”– Karl Jaspers Related Quotes “The best way to remember your wife’s birthday is to remember it once.”– E. Joseph Cossman “Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints.”– Bobby McFerrin “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”– Oprah Winfrey