Quotes about names
names people habit
Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names. Shigeru Miyamoto
names oscars show-business
Benedict Cumberbatch is not only the best name in show business, it's also the response you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck. Neil Patrick Harris
names botox plastic
You cannot powder away what botox can fix. My name is Tamar, and I am for plastic surgery. Tamar Braxton
names people olives
... all my life I've been terrible at remembering people's names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. Her name was actually Olive. Tallulah Bankhead
names hip-hop deuces
Who you? Your name smaller than fine grains in couscous It's the highest calibre, your calibre is deuce deuce Talib Kweli
names fruit bears
Everything on our tormented earth that is alive and breathes, that blossoms and bears fruit, lives only by virtue of and in the name of Truth and Good. Svetlana Alliluyeva
names form compounds
The whole universe is composed of name and form. Whatever we see is either a compound of name and form, or simply name with form which is a mental image. Swami Vivekananda
names drawing barbers
When I was a barber, me being extreme was how I got popular: you name it, I was drawing it on someone's head. Swizz Beatz
names errors abuse
To protest in the name of morality against 'excesses' or 'abuses' is an error which hints on active complicity. There are no 'abuses' or 'excesses' here, simpily an all-pervasive system. Simone de Beauvoir
names giving car
Pilots have their names painted just beneath the canopy of their aircraft. This gives the pilot a sense of ownership for his or her jet. What's more, like cars, each aircraft has its own personality, so it's important for a pilot to get to know and love his aircraft. Simon Sinek
names said appropriate
Ah... Much better" he said. "Backbiter, Luke called it. An appropriate name. Now that it is reforged comeplately, it shall indeed bite back Rick Riordan
names done care
He pinched the name tag and ran his fingers under the letters. "Can you read this, mate? It says C-H-A-R-O-N. Say it with me: CARE-ON." "Charon." "Amazing! Now: Mr. Charon." "Mr. Charon." "Well done.
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 twelve call-me
I changed my name when I was about twelve because I didn't like being called Sue or Susie. I felt I needed a longer name because I was so tall. So what happened? Now everyone calls me Sig or Siggy. Sigourney Weaver
names unfair checks
It seems unfair that anyone can set up on Twitter using my name, or the name of any famous person, without any checks at all. Shirley Eaton
names done motion-pictures
I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody knew my name. Shirley Jones
names ridiculous tricks
Trick names are so ridiculous! Shaun White
names strange ability
It is so strange - if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous. Shahrukh Khan
names google internet
The name was supposed to be 'Googol,' which is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeroes. It was before the Google spellchecker existed. Sergey Brin
names century made
Our names were made for us in another century. Richard Brautigan
names people faces
If you get your face and your name out there enough, people will start to recognize you. Richard Branson
names reputation brand-names
Your brand name is only as good as your reputation
names shapes want
The great problem of the concert hall is that the shoebox is the ideal shape for acoustics but that no architect worth their names wants to build a shoebox. Rem Koolhaas