Birth Quotes

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In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that… — Desmond Tutu
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved. — Mark Twain
I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation! — Sam Taylor-Wood
When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace. — Morihei Ueshiba
At birth, we are like cartilage - soft, flexible tissue. By the same natural process by which cartilage becomes hard bone, the soft, tender heart… — Iyanla Vanzant
As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You… — Julie Walters
I'm a neurotic New York Jew by birth. Creating characters is second nature to me. — Len Wein
I'm a science fiction geek from birth - that's just who I am. — Joss Whedon
If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred. — Walt Whitman
We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of our death, yet choice is the sovereign faculty of… — Thornton Wilder
I am hoping for peaceful transition into a new age. Obama has already played a great role in initiating us into that vision. If he… — Saul Williams
Following 25 children for the TV series 'Child of Our Time' has been extraordinary. The BBC's original plan was to commemorate the new millennium. What… — Robert Winston
One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among… — Virginia Woolf
Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the… — Virginia Woolf
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not in utter nakedness, but trailing clouds of glory do we… — William Wordsworth
Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire. — Edward Young
The technology is really where all of the changes have taken place, but the fundamentals of a good story being the basis of every good… — Richard D. Zanuck
Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed,… — Mao Zedong
The winter solstice has always been special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond imagination, a time of… — Gary Zukav
Some people hate funerals. I find them comforting. They hit the pause button on life and remind us that it has an end. Every eulogy… — Regina Brett

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