“Some men are born sodomites, some achieve sodomy, and some have sodomy thrust upon them…”
Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) poet, mountaineer, occultist
Source: The Scented Garden Of Abdullah The Satirist Of Shiraz
“Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.”
Source: To the Hilt (1996)
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Joseph Heller book Catch-22
Variant: Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity trust upon them.
Source: Catch-22 (1961)
Context: Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three.
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.”
William Shakespeare Twelfth Night
Malvolio, Act II, scene v.
Variant: Some are born great, others achieve greatness.
Source: Twelfth Night (1601)
“Some are born crazy,” Amelia said. “Some achieve craziness. We had craziness thrust upon us.”
Joe Haldeman book Forever Peace
Source: Forever Peace (1997), p. 249
“Sundance is weird. The movies are weird—you actually have to think about them when you watch them.”
Britney Spears (1981) American singer, dancer and actress
After walking out of a screening of The Singing Detective (2003) at the Sundance Film Festival; quoted in The Washington Post (31 January 2003) http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/03/r_entertainment_kempley013103.htm and other newspapers; later in TIME Magazine (10 February 2003) p. 21.