Quotes about name
names drunk people
It's not name dropping, but not many people can say, like me, that they spent the day with the likes of Francis Bacon or that boring drunk Dylan Thomas. You don't forget things like that. Jeffrey Bernard
names said milkweed
Who are you?' I didn't understand the question. I'm Uri', he said. 'What's your name?' I gave him my name. 'Stopthief. Jerry Spinelli
names stargirl shirts
I’m not my name. My name is something I wear, like a shirt. It gets worn. I outgrow it, I change it.
names people tag
I wear a name tag to help people find me. It saves time when you're dealing with idiots. Eoin Colfer
names people would-be
I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time. Elvis Costello
names two steps
Two steps behind her, I say her name. "Skye. Jay Asher
names religion deeds
In the name of religion many great and fine deeds have been performed. In the name of religion also, thousands and millions have been killed, and every possible crime has been committed. Jawaharlal Nehru
names
The name is Schitt," he replied. "Jack Schitt. Jasper Fforde
names vision acting
When I'm acting, I wish I was out there, being a part of it and making it. It's all on your name to do that. It's your vision. You're going to get slandered for your work, and I like that. As an actor, it's so hard. I'd rather direct than act. Jason Momoa
names way fine
Hold your own. Know your name. And go your own way. And everything will be fine. Jason Mraz
name-calling obsessed
[Donald] Trump is obsessed with name calling. Hillary Clinton
names anarchism knows
I know of no better name than Anarchism. Herbert Read
names sound reason
Once you start changing a name, you see, there's no reason ever to stop. One always hears one that sounds better. Evelyn Waugh
names vocabulary needs
One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.
names cost hamburgers
A hamburger by any other name costs twice as much. Evan Esar
names crime submission
Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name? ~Jack or The Submission Eugene Ionesco
names rivers numbers
Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the numbers of regiments and the dates. Ernest Hemingway
names people patriotism
I want nothing for myself... My glory is and always will be... the banner of my people, and even if I leave shreds of my life on the wayside I know that you will gather them up in my name and carry them like a flag to victory. Evita Peron
names stories india
It's easy to set a story anywhere if you get a good guidebook and get some basic street names, and some descriptions, but, for me, yes, I am indebted to my travels to India for several of the stories. Jhumpa Lahiri
namesake accepting
She has the gift of accepting her life.
namesake
You remind me of everything that followed.
names people childhood
Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.
names clothes parent
It didn't matter that I wore clothes from Sears; I was still different. I looked different. My name was different. I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different.
names may call-me
I am known by many names, but you may call me...Tim. Graham Chapman
names hollywood fame
2007 began on a high for me because I had the honour of having my name added the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame. Halle Berry
names purple amethyst
I love purple because my name is Amethyst. Iggy Azalea
names safety entertainment
I've been chased. I've been pushed. I've been screamed at. I've been verbally abused. I've been afraid for my safety. But I did it all in the name of entertainment. Howie Mandel
names goes-on slave
Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be sold. Howard Zinn
names association use
A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the Divine Being is not only sinful, but it is also prima facie evidence of vulgar associations. Hosea Ballou
names heaven earth
All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches. Horace
names action meaningless
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. Hannah Arendt
names wish successors
I have been asked whether I wish to nominate a successor, an inheritor, a dauphin or delfino. I have decided to name Christopher Hitchens. Gore Vidal
names care take-care
I don't license everywhere. I take care of my name. Gianni Versace