All Quotes

I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures.
‐‐ Geronimo

I was born on the west side of Chicago, and there was quite a bit of poverty. My family and I didn't have exactly the best or the most optimal financial situation in my youth, but we turned out well. My mom always made sure that we got a proper education and that we dedicated ourselves to our work.
‐‐ Sufe Bradshaw

I was born on TV, meaning that's where I caught my break. So that's where I always have to be smart and revisit that medium as much as I can.
‐‐ Taylor Hicks

I was born on Wellington Avenue and my family that remains lives in the Lake Shore Drive area.
‐‐ Bob Balaban

I was born out of a Vegas marriage: My parents got married three days after they met.
‐‐ Elle King

I was born out of classical music.
‐‐ Mika

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.
‐‐ Igor Stravinsky

I was born Pauline Matthews and grew up in Bradford as one of three children - I had an older brother, David, and an older sister, Betty. My father Fred worked in the mills as a textile weaving supervisor, and my mother, Mary, was a housewife.
‐‐ Kiki Dee

I was born poor and without religion, under a happy sky, feeling harmony, not hostility, in nature. I began not by feeling torn, but in plenitude.
‐‐ Albert Camus

I was born singing. My father tells this story about when I was 3 weeks old, how I would rock in the crib and sing in the crib all night long. My crib would roll across the floor in the middle of the night. Finally, my father nailed its legs to the floor.
‐‐ Vonda Shepard

I was born tall. I was awkward and gangly. Before that, I was a really chubby elementary school kid. I've always been sort of a physical abnormality.
‐‐ Timothy Simons

I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
‐‐ Gallant

I was born the same week NASA was founded, so we're the same age and feel some of the same pains, joys, and frustrations.
‐‐ Neil deGrasse Tyson

I was born the year the Troubles began, in 1968. That world of violence was all I knew - people murdered, maimed, kneecapped, bombed. I don't remember a time without a major atrocity of some kind every week.
‐‐ Adrian McKinty

I was born three weeks early, and I kept being ill. From the age of zero to four, I was always in hospital having tests done, but they couldn't find out what was wrong. They discovered that one of my kidneys wasn't working properly, and it had scarred. I had to have 32 injections in my arm in the morning and evening to try and make me better.
‐‐ Liam Payne

I was born to a Likud which had light; there were no shadows.
‐‐ Reuven Rivlin

I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic.
‐‐ Dayo Okeniyi

I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.
‐‐ Anthony Foxx

I was born to argue... I don't know why. I mean, from arguing with my teachers and, on occasions, my parents. I think I've mastered the art of argument at a fairly young age.
‐‐ Sean Hannity

I was born to be a teacher, and I'll die a teacher.
‐‐ Jacques Parizeau

I was born to be alone, and I always shall be; but now I want to be.
‐‐ Mary MacLane

I was born to be champion of the world.
‐‐ Roberto Duran

I was born to be funny.
‐‐ Buddy Hackett

I was born to be married. I just feel comfortable there. I love the idea of being partnered for ever. I love my girlfriend, we've been best friends since I was 18. There's not a thing we haven't been through except for marriage... We've had talks about what we would name our kids since we were in our 20s.
‐‐ Beth Ditto

I was born to be on the stage.
‐‐ Rutina Wesley

I was born to do sitcoms, where you get an immediate response from the audience.
‐‐ Kirstie Alley

I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.
‐‐ Barry Bonds

I was born to play baseball.
‐‐ Roberto Clemente

I was born to play Hercules. I have loved and honored the mythology over the years - since I was a kid. When I first broke into Hollywood, 'Hercules' was one of the movies that I - not chased, because I didn't have the power to chase anything - but always had in the back of my mind.
‐‐ Dwayne Johnson

I was born to score goals, I feel.
‐‐ Michael Owen

I was born to score goals, I feel. How I score them - how I get the ball into the back of the net - might have changed. The actual ability of what I was born to do will never leave me.
‐‐ Michael Owen

I was born to travel and write verse.
‐‐ Theophile Gautier

I was born too late and missed the dream of empire. Its shadow, the Commonwealth, coincides with my life but rarely connected with it.
‐‐ Richard Flanagan

I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut.
‐‐ Mark Haddon

I was born too late to experience Apollo 11, though I do trek to Dad's house every time there's some space event. There's something awesome about crossing your fingers and watching a tense Mission Control room do their thing.
‐‐ Andy Weir

I was born too late to have any temptation with communism, or at least Soviet-type communism. Travelling in Eastern Europe and the ex-Soviet Union, you clearly don't want to defend a system that would have empty shops and a totalitarian regime and internal passports.
‐‐ Thomas Piketty

I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.
‐‐ Sidney Poitier

I was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That's still what I am doing. The end.
‐‐ Steven Wright

I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.
‐‐ Humphrey Bogart

I was born with a fierce need for independence.
‐‐ Michelle Williams

I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.
‐‐ George Best

I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.
‐‐ Dolly Parton

I was born with a love of animals, the same way I was born with brown hair. When I was a little girl in Rome, I always had pets, which I adored.
‐‐ Isabella Rossellini

I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent.
‐‐ Bernie Worrell

I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting.
‐‐ Julie Christie

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.
‐‐ Pete Townshend

I was born with a romantic nature, and I'll carry it to my grave.
‐‐ Telly Savalas

I was born with a serious spiritual consciousness and for many years studied different paths.
‐‐ Steven Seagal

I was born with a silver microphone in my mouth, and that was an advantage. My father wrote books and was also a great broadcaster.
‐‐ Jonathan Dimbleby