Birth quotes

“Cihuateteo. That's what my mother called them. The souls of women who had died giving birth. They became Cihuateteo, the spirits who helped the sun to set. Without Cihuateteo, the sun would not be able to rest.”
Edward James Olmos - Paco

“There are unwanted emotions and pain that goes along with any birth.”
John Travolta

Your Mommy said, "Just do it already!" which was very confusing to Daddy, so I took the most literal translation. But between you and me, it was the smartest thing I ever did, 'cause now you're here.

Seth Rogen - Ben Stone

“- Margaret Lewin: Any animal can give birth. That doesn't make it a mother.
- Khaila Richards: Are you calling me an animal? If you think you're going to just take my baby from me like some puppy from a pound, you got another thing coming, lady!”
Jessica Lange - Margaret Lewin
Halle Berry - Khaila Richards

“- Tommy Leonard: Where the fuck did you come from?
- Alex Corvis (The Crow): Big Bang? Primordial ooze? Divine hands of a benevolent Creator? All possibilities, but recent events have given me doubts about the benevolent Creator.”
David H. Stevens - Tommy Leonard
Eric Mabius - Alex Corvis

“Why, does it come off?”

Matthew Perry - Alex Whitman

“Some men are born in the wrong century. I think I was born on the wrong continent.”
Alan Rickman - Elliott Marston

“Guys, I'm gonna have this baby now!”

Alice Carter - Kim McCauley

“- Jason Whitney: This is where I was born.
- Douglas Hall: And this is where you die.”

Vincent D'Onofrio - Jason Whitney
Craig Bierko - Douglas Hall

“One life ends, another begins.”
Sam Worthington - Jake Sully

“You know, my old man wasn't around when I was born. Why should I be?”
Esai Morales - Bob Morales

“- Idgie Threadgoode: It's a boy!
- Reverend Scroggins: I think a little prayer of thanksgiving would be in order.
- Idgie Threadgoode: God dammit to hell, son of a bitch, she did it! Here's to Ruth.”
Mary Stuart Masterson - Idgie Threadgoode
Richard Riehle - Reverend Scroggins

“- Louise Bryant: Would you rather I not smoke during rehearsal?
- Eugene O'Neill: I'd rather you went up in flames than crush out your cigarette during a monologue about birth.”
Diane Keaton - Louise Bryant
Jack Nicholson - Eugene O'Neill

“It's all wet and sticky!”

Geraldine Muir - Sue Rohan

“- Network Executive: For God's sake, Chris! The whole world is watching. We can't let him die in front of a live audience!
- Christof: He was born in front of a live audience.”
Philip Baker Hall - Network Executive
Ed Harris - Christof

“- Hospital Administrator: What are you doing this morning?
- Obstetrician: It's a birth.
- Hospital Administrator: And what sort of thing is that?
- Dr. Spencer: Well, that's where we take a new baby out of a lady's tummy.
- Hospital Administrator: Wonderful what we can do nowadays.”
Michael Palin - Hospital Administrator
Graham Arthur Chapman - Obstetrician
Graham Arthur Chapman - Dr. Spencer

“Sometimes birth and death go together.”
Naomi Watts - Anna

“This old gypsy woman once told me that if you jump backwards nine times before the sun come up you won't be pregnant. Well, I jumped so far I had to take a bus back and then I had twins.”
Ashley Judd - Lexie Coop

“Apparently my birth is not considered a blessed event; that's me in the basket, and that's my mother carrying me. And that's my mother running away.”
Michael Oliver - Junior

“A daughter was born, and they called her Aurora. Yes, they named her after the dawn, for she filled their lives with sunshine.”
Marvin Miller - Narrator

“What is it that all women want? To get married, raise crib midgets.”
Dan Fogler - Stu

“- Sadie: Where do babies come from?
- Debbie: Where do you think they come from?
- Sadie: Well. I think a stork, he umm, he drops it down and then, and then, a hole goes in your body and there's blood everywhere, coming out of your head and then you push your belly button and then your butt falls off and then you hold your butt and you have to...” (continue)(continue reading)
Maude Apatow - Sadie
Leslie Mann - Debbie

“Where is a book before it is born? Who are a book's parents? Does a book need two parents - a mother and a father? Can a book be born inside another book? Where is the parent book of books? How old does a book have to be before it can give birth?”
Vivian Wu - Nagiko

“- Messenger 7013: Couldn't we have him reborn?
- Joe Pendleton: Nothing doing. I'm not gonna go through that again!”

Edward Everett Horton - Messenger 7013
Robert Montgomery - Joe Pendleton

“- Aurora Greenway: Why should I be happy about being a grandmother?
- Flap Horton: Does this mean you won't be knitting the baby any booties?”

Shirley MacLaine - Aurora Greenway
Jeff Daniels - Flap Horton