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title: "37 Given Birth Quotes by 33 authors"
description: "Browse 37 Given Birth quotes by 33 authors. Discover the best Given Birth sayings and thoughts."
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> [Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/never-lend-your-car-to-anyone-to-whom-you-have-given-birth/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

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> [Never loan your car to anyone to whom you've given birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/never-loan-your-car-to-anyone-to-whom-you-ve-given-birth/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

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> [I wish the world was run by women. Women who have given birth and know the value of their creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simin-daneshvar/i-wish-the-world-was-run-by-women-women-who-have-given-birth-and-know/)

[Simin Daneshvar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simin-daneshvar/)

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> [“Nothing could be given birth to without solitude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/nothing-could-be-given-birth-to-without-solitude/)

[Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/)

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> [A child that is given birth without crying even when beaten is a child that is not given birth to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-freeman/a-child-that-is-given-birth-without-crying-even-when-beaten-is-a/)

[Franklin Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-freeman/)

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> [A man who's never seen war is like a woman who's never given birth - soft in the head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-platonov/a-man-who-s-never-seen-war-is-like-a-woman-who-s-never-given-birth/)

[Andrei Platonov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-platonov/)

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> [I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I love being a woman with men. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-lange/i-love-being-a-mother-i-loved-being-a-daughter-a-sister-a-wife-i-love/)

[Jessica Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-lange/)

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> [“Two things we have no control:The family in which you were born it to and the name you were given at birth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/two-things-we-have-no-control-the-family-in-which-you-were-born-it-to/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [You might not have thought it possible to give birth to others before one has given birth to oneself, but I assure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-ballantyne/you-might-not-have-thought-it-possible-to-give-birth-to-others-before/)

[Sheila Ballantyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-ballantyne/)

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> [“After sixteen hours straight, she felt as if she had run two triathlons and given birth all in the same day. Mind,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-cross/after-sixteen-hours-straight-she-felt-as-if-she-had-run-two/)

[Ethan Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-cross/)

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> [I've never actually given birth to a child, but I suspect that going to a Justin Bieber concert with a child is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/i-ve-never-actually-given-birth-to-a-child-but-i-suspect-that-going/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

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> [A woman has a responsibility and a privilege that a man doesnt have of given birth to another human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/a-woman-has-a-responsibility-and-a-privilege-that-a-man-doesnt-have/)

[Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/)

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> [A woman has a responsibility and a privilege that a man doesn't have of given birth to another human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/a-woman-has-a-responsibility-and-a-privilege-that-a-man-doesn-t-have/)

[Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/)

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> [Last time I was in Canada Celine Dion had just given birth to identical twins. Which is quite an achievement given her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-ross/last-time-i-was-in-canada-celine-dion-had-just-given-birth-to/)

[Jeff Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-ross/)

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> [My first child, I think I was completely shell shocked. I was ecstatic but in shock that I was now responsible completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kylie-bax/my-first-child-i-think-i-was-completely-shell-shocked-i-was-ecstatic/)

[Kylie Bax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kylie-bax/)

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> [I have always felt that too much time was given before the birth, which is spent learning things like how to breathe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/i-have-always-felt-that-too-much-time-was-given-before-the-birth/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

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> [“It’s not an easy time for any parent, this moment when the realization dawns that you’ve given birth to something that will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-russo/it-s-not-an-easy-time-for-any-parent-this-moment-when-the-realization/)

[Richard Russo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-russo/)

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> [It was mild monsters like these that made Jack the Ripper go after young women, she decided: who could tolerate yielding the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/it-was-mild-monsters-like-these-that-made-jack-the-ripper-go-after/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“i do not expect my child’s respect. just because i have given birth to their life. does not mean they owe me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/i-do-not-expect-my-child-s-respect-just-because-i-have-given-birth-to/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

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> [She had given birth to me and nursed me and brought me up. She had known me before I knew myself and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/she-had-given-birth-to-me-and-nursed-me-and-brought-me-up-she-had/)

[Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/)

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> [When you've got a mother who's given birth to eight children, you know, often without any kind of medical intervention - just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-moran/when-you-ve-got-a-mother-who-s-given-birth-to-eight-children-you-know/)

[Caitlin Moran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlin-moran/)

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> [“Once upon a time there was a great queen who, having given birth to twin daughters, invited twelve fairies who lived nearby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-catharine-d-aulnoy/once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-great-queen-who-having-given-birth-to/)

[Marie-Catharine d'Aulnoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-catharine-d-aulnoy/)

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> [“Everyone has been overjoyed with the birth of their first son, bringing celebratory sweets, new clothes for the baby, fennel tea to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shilpi-somaya-gowda/everyone-has-been-overjoyed-with-the-birth-of-their-first-son/)

[Shilpi Somaya Gowda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shilpi-somaya-gowda/)

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> [I took my coffee into the dining room and settled down with the morning paper. A woman in New York had had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/i-took-my-coffee-into-the-dining-room-and-settled-down-with-the/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

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> [“You creating ones, you higher men! Whoever has to give birth is sick; whoever has given birth, however, is unclean. Ask women:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/you-creating-ones-you-higher-men-whoever-has-to-give-birth-is-sick/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [I felt so proud to be having a baby and so excited. And I felt closer to other women - to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-holmes/i-felt-so-proud-to-be-having-a-baby-and-so-excited-and-i-felt-closer/)

[Katie Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-holmes/)

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> [Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural, nor unjust, nor impolite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/some-decent-regulated-pre-eminence-some-preference-not-exclusive/)

[Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-burke/)

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> [She has given birth to vagabonds. She is the keeper of all these names and numbers now, numbers she once knew by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jhumpa-lahiri/she-has-given-birth-to-vagabonds-she-is-the-keeper-of-all-these-names/)

[Jhumpa Lahiri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jhumpa-lahiri/)

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> [Every child of Heavenly Father born in the world is given at birth, as a free gift, the Light of Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-b-eyring/every-child-of-heavenly-father-born-in-the-world-is-given-at-birth-as/)

[Henry B. Eyring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-b-eyring/)

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> [“Somehow I believed it was my obligation to try to do the right thing by her because she had given birth to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-g-kaye/somehow-i-believed-it-was-my-obligation-to-try-to-do-the-right-thing/)

[D.G. Kaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-g-kaye/)

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> [What saved me then? Nothing but pregnancy. And each time after I had given birth to my work my life hung suspended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/what-saved-me-then-nothing-but-pregnancy-and-each-time-after-i-had/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [I'm a mom. I'm from Ethiopia. I gave birth in the U.S. and had all the proper care available to me. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liya-kebede/i-m-a-mom-i-m-from-ethiopia-i-gave-birth-in-the-u-s-and-had-all-the/)

[Liya Kebede](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liya-kebede/)

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> [Love two people in this world the most :1) the one who has given birth to you. 2) the one who has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/love-two-people-in-this-world-the-most-1-the-one-who-has-given-birth/)

[Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/)

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> [“between my dying eggs and his lack of juice, I’m pretty sure I would have given birth to an arm with some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindy-caponera/between-my-dying-eggs-and-his-lack-of-juice-i-m-pretty-sure-i-would/)

[Cindy Caponera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cindy-caponera/)

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> [“Melayne looked across at Ysane, who was propped up in bed, nursing her new son. Bantry, beaming as proudly as if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-peel/melayne-looked-across-at-ysane-who-was-propped-up-in-bed-nursing-her/)

[John Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-peel/)

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> [I made The War Zone when I had just given birth to twins, and my post-partum frame was very much on display…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tilda-swinton/i-made-the-war-zone-when-i-had-just-given-birth-to-twins-and-my-post/)

[Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tilda-swinton/)

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> [After I'd given birth to Stella, some woman at the market grabbed my belly and asked when I was due. When she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-spelling/after-i-d-given-birth-to-stella-some-woman-at-the-market-grabbed-my/)

[Tori Spelling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tori-spelling/)

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