Quotes about names
names people thumbs
I don't know why people called me Tom. My name is THUMB. Thom Yorke
names people fake
Some people thought Theophilus was a fake name. Whatever. Theophilus London
names blind obedience
Blind obedience in the name of patriotism or religion ultimately takes our lives. Terry Tempest Williams
names judging tongue
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
names salad halfway
Letitia! What a name. Halfway between a salad and a sneeze.
names said rincewind
My name is immaterial,' she said. That's a pretty name,' said Rincewind.
names people legs
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.
names luck mind
Luck is my middle name. Mind you, my first name is Bad.
names alzheimers people
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
names humanity arts-and-humanities
The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name. Terry Eagleton
names long doe
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. Terry Goodkind
names mirrors fiction
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 Tennessee Williams
names house household
Probably not even a household name in his own house. Teddy Atlas
names cliffs parenthood
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. Ted Yoho
names progress evolve
Trust is not about what you can or cannot do in the name of love but who you are and what you choose to reveal as things progress and evolve. Randeep Hooda
names self-reliance good-and-bad
Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this. Ralph Waldo Emerson
names action should
Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?.
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 people trends
Micro trends matter more than macro ones, but most of all, people matter. Individual human beings with names and wants and interests. Seth
names people guy
Some people meet me sometimes and they sit down and talk to me for a while and ask me my name and say, 'Oh, you're the guy'. Leonard Little
names late pollock
In the late 30s the name Pollock was totally unknown and unheard of. Lee Krasner
names ideas two
Politics have always covered two distinct kinds of problems: problems of administrative routine, and those that may be called 'questions of the moment.'... A question of the moment is, indeed, a substitute for some notion, such as the idea of God, or hereditary monarchy, or national glory, that has hitherto acted as a symbol of human co-ordination. It provides no new positive certainty to replace the discredited certainty, but is what the name implies: the raising of a question which the old certainty no longer answers. Laura Riding
names heaven mountain
It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because Olympus is the common name both of the mountain and of heaven. Lactantius
names shoulders touring
What I normally do with recording, performing, and touring is my name. It's all on my shoulders. If it's a great show, I'm great. If it's not a great show, I'm not great. Kylie Minogue
names clubs nails
My name is Schwitters, Kurt Schwitters.... ...I'm a painter and I nail my pictures... ...I'd like to be accepted into the Dada Club Kurt Schwitters
names giving recycling
We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling. Neil LaBute
names blame forget
Consider how many do not even know your name, and how many will soon forget it, and how those who now praise you will presently blame you. Marcus Aurelius
names people marketing
In direct navigation, users type exactly what they are looking for in the browser's web address field. This could be the exact domain name or web address. Millions of people do this, emphasizing the need for on- and off-line marketing and branding. Marc Ostrofsky
names people pieces
A sellout is putting your name on any piece of crap and then expecting people to buy it because it's got your name on it. That's what a sellout is to me. Marc Jacobs
names special stills
In the sixties and seventies you could probably name all the great comics. It was still special. Marc Maron