--- title: "9 Asked Born Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Asked Born quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Asked Born sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/kurt-vonnegut-41_birth_i-never-asked-to-be-born-in-the-first-pl_1667581.jpg" --- > [I never asked to be born in the first place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-never-asked-to-be-born-in-the-first-place/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/kurt-vonnegut-41_birth_i-never-asked-to-be-born-in-the-first-pl_1667581.jpg) > [“Why do we fight?" he asked. "Because we were born.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-cornwell/why-do-we-fight-he-asked-because-we-were-born/) [Bernard Cornwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-cornwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50f/bernard-cornwell-1849_birth_why-do-we-fight-he-asked-because-we-were_1437104.jpg) > [Nobody asked to be born. Life is hard. Kinda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lil-b/nobody-asked-to-be-born-life-is-hard-kinda/) [Lil B](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lil-b/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96f/lil-b-1222_born_nobody-asked-to-be-born-life-is-hard-kin_2356150.png) > [Someone asked me where I was born, I said the local hospital!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bubbly/someone-asked-me-where-i-was-born-i-said-the-local-hospital/) [Bubbly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bubbly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/bubbly-2736_birth_someone-asked-me-where-i-was-born-i-said_842995.jpg) > [I will do anything for Guillermo del Toro, if he asked me. I would give him my first-born child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kazinsky/i-will-do-anything-for-guillermo-del-toro-if-he-asked-me-i-would-give/) [Robert Kazinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kazinsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/robert-kazinsky-16345_asked_i-will-do-anything-for-guillermo-del-tor_2270697.jpg) > [“Why should the other ones in this play get a second chance at life, but not him? Why's he have to suffer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/why-should-the-other-ones-in-this-play-get-a-second-chance-at-life/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/margaret-atwood-40_life_why-should-the-other-ones-in-this-play-g_1368336.jpg) > [Nobody asked you about being born, nobody is going to ask you when the time comes for you to be taken away.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nobody-asked-you-about-being-born-nobody-is-going-to-ask-you-when-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/anonymous-1_birth_nobody-asked-you-about-being-born-nobody_3025168.jpg) > [But I sent letters to people in the music business. And one day I got a phone call from somebody and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/but-i-sent-letters-to-people-in-the-music-business-and-one-day-i-got/) [David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/491/david-sheff-7087_born_but-i-sent-letters-to-people-in-the-musi_1908987.jpg) > [“Nobody in this building asked to be born. You didn’t ask to be you, bro. I didn’t ask to be me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mccartney/nobody-in-this-building-asked-to-be-born-you-didn-t-ask-to-be-you-bro/) [Brandon McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mccartney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/brandon-mccartney-46047_life-is-hard_nobody-in-this-building-asked-to-be-born_354878.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-born/#itemlist", "name": "Asked Born Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never asked to be born in the first place.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kurt Vonnegut" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-never-asked-to-be-born-in-the-first-place/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/kurt-vonnegut-41_birth_i-never-asked-to-be-born-in-the-first-pl_1667581.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/kurt-vonnegut-41_birth_i-never-asked-to-be-born-in-the-first-pl_1667581.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/kurt-vonnegut-41_birth_i-never-asked-to-be-born-in-the-first-pl_1667581.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I never asked to be born in the first place.” — Kurt Vonnegut", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Why do we fight?\" he asked. \"Because we were born.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bernard Cornwell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-cornwell/why-do-we-fight-he-asked-because-we-were-born/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50f/bernard-cornwell-1849_birth_why-do-we-fight-he-asked-because-we-were_1437104.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50f/bernard-cornwell-1849_birth_why-do-we-fight-he-asked-because-we-were_1437104.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50f/bernard-cornwell-1849_birth_why-do-we-fight-he-asked-because-we-were_1437104.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why do we fight?\" he asked. \"Because we were born.” — Bernard Cornwell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nobody asked to be born. 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