Quotes about name
names action should
Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?. Ralph Waldo Emerson
names may morality
There can be no high civility without a deep morality, though it may not always call itself by that name.
names risk pieces
When God lets loose a great thinker on this planet, then all things are at risk. There is not a piece of science but its flank may be turned to-morrow; nor any literary reputation or the so-called eternal names of fame that many not be refused and condemned.
names poison killing
I can’t name the poison that’s killing your friend. But the one that’s killing you is called hope. Scott Lynch
names ambush
My name's Jean Tannen, and I'm the ambush.
names actresses lucky
If you're an actress and even one person knows your name, you're lucky. Paula Patton
names weakness human-nature
That weakness in human nature which goes by the name of strength. Peter Ustinov
names perfect addiction
She had all the best things wrong with her—incest, insanity, drug addiction, bulimia, alopecia: you name it. All the perfect stuff for a memoir. She’s so lucky. Peter Cameron
names imagine living-my-life
I couldnt imagine living my life with another name. Pete Postlethwaite
names stones sticks
Sticks and stones, I'll break yer bones, but names ain't worth a quarrel. Philip Pullman
names may littles
Let only that little be left of me whereby I may name thee my all. Let only that little be left of my will whereby I may feel thee on every side, and come to thee in everything, and offer to thee my love every moment. Let only that little be left of me whereby I may never hide thee. Let only that little of my fetters be left whereby I am bound with thy will, and thy purpose is carried out in my life--and that is the fetter of thy love. Rabindranath Tagore
names scripts film
Every screenwriter worthy of the name has already directed his film when he has written his script. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
names president philippines
Philippine President Joseph Estrada said he was saddened by the conviction. It's very unfortunate and what happened is saddening, ... If he really is innocent, then the day will come that his name will be cleared. Joseph Estrada
names demand causes
In their day, Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin represented the aspirations and demands of the exploited working masses, and the cause of socialism was inseparably linked with their names. Kim Jong Il
names matter wells
Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name. Kim Novak
names office feelings
The first time I was in his office was when they called me in to tell me they had changed my name. I had a feeling that if I'd gone along with the name they'd chosen, I'd never be seen again. I'd be swallowed up by that name, because it was a false name: Kit Marlowe.
names government program
[T]he vast regulatory structure the federal government has erected in the name of the commerce power cannot be ended overnight, in many cases, but the pretense that such programs are constitutional can be ended, even as the programs themselves are phased out over time. Roger Pilon
names people culture
There's such cultural rot taking place, such a disintegration throughout our culture. Values, morality, you name it. Standards have been relaxed, and people are not being held to them. People's intentions, if they're said to be good and honorable, that's all that matters. Rush Limbaugh
names people enemy
If you get rich in the name of the poor, fine and dandy. The problem is when you earn it. If you earn the money in the private sector by starting a business and hiring a lot of people, that's when you become the enemy.
names numbers giving
Others can give you a name or a number, but they can never tell you who you really are. That is something you yourself can only discover from within. Thomas Merton
names evil people
There are crimes which no one would commit as an individual which he willingly and bravely commits when acting in the name of his society, because he has been (too easily) convinced that evil is entirely different when it is done 'for the common good.'...one might point to the way in which racial hatreds and even persecution are admitted by people who consider themselves, and perhaps in some sense are, kind, tolerant, civilized and even humane.
names hands might
Produce, produce! Were it but the pitifulest, infinitesimal fraction of a product, produce it in God's name. 'Tis the utmost thou hast in thee? Out with it then! Up, up! Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy whole might. Thomas Carlyle
names doe poet
He that works and does some Poem, not he that merely says one, is worthy of the name of Poet.
names people evil
It has been said that people never do evil with more enthusiasm than when they do it in the name of God. Tony Campolo
names musical chicago
Sometimes words are just music themselves. Like 'Chicago' is a very musical sounding name. Tom Waits
names sound donuts
All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
names arms next
There's a place on my arm where I've written her name next to mine.
names forgotten moments
Name none of the fallen, for they stand in our place, and stand there still in each moment of our lives. Let my death hold no glory, and let me die forgotten and unknown. Let it not be said that I was one among the dead to accuse the living. Steven Erikson
names tradition family-tradition
It was the family tradition. I wanted to live up to the name-McNair. Steve McNair
names people african-american
We’ve gone through the names—Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that’s an indication of a people still trying to find their identity. Who determines what is black? Spike Lee
names
My name is Linus, and I am your God. Linus Torvalds
names bob next
Courtney Love's name should be right next to Bob Dylan when they say best lyricist of all time. Linda Perry
names middle
Rampant eclecticism is my middle name. Linda Ronstadt