Names Quotes

I was named after Yul Brynner because my mother had an infatuation with him. Who the hell names a Cuban kid Yul? Talk about a torturous childhood.

Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.

Michigan, with its delicious American name. How lucky one must be to live there.

if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading

Ted Kennedy's achievements as a senator have towered over his time, changing the lives of far more Americans than remember the name Mary Jo Kopechne.

We [ with Andy Samberg] knew each other for the last few years, our names are similar, our looks are a little bit similar, and our backgrounds are similar. The Judaism is quite similar.

Philadelphians are every whit as mediocre as their neighbors, but they seldom encourage each other in mediocrity by giving it a more agreeable name.

Trapnest means “The Trapped Den” Once we enter it, we can’t get out by our own means I thought that that name could only come from a man who love having power over other.

And I have two eyes. I’ve seen that little melodrama play out between you and that other tracker. Fish? Flounder? What’s his name?

In this world one must have a name; it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known by numbers, which also seem inadequate distinctions.

The only domain where the divine is visible is that of art, whatever name we choose to call it.

If ever I am a mother I will zealously strive against this crime of over- indulgence. I can hardly give it a milder name when I think of the evils it brings.

A prophet is always much wider than his followers, much more liberal than those who label themselves with his name.

I love myself. Anything that has my name I'm tickled to death.

Name and date split in soft slate a few months obliterate. 166

Art is all about becoming a name, a brand; it isn't based on talent or creativity.

If Jesus was a Jew, why did he have a Spanish name?

I'm willing to take the blame if the strip goes down the drain, and I want the credit if it succeeds. So long as it has my name on it, I want it to be mine.

Mitt Romney had a fundraiser in Israel with a bunch of diamond merchants, we don't know the names of them.

On the stone that remains carved next to his name, his epitaph plain, only a pawn in their game.

I work my back 'til it's racked with pain, the boss can't even recall my name.

Everyone calls me Bruno; they don't ever call me Peter - that was just my government name.

If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game.

There is only one man in the world and his name is All Men. There is only one woman in the world and her name is All Women. There is only one child in the world and the child's name is All Children.

In the name of certainty, the greatest crimes have been committed against humanity.

Well, you know, my name is Ced and I kinda consider myself an entertainer. Hey that ain't bad yeah, Cedric the Entertainer.

There is something marvelously soft in the study of nature which attaches a name to every being, a thought to every name, affection and memories to every thought.

It is, perhaps, one of the hardest struggles of the Christian life to learn this sentence-- "Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name be glory."

People tend to call me names that I can't repeat on basic cable. I will give you a hint. They rhyme with itch, hunt, & bore.

You are such a chicken. Bock. Bock. Bock." He refused to allow her very bad chicken impression to ruffle his feathers. He was above petty name-calling.

Names which tell stories have been worth millions of dollars. So a great deal of research often precedes the selection of a name.

The drug lord is on the run. His name is El Chapo. Donald Trump is in a Twitter feud with this Mexican drug lord. It's historic - the first time Americans have ever sided with a Mexican drug lord.

I'd be ashamed to see a woman walking around with my name-label on her, address and railway station, like a wardrobe trunk.

Yeah, I can read music and I know the names of chords.

I think they are looking for publicity and they are looking for a name for themselves.

Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names; but once you know, everything changes.

If I had to guess and put a name on it, I'd say that at some point, the drug war was as much a function of class and social control as it was of racism.

Easy way to make someone sound less powerful, just put DJ in front of their name... ..DJ Abraham Lincoln

I don't ever use my name for anything in terms of getting the music heard.

What I wanted to try and figure out was, okay, in contemporary 21st century life the alienation between the self and the land around you or the self and even the urban landscape. You name it.

My heart hath followed all my days Something I cannot name.

To solve a problem, you have to be able to state what the problem is or at least say the name.

Putin has outsmarted Hillary Clinton and Obama at every single step of the way. Whether it's Syria, you name it. Missiles.

Money can't buy happiness, unless you're favorite hooker's name is 'Happiness'.

Seeking to perpetuate one's name on earth is like writing on the sand by the seashore; to be perpetual it must be written on eternal shores.

People are always asking me if I'm Lynyrd Skynyrd or which one's Skynyrd, but I always say, 'Who'd ever have a dumb name like that?'

Your name hangs in my heart like a bell's tongue.

Keep unscathed the good name; keep out of peril the honor without which even your battered old soldier who is hobbling into his grave on half-pay and a wooden leg would not change with Achilles.

There are names I do not want mentioned in my home.

The name of a successor is like the tolling of my own death-bell!