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Born Quotes

Where you start shapes who you become.

This page gathers quotes about origins in the literal sense — being born into music, born in a specific state or country — alongside a more analytical note on how each generation's tastes differ from the one before it. For more on personal identity, see our Identity quotes.

'Downton Abbey' is a pageant, a cavalcade of a time when being born right is the first and most irrevocable career move, and in which an older order - whose passing 'Downton's' creator, Julian Fellowes, clearly mourns - is submerging...

Quotes by Steve Erickson

Born in the silent era, with the first ceremony hosted by Douglas Fairbanks at the Roosevelt Hotel, the Oscars are a tradition in a business that doesn't have much of it, and the biggest spectacle in a business that's often...

Quotes by Steve Erickson

I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Quotes by Steve Case

I just go back to my roots. I was literally born 26 miles from Martinsville High School where Coach Wooden grew up, and then my dad coached there for four years.

Quotes by Steve Alford

The Lord said 'let there be wheat' and Saskatchewan was born.

Quotes by Stephen Leacock

I was born in L.A. County Hospital, but I grew up in Pasadena. I married my 8th grade sweetheart, Marcia.

Quotes by Stephen J. Cannell

One of the strangest unintended consequences of abortion, of legalized abortion, was that it drives the crime rate down because what abortion really was, was a mechanism for which fewer unwanted children could be born.

Quotes by Stephen J. Dubner

Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas.

Quotes by Stephen Graham Jones

I moved to L.A. when I was, like, 6 months old. I was born in Georgia 'cause my dad was going to college at the University of Georgia for music. Then we moved to the Valley, and my dad was...

Quotes by Stephen Dorff

I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch.

Quotes by Stephanie Zimbalist

My upbringing was very un-Hollywood... I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch. I was never really smitten by the business in those days, never a fan type - just a basic kid watching TV.

Quotes by Stephanie Zimbalist

Watch me on CNN/SI. Check out clips from 'Quite Frankly.' I've always been Stephen A. Smith. I've been this way since the day I was born.

Quotes by Stephen A. Smith

If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political.

Quotes by Stephen Bayley

In many ways, I'm incredibly lucky to have been born with my impairment and that it's visible. It means my path has been predictable.

Quotes by Stella Young

Freud said that we are born as a tabula rasa. This is a model that simply is too superficial and inadequate.

Quotes by Stanislav Grof

I was born in Luton, I grew up in Luton, and all my family and friends are still there. Luton is home for me.

Quotes by Stacey Dooley

I was born in Mumbai and raised in Mangalore at my grandmother's home which had a farm with animals.

Quotes by Srinidhi Shetty

I was born in Begusarai in Bihar. Then I spent 10 years in Kolkata and later hopped from Kathmandu to Delhi and, finally, Mumbai.

Quotes by Sriti Jha

Is the modern social pattern of unending change and movement the cause of two modern diseases, insecurity and dissatisfaction? How lucky Thomas Hood was to be able to write, 'I remember, I remember the house where I was born.' I...

Quotes by Spike Milligan

At a programme in Kannur, I was asked who I wanted to be in my next birth. I said I don't believe in rebirth but if we should imagine it, I wished to be born in a world without religion...

Quotes by Sreenivasan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about feeling born to do something specific, like music?
Yes, one quote puts it simply: "I feel like I was born to make music." For more on this sense of purpose and identity, see our Identity quotes.
Is there a quote about being born in one place but not sounding like it?
Yes, one quote notes: "I was born in New Jersey, but it doesn't sound like I'm from a certain region." For more on origins and starting points, check our Beginning quotes.
Is there a quote that gives an exact birth date and place?
Yes, one quote is quite specific: "I was born on June 3rd, 1929, in Graenichen in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, where I went to the public schools until the age of 16." For more reflections on the shape of a life, see our Life quotes.
Is there a quote comparing people born in different generations?
Yes, one quote observes: "We are working to understand the tastes of people born in the 1980s and 1990s - it is very different from my generation." It's a reminder of how much perspective can shift between generations.
Where can I find more quotes about identity and emotion tied to where we come from?
Our Emotion quotes are a good next stop for more on the feelings tied up in where and how we begin.

Quotes about how people start out and grow continue on our Beginning page, while Life quotes take the theme further into adulthood.