Born

Famous quotes containing the word born:

“I’m right here to tell you, mister. There ain’t nobody gonna push me off my land. My grandpa took up this land seventy years ago. My pa was born here. We was all born on it. And some of us was killed on it. And some of us died on it. That’s what makes it ourn. Bein’ born on it. And workin’ on it. And dyin’ on it. And not no piece of paper with writin’ on it.”
—Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)

“It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

“The time is out of joint—O cursed spite,
That ever I was born to set it right!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)