I think what I came from and what I saw molded me into a certain person. Nothing was ever wrapped or a silver spoon, so I don't think I would know how to live and I don't think I'd want to live if it wasn't a grind.
State Department perverts ... bright young men who were born with silver spoons in their mouths ... selling the Nation out.
Referring to State Department staff:
Poor George, he can't help it — he was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
She was lampooning George W. Bush who had made some recent gaffs.
I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!
For some people, it's like I can't be a good actress because I grew up with a silver spoon.
Maybe you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but like every American, you carry a deed to 635 million acres of public lands. That's right. Even if you don't own a house or the latest computer on the market, you own Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and many other natural treasures.
Frankly, I was born with a silver spoon.
There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.
During a campaign speech in Ohio, President Obama said, 'I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth'. So to be fair, he wants to take your silverware and spread it around.
Even when I got ₹500 a month as pocket money, I would never spend all of it. It's the same now. I am just conscious of the fact that I wasn't born with a silver spoon.
People believed I was fed with a silver spoon in my mouth, but I fought for everything that I have.
I did not grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth.
I wouldn't say I grew up with a silver spoon. Yeah, I was very fortunate. I have a great family.
It's traditional for an heiress to be raised in a sheltered way. No one thinks that's true of me, but it actually was.
I'm incredibly boring; I had a very happy childhood. I never starved, nor did I have a silver spoon in my mouth. I'm one of those terribly middle-of-the-road, British middle class, South London gents.
The last person I'd date is some rich kid who's had everything handed to her on a plate. Give me a normal girl any day.
I think that being part of privilege and never having to work a day in your life is so boring. I'm so glad of what I've achieved. I'm so glad I've achieved it as well.
I come from a very affluent family. I have been educated in one of the finest institutions of the world. Money was never a factor in my life: by the grace of God, I was blessed with a golden spoon.
We're leaving the House to people who either were born with a silver spoon in their mouth... or couldn't get better jobs in the first place.
The Honours List is accused of being too top heavy, rewarding those born with a silver spoon in their mouth - as if hereditary titles and accidents of birth are incompatible with democracy. But if you stop to think about it, what is more democratic than nature?
I wasn't exactly born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
I love my story. I wouldn't change it. It gives it character. It's never been on a silver spoon.
I'm a simple man. Grew up in a small town. Came from humble beginnings. No silver spoon.
The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.
My dad was a movie star. Having that name was good and bad. People think it's a silver spoon. It's not.