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Quotes About Name

We understood, growing up - 'cause it was taught in our family home, my mom and dad - to respect women, for instance. To respect yourself. That you respect your name. Those are the kind of things we were taught.
~ Burgess Owens
The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.
~ Jean Racine
so she stays there remembering the warmth of honey between her toes, with her blood not humming, with the sound of the name almost always coming to her.
~ Tim Seibles
Elsewhere, they might call the wind Mariah, but here its name was Something Fishy.
~ Tom Robbins
Do you hear, darlink, what the new dishwasher wants to be called? An 'underwater ceramics engineer,' already! Abu doesn't believe his ears. He doesn't realize what a big shot he used to be in the kitchen. Ha!
~ Tom Robbins
All she saw, down in the cellar well beneath the stoop, was a light yellow feather with a tip of green. And she had never named him. Had called him my parrot all these years. My parrot. Love you. Love you. Did the dogs get him? Or did he get the message - that she said, My parrot and he said, Love you, and she had never said it back or even taken the trouble to name him - and manage somehow to fly away on wings that had not soared for six years.
~ Toni Morrison
One name by itself can't fully represent God's majesty & power.
~ Tony Evans
El nombre Elías significa: «Jehová es mi Dios».
~ Tony Evans
When God secures your victory in His name, have confidence that His name also has the power to give you back what "the swarming locust has eaten" (Joel 2:25). God's name covers all: past, present, and future. But it especially covers the giants that taunt you in your life. Trust Jehovah Tsaba. He's got you covered.
~ Tony Evans
However, the Lord wanted His shepherds to know that He is the standard by which everything else should be measured. He is the bar that separates right from wrong. His name is the name by which we distinguish
~ Tony Evans
Is everyone called by their first name?' 'Yes. Have you ever thought that by losing your own name in marriage you lose a good portion of your identity? That to become Mrs. George Smith is to be entirely obliterated except as an adjunct to, or relict of, Mr. George Smith? The one name left is the one you were christened with.
~ Kerry Greenwood
The others can't see me," said the little ghost. "I know," I said. "My name's Gwyneth. What's yours?" "Dr. White to you," said Dr. White. "I'm Robert," said the ghost. "That's a very nice name," I said. "Thank you," said Dr. White. "I'll return the compliment by saying you have very nice veins.
~ Kerstin Gier
Bocker", flüsterte Mia mir zu. "Wie bitte?" flüsterte ich zurück. "Biest in Ocker ist einfach zu lang.Nennen wir sie Bocker.
~ Kerstin Gier
I just try to stay true to the characters that I'm asked to play and outside of that, if I do a commercial that pokes fun at myself or if I have a silly game that's named after me, that's okay. It is what it is.
~ Kevin Bacon
Why couldn't I have a normal name? Keith Watson, Darren Jones — something like that. . . . Unless you've got an odd name yourself, you wouldn't know what it's like. You wouldn't understand. They say sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you. Oh, yeah? Well, whoever thought that one up was an idiot. An idiot with an ordinary name, probably. Words hurt .
~ Kevin Brooks
Christian doctrine grows disciples by teaching them to perceive, name, and act in ways that demonstrate the reality of the gospel, speaking and showing what is "in Christ.
~ Kevin J. Vanhoozer
It was hard to see where he was going, and he was careful not to damage the camera, so expensive that his father made him name it (Carl), so he would treat it more carefully.
~ Kevin Wilson
In your hearts His name be graven, Sorrows from your soul erase And make your hearts a joyous haven. The Guru's word has the sage's wisdom, The Guru's word is full of learning, For though it be the Guru's word God Himself speaks therein.
~ Khushwant Singh
Even before the boat was fully beached, he jumped into the shallow water. "Gates, his bay!" he supposedly shouted as he slogged ashore. Whether or not the tale is true, the bay on the eastern shore of St. George's Island still bears Gates's name.
~ Kieran Doherty
Cyn? Short for Cynric? (Callie) Nay. S-I-N. As in conceived, born in, and am currently living happily in. (Sin)
~ Kinley MacGregor
Who's Thyrza?" Molly asked. "What? Oh, some World War II femme fatale. Amelia Beauregard's boyfriend ran away with her." "That was my grandmother's name.
~ Kirsten Miller
Finally, Lord Stamfordham found it and secured his place in history by proposing the name of Windsor. That one word summoned up what the King was looking for—a glorious image that resonated with history, stretching back to William the Conqueror.
~ Kitty Kelley
Even at a distance of decades, people invoking Gandhi's name still evade the hard questions raised by Godse in his speech.
~ Koenraad Elst
In the name of God, impure souls of the living dead shall be banished into eternal damnation. Amen.
~ Kohta Hirano