Birth Quotes

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The death of what's dead is the birth of what's living. — Arlo Guthrie
Death is feared as birth is forgotten. — Douglas Horton
Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Have you noticed that all the people in favor of birth control are already born? — Benny Hill
To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no… — Erich Fromm
My birth neither shook the German Empire nor caused much of an upheaval in the home. It pleased mother, caused father a certain amount of… — Conrad Veidt
When I stopped seeing my mother with the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself. — Nancy Friday
Patriotism threatens free speech with death. It is infuriated by thoughtful hesitation, constructive criticism of our leaders and pleas for peace. It despises people of… — Barbara Kingsolver
What good is it to me that Mary gave birth to the son of God fourteen hundred years ago, and I do not also give… — Meister Eckhart
I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?" — Eve Merriam
So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake… — Aristotle
Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing… — Stephen Vizinczey
If you have a faith, it is statistically overwhelmingly likely that it is the same faith as your parents and grandparents had. No doubt soaring… — Richard Dawkins
I think it was David Hume who put it slightly vulgarly, this was again about the virgin birth I think. Which is more likely... that… — Christopher Hitchens
If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them. — Baron d'Holbach
If the bible myth of Jonah in the whale and the Mother Goose myth of Jack and the Beanstalk were switched at birth so that… — Bill Maher
Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict.… — John Hume
We are still too close to the birth of the universe to be certain about its death. — John Desmond Bernal
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves. — Eda LeShan
No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young… — Kofi Annan

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