Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kevin Hart

I learned from the guys before me - Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Richard Pryor, just to name a few. These are guys that let it all hang out. What they lived is what they took to the stage.

Kendrick Meek

In all, dozens upon dozens of groups and organizations have prioritized stopping the killing in Darfur before there is no one left to be killed. It is high time that we, the U.S. Congress, join our name to that list.

Keith Emerson

Ive broken my nose, Ive broken ribs. You name it. In fact, we just got back from South America, and I fell over a monitor speaker on the stage and almost ended up in the front row of the audience. I managed to sprain my wrist on that one but luckily nothing was broken.

Ramana Maharshi

'I Am' is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.

Rainbow Rowell

..I love your name. I don't want to cheat myself out of a single syllable.

Radhanath Swami

Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The truth, the hope, of any time must be sought in the minorities. Michael Angelo was the conscience of Italy. We grow free with his name, and find it ornamental now, but in his own day his friends were few.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

This ennui, for which we Saxons had no name,--this word of France, has got a terrific significance. It shortens life, and bereaves the day of its light.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can, and would fain have the praise of having intended the result which ensues.

Scott Ritter

I don't disagree with anything I've ever said. Why in God's name would I disagree with something I've said?

Scilla Elworthy

I flew aeroplanes, parachuted, walked on my own across the Himalayas - you name it; if it was dangerous, I did it.

Saul Kripke

Proper names are rigid designators.

Lincoln Chafee

As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for them. This group doesn't necessarily have a name. We've been called 'moderates,' but that term can be misleading.

Les Claypool

I liked the name Frog Brigade because it lent itself to a lot of cool imagery with the whole frog thing.

Lenny Kravitz

I've always had to deal with being biracial, even in music. When I came on the scene, I'd go to these record labels, and they'd say things like, "Lenny Kravitz. That's a weird name." I'm brown-skinned and I've got these dreadlocks and I've got this Jewish last name.

LaToya Jackson

Our marriage is strictly in name only. It has never been consummated.

Thom Yorke

My name may be Thom Yorke, but only I can call me Thom Yorke.

Thom Yorke

The head of state Has called for me by name But I don't have time for him It's gonna be a glorious day I feel my luck could change

Thom Yorke

Mephostopheles is the name of a male gigolo I knew. When he's reaching up to grab me, I suppose it's an erotic bit of poetry.

Thom Yorke

I don't know why people called me Tom. My name is THUMB.

Theophilus London

Some people thought Theophilus was a fake name. Whatever.

Terry Tempest Williams

Blind obedience in the name of patriotism or religion ultimately takes our lives.

Terry Pratchett

My name is unpronounceable in your tongue, woman,” it said. “I’ll be the judge of that,” warned Granny, and added, “Don’t call me woman.” “Very well. My name is WxrtHltl-jwlpklz,” said the demon smugly.

Terry Pratchett

Letitia! What a name. Halfway between a salad and a sneeze.

Terry Pratchett

My name is immaterial,' she said. That's a pretty name,' said Rincewind.

Terry Pratchett

People were people, even if they had four legs and had called themselves names like Dangerous Beans, which is the kind of name you gave yourself if you learned to read before you understood what all the words actually meant.

Terry Pratchett

Luck is my middle name. Mind you, my first name is Bad.

Terry Pratchett

Before you can kill a demon, you have to be able to say it's name. Names have power. While the word Alzheimer's terrorizes us, it has power over us. When we are prepared to discuss it aloud, we might have power over it. It's thought of as a mental illness and it is a physical illness, affecting the brain. There should be no shame in having it, yet people still don't talk about it

Terry Eagleton

The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name.

Terry Goodkind

Richard started to walk away. Zedd called his name. He stopped and turned. Just be glad she cares for you as much as she does. If she didn't, she might have touched you." Richard stared back at him a long moment. "I'm afraid, in a way, she already has.

Tennessee Williams

You know, then that the public Somebody you are when you 'have a name' is a fiction created with mirrors and that the only somebody worth being is the solitary and unseen you that existed from your first breath

Teddy Atlas

Probably not even a household name in his own house.

Ted Yoho

Cliff Stearns talks about what he did to Planned Parenthood, making Solyndra a household name - why didn't he do this sooner? Why didn't he see it coming? It's the oversight committee, not the hindsight committee.