Quotes about names
names people nuclear-missiles
It never occurred to me that anyone would name a nuclear missile "Peacekeeper". It never occurred to me that thousands of people would be killed in the name of "peace-keeping". Walter Benjamin
names origin secondary
Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell you about the character's origin or back story. Gail Carriger
names looks earth
What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances Petrarch
names like-her orlando
JAQUES: Rosalind is your love's name? ORLANDO: Yes, just. JAQUES: I do not like her name. ORLANDO: There was no thought of pleasing you when she was christened. William Shakespeare
names fear-of-death honour
As I love the name of honour more than I fear death.
names joy wish
My joy is death- Death, at whose name I oft have been afeard, Because I wish'd this world's eternity.
names soldier democracy
Soldiers! In the name of democracy, let us all unite! Charlie Chaplin
names errors mind
With respect to the authority of great names, it should be remembered that he alone deserves to have any weight and influence with posterity, who has shown himself superior to the particular and predominant error of his own times; who, like the peak of Teneriffe, has hailed the intellectual sun before its beams have reached the horizon of common minds. Charles Caleb Colton
names inheritance proud
The inheritance of a distinguished and noble name is a proud inheritance to him who lives worthily of it.
names rivers cry-the-beloved-country
Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal. Alan Paton
names evil done
When the persecution of an individual who has exposed an evil is pursued so ruthlessly and yet the evil itself is studiedly ignored, all of us know that there is something very wrong with the way that our society is conducting itself. And if we do not protest in the strongest terms about what is being done in our name, then we become complicit. Alan Moore
names aftermath bangs
Despite its name, the big bang theory is not really a theory of a bang at all. It is really only a theory of the aftermath of a bang. Alan Guth
names
Bullock by name, and Bullock by nature. Alan Bullock
names mind use
Only brand names register in the mind... What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand. Al Ries
names justice police
Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases. Al Sharpton
names guy together
Jazz brought this sense of democracy where four guys come together and your name may be on the marquee, but in this moment, when you're the soloist, it's you, and we follow you. We follow you. Al Jarreau
names firsts used
Rembrandt's first name was Beauregard, which is why he never used it. Dave Barry
names waiting politics
I say we scrap the current system and replace it with a system wherein you add your name to the bottom of a list, and then you send some money to the person at the top of the list, and then you... Oh, wait, that is our current system.
names lasts spelling
Company names without clear pronunciation or spelling won't last. David Rusenko
names two opera
What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't Cab Calloway
names cotton clubs
Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences from, Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club.
names
Forgiveness is just another name for freedom. Byron Katie
names use moments
God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God's intention: It's exactly what is in every moment.
names taste sound
Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I ever listened to, in some form, influenced my taste. Buddy Rich
names kitten
I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great. Bryan Ferry
names giving needs
Can you lay your life down, so a stranger can live? Can you take what you need, but take less than you give? Could you close every day, without the glory and fame? Could you hold your head high, when no-one knows your name? Bryan Adams
names years produce
I've always wanted to produce. I've had my production company name for years, even though I didn't really do anything with it right away. Catherine Bell
names two light
Further, a document names and identifies the actual Red Light Bandits (plural), because in fact there are two. Caryl Chessman
names religion world
I'm a priest, not a priestess. Priestess implies mumbo jumbo and all sorts of pagan goings-on. Those who oppose us would love to call us priestesses. They can call us all the names in the world -- it's better than being invisible. Carter Heyward
names skins safe
No, not like this, when I have not seen you without your skin on, when I know nothing, when I am not safe. Not you, whose name all my nightmares know. Catherynne M. Valente
names purple blue
Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan. Calvin Trillin
names slaughterhouse-five dignity
It was very exciting for her, taking his dignity away in the name of love. Kurt Vonnegut
names church said
The name of the new religion," said Rumfoord, "is The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent.