Are you looking for short happy 21st quotes for Instagram and sayings? You’ve come to the right place! We’ve scoured the internet for quotes that are funny, short or cute as well as some puns to help you celebrate. Whether it’s your own birthday or a friend’s, these sayings can help, especially if you’re having trouble finding the right words.
Short Happy 21st Birthday Quotes for Instagram
- “And he said, ‘It’s supposed to be fun, turning 21.’” — Taylor Swift, “All Too Well (10-Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
2. “The older you get the better you get, unless you are a banana.” — Betty White
3. “My life is better with every year of living it.” — Rachel Maddow
4. “The best birthdays of all are those that haven’t arrived yet.” — Robert Orben
5. “Turned my birthday into a lifestyle.” — Drake, “Pop Style”
6. “All the world is a birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.” — George Harrison
7. “There is still no cure for the common birthday.” — John Glenn
8. “Why is a birthday cake the only food you can blow on and spit on and everybody rushes to get a piece?” — Bobby Kelton
9. “Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake.” — Edward Morykwas
10. “Put candles in a cake, it’s a birthday cake. Put candles in a pie, and somebody’s drunk in the kitchen.” — Jim Gaffigan
11. “Your birthday is the beginning of your own personal new year. Your first birthday was a beginning, and each new birthday is a chance to begin again, to start over, to take a new grip on life.” — Wilfred Peterson
12. “Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.” — Larry Lorenzoni
13. “I intend to live forever. So far, so good.” — Steven Wright
14. “Older? Definitely. Wiser? …mmm debatable. Happy Birthday!”
15. “A birthday is like a new year and my wish for you, is a great year full of happiness and sunshine!” — Catherine Pulsifer
16. “The way I see it, you should live every day like it’s your birthday.” — Paris Hilton
17. “You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.” — Ogden Nash
18. “Don’t just count your years, make your years count.” — George Meredith
19. “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” — John Lennon
20. “You don’t get older, you get better.” — Shirley Bassey
21. “You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.” — John Mason
22. “When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he is rather tired of something in himself.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
23. “At 16, you can drive. At 21, you can have a cold one. Do both at the same time and your present might not have a future.” — Greg Tamblyn
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th birthday quotes. For even more birthday lists, check out our Birthdays category or use the search bar to find the exact age you’re looking for.
Happy 21st Birthday Sayings
Hello, 21.
Be good to me, 21.
Cheers and beers to 21 years.
Achievement unlocked: let’s drink! #21
21 – time to make some pour decisions.
So this is where aging ends, right? #Forever21
So this is 21.
Level up. #21
Chapter 21, Page 1.
Experience level: 21.
My day, my way. #21
Season 21, Episode 1.
Birthday behavior! #21
Lap 21 around the sun…
And so begins Chapter 21.
My birthday, my rules.
Well look who just turned 21…
Staying 21 until further notice.
POV: You can’t believe I’m 21 now.
I’m shawty and it’s my birthday. #21
On a scale of 1-10, feeling a solid 21.
Funny Turning 21 Sayings
Agent of chaos for 21 years.
21? Who cares. I just want cake.
21 years later and I’m still a hot mess.
It’s time to rhyme because 21 is for fun!
21! The one night you don’t get carded!
Officially 21, but still mentally about five.
21 is so fun I think I’ll repeat it again next year.
Made it to 21! I know. I’m as surprised as you are.
Leveling up my adulting game. 21 and having fun.
Shoutout to my mama who was in labor 21 years ago.
Got so distracted by cake, I forgot it was my own birthday. #SoThisIs21
Another year older, but I’ll need some extra time for that ‘wiser’ bit. #21
Finally 21! It only took me 3 years to realize my adulting game was weak.
Tripping on my own feet for 21 years. Here’s to many more years of clumsiness.
On this day, 21 years ago, the world became a better place.
Be careful what you wish for… My parents wished for me 21 years ago and look where that ended up.
Been pre-gaming 20 years for this moment.
Today is not for whining, it’s for wining!
After today, I’m celebrating my birthday in dog years.
I don’t care how old I’m turning, so long as there’s cake.
Today is the day! You can finally “hit me with your best shot.”
21: Wild and free.
Ringing in 21 with the best crew.
Age 21 but forever the baby of the group.
Only 21, but forever the mom of the group.
Grateful to have found my people by Age 21.
Excited for Chapter 21 with this crew on my side.
Turning 21 with the best friends anyone could ask for. #grateful
21 is looking pretty good with this crew by my side.
Feeling unstoppable at 21 with this crew by my side.
Wouldn’t want to turn 21 with anyone else by my side.
Thankful to be ringing in 21with the best people I know.
Cheers to good friends, good vibes, and another 21 years.
Birthday wish? Already come true with this crew on my side. #21
Can’t wait to see what 21 will bring with these beauties by my side.
I hope my birthday cake is as yummy as me.
Start of Season 21 with the best co-stars I could have ever asked for.
Don’t wanna be sappy so… let’s just say 21 is already one for the books.
Can’t wait to tell our kids one day about how awesome and hot we were at 21.
Another lap around the sun with the best people I could have ever asked for. Here’s to 21!
Wouldn’t have made it to 21 without these beauties. Here’s to another lap around the sun!
Age is just a number, but friends like these are forever. Thank you all for helping me ring in 21.
It’s my 21st… I’ll wine if I want to.
(Legal) cheers to finally being 21!
21 and legal proceed with caution.
Start from the bottom now I am 21.
Turning 21 is nothing to wine about.
I have mixed drinks about turning 21.
These beauties are the only gift I need. #21
Chapter 21. Time to make some memories.
Wouldn’t trade it for the world, I’m 21 now.
I’m 21 now but age gives no guarantee on maturity.
Yes, I become 21.
21 21 21 21 I feel like 21.
It’s no time to be 21.
Woke up a little older… but not wiser.
Then I was only seventeen, couldn’t wait for twenty-one.
Everybody wants to be twenty-one, Full of life and life full of fun.
Finally 21 and legally able to do everything I’ve been doing since 16.
O.K., you know that what happens at the 21st B-Day, stays at the 21st B-Day.
We only got one year to be twenty one, twenty one, twenty one. One more baby, have some fun.
21 is the age of responsibility. Give it a few months and you will be wondering why you were in such a hurry to get here.
Achievement unlocked: 21.
Keep calm and sweet 21 on.
Wow, never been 21 before.
21 looks pretty and good to me.
Just like wine, better with time. #21
Favorite day of the year. #21
It took 21 years to get this awesome.
Say hello to the world’s latest 21 year old.
Another year, another candle on the cake. #21
Cheers to another lap around the sun. Hello, 21.
At 21 everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.
You have 21 bottles of beer to drink. I hope you already started.
Your 21st Birthday comes along with great responsibility. You’re responsible for not getting too drunk.
Twenty-one is a super important milestone birthday event. It means you have less than 80 years to hit 100.
Too lit to quit
As a twenty one year old, you should know whether 21 is a prime number or not. If you don’t know, you might have to ask someone younger, because the rest of the adults can’t remember school.
Here for cake, and cake only.
Hey Siri, count the candles.
I’m just here for the birthday cake.
I’m not getting older. I’m getting better.
I doubt tequila is the answer, but it’s worth a shot.
21st Birthday Captions for Yourself
Life’s too short to not celebrate every chance you get! Happy 21st Birthday to me!
So I’m looking for someone to do my taxes for me this year. Happy 21st Birthday to Me!
I wish myself a happy 21st birthday since I am the definition of awesomeness. Self-love!
I want to thank everyone for my special 21st birthday, come and join me as I celebrate it.
Cheers to the one day of our lives, when we actually celebrate getting old. Happy 21st Birthday to me.
Who wants to see my ID?
I’ll enjoy the best of today and laugh like never before because it’s my 21st Birthday.
I can’t keep calm, it’s my birthday.
Today is a great day cause it’s my birthday!
It’s my birthday, so I’m celebrating everything.
Glory is to God I am plus one today. It’s just 20+1.
The only things getting LIT today are the candles on my cake!
Hip hip hip, hurray! It’s that special day of the year once again.
I’m grateful for life and for growth. I wish myself a happy birthday.
Birthdays are good for me. The more I have, the longer I live. lol.
Heaven has been really good to me by adding another year to my age.
The thing is I love birthday celebrations, but only when they’re mine.
Of course, I don’t know how to act my age. I’ve never been this age before!
Happy Birthday to the smartest person in this world, Happy Birthday to Me!
Today is that day when I cried and my mother Smiled. Happy Birthday Mother’s lovely child.
21? Bring it on.
Make a wish. #21
Getting badder with age. #21
Time to see what 21 is all about.
Another year, another selfie. #21
I think 21 looks good on me.
Celebrating another level up. #21
Always been a savage, now I’m 21.
Only took 21 years to get this cute.
21. Serving cake, and serving looks.
Aging and raging. #21
Growing and glowing. #21
Me, myself and I.
Wishing for you this year. #21
That birthday glow. #Feeling21
Bday wish for the bday bish? #21
Here’s to another 365 days of being fabulous.
Card me, I dare you.
Born to shine, especially today.
Waited 662,256,000 for this.
You really gonna scroll without wishing me a happy 21st birthday?
Birthday mode: the youngest I’ll ever be, and the oldest I’ve ever been. #21
21st Birthday Puns
These 21st birthday puns will make you chuckle.
- Go ahead, cake my day.
- Yeti or not, it’s your 21st birthday.
- Time to par-tea!
- Nothing holds a candle to you.
- You take the cake.
- Have a grate 21st birthday. Hope that’s not too cheesy.
- Some only dream of birthday cake, and others bake it happen.
- Your 21st birthday cake brings all the boys to the yard.
- Happy 21st birthday. You’re one in a melon.
- Sending you s’more birthday wishes.
- Dim-sum body say it’s your 21st birthday?
- Let’s taco ‘bout your 21st birthday.
- Oh ship, it’s your 21st!
- Celebrating your 21st is a piece of cake.
- I got you popcorn for your 21st birthday because you’re poppin.
- Here’s to a soup-er 21st birthday!
- So you’re spaghetting older.
- You’re 21 years old, but I do not carrot all.
- 21 years of sass.
- On this day, a queen was born.
And there you have it! Hopefully, we were able to help you find the ideal quote or saying you were looking for.
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Laynni Locke
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