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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.

Coming from where I came from, I was born naked with no teeth. Now I have everything.

Quotes by Rafael dos Anjos

My maternal grandfather was born in Yorkshire in England but was contracted to work for a company who had a base in Colombia. So they moved across to Santa Martre, and they liked it very much. It was a sunny...

Quotes by Radamel Falcao

Even if you are born with a silver spoon, you have to work hard. I mean, you could be offered films on a platter, but if you don't get up in the morning and learn your lines, it is not...

Quotes by Radhika Apte

I was actually born in L.A. My sisters and I were playing in a parking lot, and my dad was like, 'Nah, nah, nah. Let's go give 'em some grass.'

Quotes by Rachel Keller

I was not born in a teepee - that I know of. I actually don't know where I was born.

Quotes by Rachel Dolezal

People didn't seem able to consider that maybe both were true. OK, I was born to white parents, but maybe I had an authentic black identity.

Quotes by Rachel Dolezal

I'd like to open an animal orphanage in Kenya. I do a lot of work for Born Free.

Quotes by Rachel Hunter

I think if I'd been born ten years earlier when Ma was at the height of 'Avengers' fame, it would have been a different kettle of fish altogether, but she was very much a ma first and an actress second...

Quotes by Rachael Stirling

We are all born and someday we'll all die. Most likely to some degree alone. Our aloneness in this world is, maybe not anymore, a thing to mourn.

Quotes by Rachel Corrie

I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I...

Quotes by Rachel Cusk

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

Rabindranath Tagore

Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.

Quotes by R. Buckminster Fuller

My mom had done some TV and commercials before I was born, and so when I was born, she knew I had a really big interest in acting because I was always acting in plays with my dolls, and they...

Quotes by Quinn Shephard

For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.

Quotes by Quintilian

I was not born a size 2. I'm not skinny, period. I'm not willing to sleep with the director or step on somebody else's neck to get the job.

Quotes by Queen Latifah

I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.

Quotes by Queen Rania of Jordan

I used to be cold and emotionless. I believe the disease I was born with made me that way.

Quotes by Prodigy

I was born to be an actor and I haven't exhausted myself in this particular field.

Quotes by Prosenjit Chatterjee

I was not born for politics.

Quotes by Prosenjit Chatterjee

We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.

Quotes by Publilius Syrus

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.