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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.

Xavier Kingston was my second born son and he passed away prematurely. He lived for 13 days then he passed.

Quotes by Xzibit

I was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong the year I was five.

Quotes by Wong Kar-wai

'Natural Born Killers' is really a misunderstood romantic comedy.

Quotes by Woody Harrelson

I was born on August 10, 1913, in Lorenzkirch, a small village in Saxony, as the fourth child of Theodor and Elisabeth Paul, nee Ruppel. All in all, we were six children. Both parents were descendants from Lutheran ministers in...

Quotes by Wolfgang Paul

Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus. There have to be four walls and the certainty that the telephone will not ring. That's what writing is all about.

Quotes by Wislawa Szymborska

My parents separated before I was born, but they remained friends, so I was close to both sides of my family, with siblings and cousins and godparents. I've had the same best friend since grade six.

Quotes by Winnie Harlow

To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.

Quotes by Wilson Mizner

Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.

Quotes by Willie Mays

Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.

Quotes by Willie Stargell

I was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 1, 1917, but I actually grew up in nearby New Bedford.

Quotes by William Standish Knowles

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever.

Quotes by William Styron

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

William Shakespeare

When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.

William Shakespeare

Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a relation to his fellow-men; and his religion... was simply one side of the general scheme of conduct prescribed for him...

Quotes by William Robertson Smith

We are all born artists... Almost everything kids do is art.

Quotes by William McDonough

Fear, born of that stern matron, Responsibility.

Quotes by William McFee

Here's what's interesting about Katharine Hepburn: she was born a girl but identified as a boy, so she shaved her head and rechristened herself Jimmy.

Quotes by William J. Mann

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.

Quotes by William Inge

There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die.

Quotes by William Harvey

Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100.

Quotes by William Greider

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.