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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.

See, I'm a believer that people are born with a sense of cooking. It's something within them that really gives them the ability to create and to understand flavors.

Quotes by Roy Yamaguchi

It's always a pleasure to watch a Gracie winning. We were born fighting.

Quotes by Royce Gracie

My parents were born in 1912; they graduated from college into the Depression. They kept notebooks of every nickel they spent, and these habits of frugality from having grown up so poor never left them.

Quotes by Roz Chast

There's so many Chinese or Asian Americans that were either born in another country like I was and raised in America or born in America and raised in America. They're normal Americans, and they just happen to have a different...

Quotes by Ross Butler

Riots born out of political issues aren't the same as those born out of personal greed.

Quotes by Ross Kemp

We are not born with effective vision. The human infant has to learn how to see. The eyes gather information, they transmit it to the brain, but the brain doesn't know how to process it yet. We learn how to...

Quotes by Rosemary Mahoney

You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you.

Quotes by Rosie Perez

I was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913. I was allowed to read. My mother, who was a teacher, taught me when I was a very young child. The first school I attended was a small building that went...

Quotes by Rosa Parks

I don't think anyone is 'born' an entrepreneur. It is not a genetic thing. But you do need self-confidence, guts and a relentless attitude to life-it's a24/7 treadmill, not a jump-on, jump-off routine.

Quotes by Ronnie Screwvala

I was born in Nagpur and brought up in Ahmedabad, where my father had a small factory.

Quotes by Ronit Roy

I like to believe that everyone is born with the same skill set, and that it is the influences that one comes upon.

Quotes by Ron Perlman

I have the feeling that I was born in Vienna in order to live in Paris.

Quotes by Romy Schneider

When I was born, the man in the sky pointed to me and said, 'That's the guy.'

Quotes by Romario

If there is no fundamental science then there is no basis for applied science. We have to strike a balance. 23 years ago the World Wide Web was born here. It has changed the world dramatically.

Quotes by Rolf-Dieter Heuer

I was born in London, so going there is always a treat.

Quotes by Roger Moore

Wait until the baby is born before you start criticising it, I say!

Quotes by Roger Moore

I was not born with tremendous ambition.

Quotes by Roger Moore

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.

Quotes by Roger Ebert

Poets, I think, are born. You can't teach it. It's genetic - the circumstances of how you were raised... and there's probably some Irish in your blood lines.

Quotes by Rodney Crowell

I was born in Saskatoon.

Quotes by Roddy Piper

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.