Born Quotes

In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth.

Here's a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test.

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.

On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental social role, because it's there that children are born and the investment in children is the greatest investment a country can make. The benefits of this investment go to everyone.

I was lucky to have been born with cheekbones.

Well, I was born and raised in the Midwest, in Indiana specifically, and my childhood was full of weekend movies, you know, the Saturday and Sunday popcorn movies.

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.

I was born with an adult head and a tiny body. Like a 'Peanuts' character.

Now the Bible tells us that we are all by nature, sinners, that we are slaves to sin and Satan, and that unless we are converted, or born again, we must be miserable forever.

My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.

Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.

And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, 'love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

I cut the feet off of a pair of panty hose and it allowed me to wear a pair of great strappy sandals. I didn't see lines but the hose rolled up at my feet - and that's how Spanx born.

Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.

I don't like hawking 'round other people's memories. That wasn't part of the deal when I was born.

People used to say my son looked like a Mexican Biggie. And when he was first born, memories of Biggie... you know, we didn't always have the greatest days. For at least half the length of our marriage we were separated, so everyday was definitely not a good day.

Born ham, that's basically me.

When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.

I was so lucky because what I did in 'Thor' was I built the character from the ground up - the foundations of his spirit, really. He was someone who was born with an expectation that he would one day be a king, born with an entitlement.

A celebrity name is never enough for an intelligent mass market... truly successful businesses are born of passion and heartfelt interest.

Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion.

I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school.

My grandfather was born in India and three generations of my family served there.

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it at school - women must labor to be beautiful.

I think, unfortunately, some people are just bad, they're just born bad, and I don't know why.

Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.

How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them.

A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babies, or perhaps not even born, Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie left their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

By going to the movies, and because of other things, too, going to college, making a wide variety of friends, moving around traveling, I became a lot more open-minded than the heritage I was born into might have suggested.