The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld
I was born where there were no enclosures. — Geronimo
Have a sense of pride in your motherland. Just as your mother has given birth to you, so too the land has given birth to you. — Sathya Sai Baba
I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it. — Raul Labrador
My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life. — Maria Monk
Birth may be a matter of a moment, but it is a unique one. — Frederick Leboyer
Birth on U.S. territory has never been an absolute claim to citizenship. — Phyllis Schlafly
Soon after I was born, my parents moved to the South Florida area, and I've lived here ever since (with a few years of living in both Portugal and Brazil in my younger days). — Joe Tex
My homeland is not a suitcase, and I am no traveller — Mahmoud Darwish
I am not quite sure where home is right now. I do have places in London and Milan, and a house in Spain. I guess I would say home is where my mother is, and she lives in Spain. — Sarah Brightman
Birth, ancestry, and that which you yourself have not achieved can hardly be called your own — Greek Proverbs
Birth is about making mothers... strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength — Barbara Katz Rothman
Every baby's first breath on Earth could be one of peace and love. Every mother should be healthy and strong. Every birth could be safe and loving. But our world is not there yet — Robin Lim
Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change. — Brené Brown
Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India. — Mark Twain
At its starting point in India, the birthplace of races and religions, the womb of the world. — Jules Michelet
Political campaigns are the graveyard of real ideas and the birthplace of empty promises. — Teresa Heinz
Oh, how hard it must be to die anywhere but in ones birthplace. — Frederic Chopin
Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim, Too mighty such monopoly of Fame. — Thomas Seward
The whole world is a man's birthplace. — Caecilius Statius
Today I am born anew and my birthplace is a vineyard where there is fruit for all. — Og Mandino
Birthplace Image Quotes
Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.
My Birthplace Quotes
I talk about Africa and its meaning, being the birthplace of man and all that great history that's been erased and even hidden. I think it's my duty to be proud and to bring about the conversation that allows us to talk about the great history of my people. — Nas
The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser degree schools. — Marguerite Yourcenar
Today I begin a new life. Today I shed my old skin which hath, too long, suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediocrity. Today I am born anew and my birthplace is a vineyard where there is fruit for all. — Og Mandino
Our true birthplace is that in which we cast for the first time an intelligent eye on ourselves. My first homelands were my books. — Marguerite Yourcenar
Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the same worn-out soil. My children have had other birthplaces, and, so far as their fortunes may be within my control, shall strike their roots into unaccustomed earth. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
To be honest, there is a tourists' trail; my family had a farm and a gas station, and you can go and see my birthplace, though where I lived is actually under a freeway now. — Baz Luhrmann
China's culture and history are closely related to my living environment. This country is my birthplace. It is also where I grew up. Its culture and history shape my relations with family, friends, society, and daily life. — Ai Weiwei
I, my own damn self, am not a Tea Party supporter. I disagree with them on social liberties, our overseas wars, Obama's birthplace, Sarah Palin, and the conspicuous absence of tea at their rallies. — Penn Jillette
Patriotic?” Will looked smug. “I’ll tell you what’s patriotic,” he said. “In honor of my birthplace, I’ve the dragon of Wales tattooed on my— — Cassandra Clare
Pittsburgh was even more vital, more creative, more hungry for culture than New York. Pittsburgh was the birthplace of my writing. — Willa Cather
Where I Was Born Quotes
After traveling through fourteen foreign countries and appearing before all the royalty and nobility I have only one wish today. That is that when my eyes are closed in death that they will bury me back in that quiet little farm land where I was born. — Annie Oakley
Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest. — Georgia O'Keeffe
I was born with no money. So when people talk about Bow Wow being rich his whole life, I don't know where they get that. — Bow Wow
Although I was born in Idaho and now live in New York, I definitely identify with the European aesthetic. Paris is my mecca; it's where I discovered my flair for fashion. But I pay rent and work in New York, so that is my home - I love the culture clash of the city. — Dree Hemingway
I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures. — Geronimo
Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country? — Sitting Bull
I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have the confidence that I have if I wasn't born here, because growing up here I knew I could become anybody I wanted to become. There was no ceiling on top of me. — Michael Lee-Chin
But what matter whether I was born or not, have lived or not, am dead or merely dying. I shall go on doing as I have always done, not knowing what it is I do, nor who I am, nor where I am, nor if I am. — Samuel Beckett
I was born in Suzhou, a city not very far from Shanghai. It's a very interesting town - there is a long artist's tradition there, especially during the Ming and Ching dynasties, which produced many, many scholars and painters and so forth. That's where my family lived for 600, 700 years. — I. M. Pei
You said that you wanted to put us upon a reservation, to build us houses and make us medicine lodges. I was born where there were no enclosures and everything drew a free breath. I want to die there and not within walls. — Ten Bears
My Born Place Quotes
My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water. — Robert Bresson
I was born by the sea, and I have noticed that all the great events of my life have taken place by the sea. My first idea of movement, of the dance, certainly came from the rhythm of the waves. — Isadora Duncan
My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her friends. . . told stories. . .with effortless art and technique. They were natural-born storytellers in the oral tradition. — Paule Marshall
I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my very earliest memories were in an orphanage. It was the tag end of the Great Depression when I was born. People were desperately poor. — Bryce Courtenay
I was born and raised in St. Louis, and this little town, eight blocks away, place no one ever heard of, a black man there commands the attention of the world for months? That ain't my world. — Dick Gregory
No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate, they know that this is the place that we were born and raised. — Mitt Romney
My best advice to writers is get yourself born in an interesting place. — Pierre Berton
So this was different. I was amazing now - to them and to myself. It was like I had been born to be a vampire. The idea made me want to laugh, but it also made me want to sing. I had found my true place in the world, the place I fit, the place I shined. — Stephenie Meyer
I know this was the soil on which I was born: but I have nothing to glorify this as my country. I have no pride of ancestry to point back to. Our forefathers did not come here as did the Pilgrim fathers, in search of a place where they could enjoy civil and religious liberties. — Augustus Washington
We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Sahara. — Richard Dawkins
Birth Certificate Quotes
A certificate of live birth is not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination as a birth certificate. — Donald Trump
Nowhere on your birth certificate did it say life would be fair — Trevor Jones
I'll show you Obama's birth certificate when you show me Sarah Palin's high school diploma. — Bill Maher
The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card. — E. L. Doctorow
My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
What do Obama and God have in common? Neither has a birth certificate. How do they differ? God does not think he's Obama. — Rush Limbaugh
I went to regular schools and I was home schooled a lot but I don't have any history in schools. Like, I literally don't exist. I didn't even get a birth certificate until the mid-80s. I always feel like I could be, like, 10 years younger, or maybe I'm 70! — Rose McGowan
And let's all be honest here; more of us believe in the American hero Sheriff Joe Arpaio's thorough investigation into your phony birth certificate and phony history than the phony media's smoke and mirrors. — Ted Nugent
Vickie Lynn Hogan is my birth certificate's name. — Anna Nicole Smith
Merely presenting a driver's license or other document based on a birth certificate is not enough for an accurate verification. Biometric verification of identity must be made and then a data base of those persons who have legal status must be checked. — Bob Dole
Birth Parents Quotes
Every child deserves a home and love. Period. — Dave Thomas
From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash. — Sophie Tucker
Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life. — Aristotle
Money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest. And this term interest, which means the birth of money from money, is applied to the breeding of money because the offspring resembles the parent. Wherefore of all modes of getting wealth this is the most unnatural. — Aristotle
Liberals believe in burning the American flag, urinating on crucifixes, and passing out birth control pills to 11-year-olds without telling their parents -- but God forbid an infidel touch a Quran at Guantanamo. — Ann Coulter
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 trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth — Stephen Vizinczey
Adoption was a bumpy ride - very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight. — Mariska Hargitay
My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died - we're not sure - either at or shortly after his birth, and he and all of his siblings were placed in orphanages in the Boston area. — George J. Mitchell
Because parents are transients in the maternity care system, there is little cumulative birth experience over successive generations of mothers. Women giving birth don't make the same mistakes as their mothers or grandmothers-they make new ones. — Elizabeth Noble
It's not the physical location of birth that defines citizenship, but whether your parents are citizens, and the express or implied consent to jurisdiction of the sovereign. — Phyllis Schlafly
Birthright Quotes
I had a right to my own political opinions. I am a Southern woman, born with Revolutionary blood in my veins. Freedom of speech and of thought were my birthright, guaranteed, signed and sealed by the blood of our fathers. — Rose O'Neal Greenhow
Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person. — Abdul Kalam
Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an Americans. — Tench Coxe
Truth is treason in the empire of lies. — Ron Paul
Creativity is not a rare ability. It is not difficult to access. Creativity is a fundamental aspect of being human. It’s our birthright. And it’s for all of us. — Rick Rubin
We must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing...a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all, though few put it to use. — Plotinus
I am perceiving everyone, including myself, as an awakening being who is here to claim his or her birthright to the higher consciousness planes of unconditional love and oneness. — Ken Keyes Jr.
I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit. — Yehudi Menuhin
Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen. — Lyndon B. Johnson
Bigotrys birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and oppression of other human beings. — Bayard Rustin
Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent. — Theodore Roosevelt
It is a bitter-sweet thing, knowing two cultures. Once you leave your birthplace nothing is ever the same. — Sarah Turnbull
If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter. — Martin Luther
India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only. — Mark Twain
Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart carries the heat and color of its birthplace. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Truth is the only healthy place from which to speak. Assumption is the birthplace of godless chatter. — Lysa TerKeurst
Awareness is the birthplace of possibility. Everything you want to do, everything you want to be, starts here. — Deepak Chopra
For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace. — King Hussein I
Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.... Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive. — Brené Brown
Those who wish to forget painful thoughts do well to absent themselves for a while from, the ties and objects that recall them; but we can be said only to fulfill our destiny in the place that gave us birth. — William Hazlitt
Can any man or woman choose duties? No more than they can choose their birthplace or their father and mother. — George Eliot
We are committed to the Common Civil Code, Article 370 and building of a magnificent temple at the birthplace of Lord Ram. — Venkaiah Naidu
It’s a Belgian beer, sweetie. Please tell me you’ve at least heard of it. (Blaine) Boy, I was born in Brussels and the last time I checked, this was my new homeland, America, not my birthplace. So you can either order an American-made beer or I’ll bring you water and you can sit there and act all superior until you puke, okay? (Aimee) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path. — Brené Brown
They call themselves the Ku Klux Klan and they hate pretty much everyone who isn't like them. If you have the wrong color, religion, or birthplace, they don't like you. Around here it's mostly foreigners they hate. — Clare Vanderpool
The settlement of America had its origins in the unsettlement of Europe. America came into existence when the European was already so distant from the ancient ideas and ways of his birthplace that the whole span of the Atlantic did not widen the gulf. — Lewis Mumford
England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha! — Xavi
Hawaii is the birthplace of surfing, and many Hawaiians or part-Hawaiians surf, but in the rest of the United States it's a pretty white sport. — William Finnegan
The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get much better than Lyon. — Leonard Slatkin
I wonder what it's like to be from a state that is spread across a few islands way out in the Pacific Ocean, only added to the United States in 1959. Not only that but to be the birthplace of America's first black president? Pretty cool, I bet. — Henry Rollins
Americanism is a question of spirit, of conviction and purpose, not creed or birthplaces. The test of our worth is the service we render. — Theodore Roosevelt
I realized that I might be a lonely Indian boy, but I was not alone in the loneliness. There were millions of other Americans who had left their birthplaces in search of a dream. (217) — Sherman Alexie
Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India. — Anurag Kashyap
Well, Toronto, I consider to be the birthplace of my films. I've made three films and this is the third one to premiere here in the same theater on the same day at the same time - they are my audience. They're the people that I think about while I'm writing, directing, and editing. I specifically make movies for them. — Jason Reitman
Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive. — Brene Brown
It's very strange, for example, in North Korea where the volcano at the Chinese border is some sort of the mythical birthplace of the Korean people. — Werner Herzog
Vulnerability is the core of shame and fear and our struggle for worthiness, but it appears that it's also the birthplace of joy, of creativity, of belonging, of love. — Brené Brown
Christ's grave was the birthplace of an indestructible belief that death is vanquished and there is life eternal. — Adolph Harnack
The birthplace of success for each person is in his Inner-Consciousness. The Inner-Consciousness will use whatever it is given. If constructive thoughts are planted positive outcomes will be the result. Plant the seeds of failure and failure will follow. — Sidney Madwed
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