Starting Birth Year

Famous quotes containing the words starting, birth and/or year:

    “Down went the owners—greedy men whom hope of gain allured:
    Oh, dry the starting tear, for they were heavily insured.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Heaven does not permit the birth of useless people.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one Fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)