Born Quotes - page 2

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self. (Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar)
Birds born in cages think that flying is a disease. View quote
Alejandro Jodorowsky
LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy. View quote
Oscar Wilde
The only sin is the sin of being born. View quote
Samuel Beckett
As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die. View quote
Federico García Lorca
I'm a born entertainer, when I open the fridge and the light comes on, I burst into song. View quote
Robbie Williams
Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one. View quote
Martin Heidegger
There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman. View quote
Émile Zola
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes. View quote
Edgard Varèse
Thank God for tea What would the world do without tea How did it exist I am glad I was not born before tea. View quote
Sydney Smith
Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time. (Rabindranath Tagore)
The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour. View quote
Margaret Thatcher
I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry. View quote
Norman Wisdom
Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue! View quote
Eugene O'Neill
All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats. View quote
Groucho Marx
We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed. View quote
Thomas Fuller
It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter. View quote
William Hazlitt
We were born to succeed, not to fail. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. View quote
Sylvia Plath
Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself. View quote
Truman Capote
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat. (George Carlin)
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. View quote
Cicero
Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand. View quote
Alberto Moravia
There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why. View quote
William Barclay
Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born, little institutional lies from the print of newspapers, the shock waves of television, and the sentimental cheats of the movie screen. View quote
Norman Mailer