Born

Famous quotes containing the word born:

    “Each man has an aptitude born with him. Do your work.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “When the bond of love broke,
    the respect born of affection withered,
    good feelings fled,
    and that man walked before me
    like any other,
    Good Friend,
    I imagine all this,
    think on days gone by
    and wonder why
    my heart hasn’t cracked
    into a hundred bits.”
    —Amaru (c. seventh century A.D.)

    “The impulse to perfection cannot exist where the definition of perfection is the arbitrary decision of authority. That which is born in loneliness and from the heart cannot be defended against the judgment of a committee of sycophants. The volatile essences which make literature cannot survive the clichés of a long series of story conferences.”
    —Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)