Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Cukor

But I also directed Jack Barrymore and Ronald Colman and James Stewart, to name a few.

Gayle King

I changed my name from Gail to Gayle in seventh grade because I liked to make a loopy 'y.

Edward Thomas

Yes; I remember Adlestrop- The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven's name to what?

Holly Black

Are you sure?" Aidan asked, "Gavriel's still a vampire." "He warned me about you and about them. He didn't have to. I'm not going to repay that by-" she hesitated, then frowned. "What did you call him?" "That's his name," Aidan sighed, "Gavriel. The other vampires, while they were tying me to the bed, they said his name." "Oh." With a final tug she pulled the blanked free and tossed it over to 'Gavriel' -Tana and Aidan-page 23-chapter 3

Holly Black

They say that nameless things change constantly—that names fix them in place like pins.

Henry Van Dyke

What is Fortune, what is Fame? Futile gold and phantom name- Riches buried in a cave, Glory written on a grave.

Jose Rizal

Friar! What a strange name. I don't remember having created such a thing!

Jose Saramago

You know the name you were given, you do not know the name that you have

Jose Saramago

Doesn't anybody understand that killing in the name of God only makes Him a murderer?

Jose Saramago

Blind people do not need a name, I am my voice, nothing else matters.

Jose Saramago

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

Jorge Luis Borges

Doubt is one of the names of intelligence.

Jonathan Zittrain

There are some conversations that are undeniably improved when the rule going in is that you have to stand behind what you say and have to wear a name tag when you do it. But that's certainly not all conversations. People might be prepared to ethically stand behind what they say, but might be in a position that they can't afford to lose their house over it. Speech shouldn't just be for people with lawyers.

Joni Mitchell

When I felt that fame, people were nosing me out, well I moved on. I used traveling names. Wigs, if necessary.

Joni Mitchell

Fame is a series of misunderstandin gs surrounding a name.

Joni Mitchell

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my time to die.

Joni Mitchell

I didn't like the sound of people gasping at the mere mention of my name. It horrified me.

Kevin Rudd

My name is Kevin, I'm from Queensland, and I'm here to help.

Kenneth Grahame

The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent--I name no names. It takes all sorts to make a world.

Keke Palmer

Actually, Keke is my nickname. When I was little, my sister was about four years old, and she had an imaginary friend named Keke. And she wanted my name to be Keke.

Kelley Armstrong

And unless I'm remembering it wrong, mermaids don't sing and sirens don't swim." "Ariel sang in 'The Little Mermaid'," Corey said. Sam came over to join us. "Do I even want to know why you remember her name?

Kelley Armstrong

Derek? Derek!-Chole Chole! what are you doing out here? i said we will check it out later. key word WE-Derek oh, yeah I decided to come out on my own. thats why i was calling your name repeatively- Chole

Kay Granger

A democracy in the Middle East must be more than a democracy in name only - it must live out its principles.

Kurt Angle

I teased Randy Orton because he started using my finish, the Angle Slam. I said, Hey, I dont mind you using it, but at least give it a name. When he hits it, the announcers just say, Well, he just hit that... thing.

Kurt Angle

You know... when one speaks your name very fast, it just sounds like just incredible

Kurt Cobain

I never really knew about my ancestors until this year, when I learned that the name Cobain was Irish. My parents had never bothered to find that stuff out.

Khalil Gibran

Love passes by us, robed in meekness; but we flee from her in fear, or hide in the darkness; or else pursue her, to do evil in her name.

Jonathan Swift

Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame.

Jonathan Swift

Fond of those hives where folly reigns, And cards and scandal are the chains, Where the pert virgin slights a name, And scorns to redden into shame.

Jonathan Swift

I'll give you leave to call me anything, if you don't call me spade.

Jonathan Safran Foer

What is suffering? I'm not sure what it is, but I know that suffering is the name we give to the origin of all the sighs, screams, and groans — small and large, crude and multifaceted — that concern us. The word defines our gaze even more than what we are looking at.

Narendra Modi

The Congress' name of 'INC' must be changed to 'Institutions Neglecting Congress'. Their habit is to misuse, abuse and reduce institutions.