“If a man really has charge of his destiny at all, he should have something to say about getting born; and I only came through by a hair's-breadth. What had I to do with this momentous first step? In the language of the lawyer, I was not even a party of the second part.” IfsMenShouldFirstsLanguageBornPartyStepsDestinyHairShould HaveLawyerFirst StepsBreadth Book:The Story of My Life Source: The Story of My Life
“I'm waxed clean - hairless as the day as I was born. But don't say 'Tia has no pubic hair.' That's so clinical. Use a nice euphemism. Say 'She's mowed her secret garden' or 'She's cleared the way to the Promised Land.' Because that's what it is, right?” WayUseBodyBornSecretNiceLandHairGardenCleanClinicalsEuphemismPromised LandSecret GardenPubic HairTias Author:Tia Carrere
“Critics say it's illegal for Donald Trump to run for president while hosting a TV show. It's also illegal to run for president if your hair wasn't born in this country.” IfsCountryShowsRunningPresidentBornTvsHairTrumpCriticsIllegalTv Shows Author:Conan O'Brien
“To sing is to praise God and the daffodils, and to praise God is to thank Him, in every note within my small range, and every color in the tones of my voice, with every look into the eyes of my audience, to thank Him. Thank you, God, for letting me be born, for giving me eyes to see the daffodils lean in the wind, all my brothers, all my sisters, for giving me ears to hear crying, legs to come running, hands to smooth damp hair, a voice to laugh with and to sing with...to sing to you and the daffodils.” GivingLooksHandsEyeRunningVoiceBornAudienceLaughingCryColorBrotherWindHairEarsPraiseNotesLegsRangeToneMy BrotherMy SisterSmoothDampPraise GodThank You GodDaffodil Book:DAYBREAK Source: DAYBREAK
“I'm 47, I have gray hair, and yet people still come up to me on the street who are in their twenties, who weren't even born when 'Singles' was made... well, they were pretty tiny, anyway... and they say, 'Oh, I love that movie.' And I always say, 'How OLD are you?'” PeopleWellsMadeStillsBornStreetsHairTwentiesCome UpTinyGraySinglesGray Hair Author:Campbell Scott
“When I'm not working, I want to be the version of the person that I was born to be. I was born with curly hair. It fits my personality, and it's totally who I am. I am rough around the edges, and I am not a polished girl.” WantPersonsGirlBornHairPersonalityFitEdgesWho I AmVersionsRoughPolishedCurly Hair Author:Erin Wasson
“The real color of my hair is mouse. I always want to be ginger, which I was when I was born, or blond, because I live in L.A., and I want to look like I go surfing without any physical effort.” WantLooksRealBornEffortColorHairMiceSurfingGinger Author:John Lydon
“I've always been a strong believer that you were born with the hair you've got, but have the ability to get the hair you want.” WantStrongBornAbilityHairBeliever Author:Sherri Shepherd
“People talk about the beauty of the spring, but I can't see it. The trees are brown and bare, slimy with rain. Some are crawling with new purple hairs. And the buds are bulging like tumorous acne, and I can tell that something wet, and soft, and cold, and misshapen is about to be born. And I am turning into a vampire.” PeopleI CanBornTreeHairColdSpringRainVampireBrownWetPurpleBudCrawlingAcnePurple Hair Author:Matthew Tobin Anderson
“On the day I swore to uphold the Hippocratic oath, the small hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I waited for lightning to strike. Who was I, vowing calmly among all these necktied young men to steal life out of nature's jaws, every old time we got half a chance and a paycheck?... I could not accept the contract: that every child born human upon this earth comes with a guarantee of perfect health and old age clutched in its small fist.” MenHumansChildrenAgeEarthYoungBornChancePerfectHalfAcceptingHairStrikesStealingOld AgeYoung ManGuaranteesNecksContractsLightningFistsOathStood UpPaychecksOld Time Book:The Poisonwood Bible Source: The Poisonwood Bible
“It looks as though your shop is doing well," Luka said gazing around, "Could you help me find a gift for a lady friend of mine?" My heart plunged to my grenn satin slippers, and I had to stare down at Azarte for a minute, petting him hard. Naturally Luka had a "lady friend." She was probably nobly born: the daughter of a count or a duke. I imagined her having thick dark hair and clear skin, and was bitterly jealous. "Of course," I stammered after a time. "What would she like? A gown? A sash?" If she came in for a fitting, I decided to "accidentlly" poke her with every pin.” IfsWellsLooksHeartSaidHardHelpingCoursesBornDarkClearMinutesMinesHairMy HeartDaughterDecidedSkinsStaringShopsHelp MeJealousThickPinsFittingDukesGownsGazingPokeSlippersSatinDark Hair Author:Jessica Day George
“Heads in the Women's Ward On pillow after pillow lies The wild white hair and staring eyes; Jaws stand open; necks are stretched With every tendon sharply sketched; A bearded mouth talks silently To someone no one else can see. Sixty years ago they smiled At lover, husband, first-born child. Smiles are for youth. For old age come Death's terror and delirium.” YearsFirstsChildrenEyeAgeLyingBornWhiteYouthHairLoversHusbandMouthsYears AgoTerrorOld AgeStaringNecksSixtyPillowDeliriumWhite Hair Author:Philip Larkin
“Most people would never admit it, but they'd been bitching since they were born. As soon as their head popped out into that bright delivery-room light, nothing had been right. Nothing had been as comfortable or felt so good. Just the effort it took to keep your stupid physical body alive, just finding food and cooking it and dishwashing, the keeping warm and bathing and sleeping, the walking and bowel movements and ingrown hairs, it was all getting to be too much work.” PeopleBodyLightFeltBornSleepRoomsEffortToo MuchAliveStupidMovementHairWalkingComfortableFindingsCookingWarmDeliveryPhysical BodyBathingToo Much WorkYour StupidBowel MovementsDelivery Room Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I was thinking how amazing it was that the world contained so many lives. Out in these streets people were embroiled in a thousand different matters, money problems, love problems, school problems. People were falling in love, getting married, going to drug rehab, learning how to ice-skate, getting bifocals, studying for exams, trying on clothes, getting their hair-cut and getting born. And in some houses people were getting old and sick and were dying, leaving others to grieve. It was happening all the time, unnoticed, and it was the thing that really mattered.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingDifferentMatterProblemSchoolFallHouseBornStudyCuttingStreetsDyingHairDrugThousandMarriedClothesHappeningsSickFalling In LoveLeavingIceGrievingGetting OldGetting MarriedExamUnnoticedRehabSkatesHair CutMoney ProblemThese StreetsBifocalsProblems Love Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“He cries. 'Please! I don't want to die.' I lean over. My hair smothers him. 'Then you should never have been born,' I say.” WantShouldHas BeensDiesBornCryHairPleaseWanting To Die Book:Thirst: Thirst No. 1; Thirst No. 2; Thirst Source: Thirst: Thirst No. 1; Thirst No. 2; Thirst
“If I existed 200 years ago, all the other farmers in my community would be like, 'That guy is worthless! He's sitting on a rock, jumping up like a frog, coming up with weird concepts and ideas, making faces, and combing his hair into a giant pastry.' It's a good thing I was born in this century, when superfluous television seems to be part of the economy.” IfsYearsIdeasSeemsWould BeFacesGuyBornCommunityEconomyRocksCenturyTelevisionHairSittingConceptsYears AgoGood ThingsGiantsFarmersWorthlessJumpingThat GuyFrogsSuperfluousPastries Author:Conan O'Brien