Quotes About Name

Most people have trouble pronouncing my name, so they just call me 'Mayor Pete.'

I've heard every pronunciation ever, but the worst was when I was in New York for a radio show at some restaurant. On the door it said, 'Now appearing: Kard Kiard.'

'Rick' never really fit. I tried for 18 years to make it work, and no one wanted to call me Rick. It should always have been Ricky. That's what it always should have been, so I'm going back to it.

If you think about it, it's the worst stage name that anybody can possibly think of, because it sounds ridiculous, but it's my real name.

'Die Antwoord' just has a nice ring to it.

There were absolutely times in my life when I tried to get people to call me Robert.

I changed my name when we became aware of the African revolution and the whole question of our African roots.

People know me as Prakash Rai in Karnataka. Let it be so. But I'm known as Prakash Raj to the rest of India and abroad. Every actor worth his salt gets a name after coming to films.

I'm a lead singer of a band, and that's so enough. It's not like I need to have my name on everything. The new name 'Scandal, Featuring Patty Smyth' was just to make it clear that I wasn't leaving the group.

When you have a name that means scares, you have to live with that.

Who doesn't love scoring the basketball? That's kind of the name of the game.

Love is God's secret name.

I got this secretive, very secretive email from my agent saying, 'You have an audition for Marvel, no one's letting us know what the name of the film is, but are you available on this day? That's all we know.' And I went, 'OK, well, I think it will probably be 'Thor,' because Taika's got it.'

My sister taught me how to write my name when I was about three. I remember writing my whole name: Jacqueline Amanda Woodson. I just loved the power of that, of being able to put a letter on the page and that letter meaning something.

Actually, we got paid because the name Fortinet is so close to Fortnite, so I'm fine with their name being close to ours.

It never came into question, taking the name away or changing it. Panic! has always symbolised some form of excitement that I couldn't get elsewhere.

A lot of NBA GMs have asked me about me why I changed my middle name to Trill. Actually, the reason why I filed the paperwork to change my name was so that I could officially add my mother's last name, Stein, to my own. My mom is my best friend, and I wanted to honor her.

I've actually considered going with my married name, Julia Hall, but all the paperwork.

Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John.

I love my life. I can't believe I work in New York and Paris. That I work for Louis Vuitton. That I work for Marc Jacobs. It seems really weird every time I say my full name - like, that's me, and every time I hear the receptionist say my name, it's still weird.

My detective just told me, 'Seriously, you are in danger and you have to change all your information.' But I said no because my name, Park Yeon-mi, is my legacy from my father, that's the only one he just left me. I'm very proud of my name so that's why if I die I'm ok.

To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is a name.

Before I got into stand-up, I used to be a hip-hop dancer in a crew, and my name was J. Smoove, and my partner was J. Groove.

You'll be boarding the nine twenty-one commercial flight as Shirley and Roderick Cliphorn." "Roderick Cliphorn?" Dan groaned. Only someone with a name like Sinead Starling would have considered that normal.