Firstborn Quotes

Perhaps. But the firstborn of hope is tragedy.

— Anne Fortier

“I’ll name my firstborn child Squiblob, after his mother.”

— Jarod Kintz

“THE MOTTO, “IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY AGAIN,’” INSULTS A FIRSTBORN”

— Lynn Byk

My parents wished peace upon their firstborn child.

— Shalom Harlow

“And I will make him the firstborn,         the highest of the kings of the earth.”

— Crossway

Not even if you fed me your firstborn, still wet and screaming

— Rachel Vincent

Apparently it's okay to massacre all firstborn children as long as it doesn't include ours.

— Anonymous

“I was ready to sign over Frankie and my firstborn to get out of this particular hole.”

— Melissa Jensen

He was the firstborn Bridgerton of a firstborn Bridgerton of a firstborn Bridgerton eight times over. He had a dynastic responsibility to…

— Julia Quinn

“But, slow learner, I'm beginning to trust that the gods are not going to snatch my firstborn if I happen to enjoy…

— Frances Mayes

“It is like a firstborn son: you spend your life working for him, sacrificing everything for him, and at the moment of…

— Gabriel García Márquez

The master never seemed to have his fill of gazing at his firstborn child. "What do you want him to be when…

— Anthony de Mello

That's the way it is with firstborns. Mom and Dad may think they're in charge, but the firstborn knows better, and so…

— Kevin Leman

They shall sleep now in the darkness under stone, and shall not come forth until the Firstborn have awakened upon Earth.

— JRR Tolkien

“ He pre-designed and engineered us from the start to be jointly fashioned in the same mold and image of his son according…

— François Du Toit

“I’m going to name my firstborn son 0123456789, because I want him to learn to count before he learns the alphabet. And…

— Jarod Kintz

I'm second, and so my brother is first. Being second, sometimes you get left out and all of that. The anecdotal stories…

— Justin Hartley

“yeah, my dad was human. He was a good man, and I’m proud to be his daughter. My mother, on the other…

— Seanan McGuire

“Being the firstborn gives you great patience. But you reach a point where after trying and trying you say, Patience be damned.…

— Abraham Verghese

“My firstborn and my baby both tried to shed me like a husk from the start, and the twins came with a…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“…brotherhood of the firstborn, which can be both a blessing and a curse: the overwhelming attention to the detail of their lives…

— Whitney Otto

The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion who have handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you…

— Bob Marshall

Speaking of birthdays, our firstborn [recently turned 2]. As parents sometimes fondly do, we reminisced a bit about his early days on…

— Malcolm Forbes

“Older and stronger firstborns dominate their younger brothers and sisters and thus tend to like the world the way it is. The…

— David Lockwood

“Verse 12 [of Ex. 12) tells us that the judgment of Yahweh is not only on the Egyptians but also on their…

— Ben Witherington III