Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marcus Miller

Scott Tixier is an exciting young jazz violinist and is making an international name for himself. I heard him in France and was immediately struck by his individuality and his sound.

Kinky Friedman

If Raymond Chandler came from the South, his name would be Ace Atkins.

Katie Cassidy

I wanted to make a name for myself.

Margaret Thatcher

Let us, then, draw together in the name, not of jingoism, but of justice

Margaret Deland

... it is curious how fatal it is, either to a situation or to an individual, or even to a name, if in an evil moment it becomes funny.

Margaret Deland

One must desire something to be alive; perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.

Margaret Cho

Monogamy is so weird. Like when you know their name and stuff.

Larry Shyatt

Don’t coach for the name on your business card

Larry the Cable Guy

I know I don't want to take the Lord's name in vain, and I don't want to drop any F-bombs.

Larry Wall

I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble...

L. Neil Smith

Try never to speak of your enemies by name. Any publicity is still publicity - and there are those for whom your disapproval constitutes a recommendation.

Paul Celan

Don't sign your name between worlds, surmount the manifold of meanings, trust the tearstain, learn to live.

Oscar Wilde

You have always told me it was Ernest. I have introduced you to every one as Ernest. You answer to the name of Ernest. You look as if your name was Ernest. You are the most earnest-looking person I ever saw in my life. It is perfectly absurd your saying that your name isn't Ernest.

Oscar Wilde

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.

L'Wren Scott

In the future, I'd like to make jewelry and sell it under my own name. But right now, I've got enough on my plate!

Lucretius

And thus thou canst remark that every act At bottom exists not of itself, nor is As body is, nor has like name with void; But rather of sort more fitly to be called An accident of body, and of place Wherein all things go on.

Louis Kronenberger

Temperament, like liberty, is important despite how many crimes are committed in its name.

Meshell Ndegeocello

Our leaders and Osama Bin Laden all claim to do the right thing in the name of God. I question that. I wonder if that God is worth the life of another human-being.

Mark Twain

Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson.

Mark Twain

Names are not always what they seem.

Mary Roberts Rinehart

I found that my name signed to a check was even more welcome than when signed to a letter ...

Martin Freeman

Name anything - high-definition TV, computer obsolescence - and I'm pretty much annoyed by it.

Niklaus Wirth

Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Ni-klows Wirt'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nick-les Worth'. This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.

Niecy Nash

I didn't get into this business for other people to know my name.

Nicole Krauss

The oldest emotion in the world may be that of being moved; but to describe it-just to name it-must have been like trying to catch something invisible.

Nicole Krauss

I walked down my snow covered street. Out of habit I turned and checked for my footsteps. When I arrived at my building I looked for my name on the buzzers. And because I know that sometimes I see things that aren't there, after dinner I called Information to ask if I was listed.(25)

Nicky Hilton

These are clothes my friends and I could wear. This ain't Prada. I don't want to be one of those celebrities that slaps their name on a label and collects royalty checks. Everything on that runway reflects me.

Nicki Minaj

I do have a few personalities. When people started making a big deal out of it, I started making names for these people.

Nicki Minaj

One of the first production deals I signed, the guy wanted my name to be Minaj and I fought him tooth and nail. But he convinced me. I've always hated it.

Matt Czuchry

When I was in kindergarten, it took me like three months to learn how to spell my own name. But that's also not saying much considering I'm a terrible speller.

Mark Twain

The minute we get reconciled to a person, how willing we are to throw aside little needless punctilios and pronounce his name right.

Mark Twain

I was exceedingly delighted with the waltz, and also with the polka. These differ in name, but there the difference ceases

Mark Twain

Training- training is everything; training is all there is to a person. We speak of nature; it is folly; there is no such thing as nature; what we call by that misleading name is merely heredity and training. We have no thoughts of our own, no opinions of our own; they are transmitted to us, trained into us.