Birthplace quotes

I was born in St. Louis but lived there just for a few minutes in my life.

In this country, it doesn’t make any difference where you were born. It doesn’t make any difference who your parents were. It doesn’t make any difference if, like me, you couldn’t even speak English until you were in your twenties.

I was born in a territory called Biran, in the eastern region of Cuba. It’s known by that name, although it has never appeared on a map.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

I was born in New York in 1904.

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant’s revolving door.

My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families – second families, perhaps I should say.