Man is born barbarous--he is ransomed from the condition of beasts only by being cultivated. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Lincoln was not great because he was born in a log cabin, but because he got out of it — James Truslow Adams Copy Share Image
I was not born when my father retired in 1979, but I watched footage of his games on VHS. — Angad Bedi Copy Share Image
To all the seeds that follow me protect your essence, Born with less, but you still precious. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I was never born to write. I was taught to write. And I am still being taught to write. — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
My mom and dad are from Mexicali, and I feel more Mexican than others who were born in Mexico because I fought… — Andy Ruiz Jr Copy Share Image
I wasn't born with vitiligo. It developed when I was 4 years old. My skin changed dramatically over the next few years. — Winnie Harlow Copy Share Image
Africa has been troubled for a long time - well, the world has been troubled ever since I was born. — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
One was born a certain sort of person, and though by ceasless struggle one might become as nice as that sort of… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
I was born in Illinois, but I call Beaver Dam my home town. That's where I graduated from high school and started… — Fred MacMurray Copy Share Image
I know what it's like to access the privilege of a ZIP Code but also be born in one that could have… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
The insight is born with anxiety, guilt and the joy and gratification that is inseparable from the actualizing of a new idea… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Six years after al-Awlaki was born, his family moved back to Yemen, but he returned to the States for college and remained… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
We built a basic website, and Air Bed and Breakfast was born. Three lucky guests got to stay on a $20 airbed… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
I knew there was a certain level that I could get to within the sporting world. But as I continued with my… — Shaun White Copy Share Image
We were born in a dark age out of due time (for us). But there is this comfort: otherwise we should not… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I think if I'd been born ten years earlier when Ma was at the height of 'Avengers' fame, it would have been… — Rachael Stirling Copy Share Image
A more secret, sweet, and overpowering beauty appears to man when his heart and mind open to the sentiment of virtue. Then… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
You can never completely get it - being a Christian - but I think I really got it when my first son… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
Human behavior is subject to the same laws as any other natural phenomenon. Our customs, behaviors, and values are byproducts of our… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Why should you think that I should woo in scorn? Scorn and derision never come in tears: Look, when I vow, I… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image