Quotation
“You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”
Bob Hope
The idea behind the quotation
A person jokingly says that needing many birthday candles—and spending more on them than on the cake—is a sign of getting old.
“You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”
A person jokingly says that needing many birthday candles—and spending more on them than on the cake—is a sign of getting old.