Birth Quote by Sophocles

Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly…

— Sophocles

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

— Sophocles

I don't need to be born again. I got it right the first time.

— Dennis Miller

I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.

— Petrarch

Not to be born at all would be the best thing for man.

— Theognis of Megara

I see now that the circumstances of ones birth are irrelevent. it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who…

— Suzanne Collins

To never have been born may be the greatest boon of all.

— Sophocles

I see now that the Circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who…

— Anonymous

We are all born; some remain so.

— Samuel Beckett

Birth may be a matter of a moment, but it is a unique one.

— Frederick Leboyer

“It is best not to be born or to die as soon as possible.”

— Pliny the Elder

It is best never to have been born. But who among us has such luck? One in a million, perhaps.

— Alfred Polgar