Quotes About Name

How could I have been anything else but what I am, having been named Madonna. I would either have ended up a nun or this.

May poetry and God's name have mercy on us!

I'll search in mythology and archeology and in every -ology to my old name. one of the goddesses of Canaan will side with me, then swear with a flash of lightning. This is my orphan son

Grasp your own reality and grasp your name and learn how to write your own proof.

His name was apparently Charles Penrose and the record was called The Adventures of the Laughing Policeman.

Fantômas! The sound of that name evoked the worst horrors! Fantômas! This terrorist, this über-criminal who has never shrunk from any cruelty, any horror - Fantômas is evil personified! Fantômas! He stops at nothing!

We remember the truth because it has a name, is rooted in the past, but a makeshift lie is quickly forgotten.

She tried to make her eyes seem tender; she did not know why, for no reason, for pleasure, the pleasure of charity, of a little vanity, and also gratuity, the pleasure of carving your name into a tree trunk for a passerby whom you will never see, the pleasure of throwing a bottle into the ocean.

It was in an ostensible vein of sarcasm that he had asked me to call him, and that he himself called me, "cher maître." But, as a matter of fact, we each derived a certain satisfaction from the mannerism, being still at the age in which one believes that one gives a thing real existence by giving it a name. Unfortunately

DDT stood for Dangerous Darrell Thomas. Thomas had given himself the name when he was riding with a motorcycle club and was interviewed for a public radio magazine. The magazine writer got it wrong, though, and referred to him as TDT--Terrible Darrell Thompson--which lost something of its intent when expressed as initials; and since the writer got the last name wrong, too, Thomas never again trusted the media.

Early on, there was talk of naming the colony Eden, but it was suggested that such a name was karmically tantamount to asking for trouble.

With this group. With the Equilibrium. Which is what they were calling themselves, anyway. I thought it was a stupid name. But they weren't giving me a vote. And if they did I would probably name it "The League of Assholes," so I don't think they would mind not having my input.

Don't you love Jesus?' Well, I thought an' I thought an' finally I says, 'No, I don't know nobody name' Jesus. I know a bunch of stories, but I only love people.

Abra was ready ere I called her name. And though I called another, Abra came.

Look, Samuel, I mean to make a garden of my land. Remember my name is Adam. So far I've had no Eden, let alone been driven out." "It's the best reason I ever heard for making a garden," Samuel exclaimed. He chuckled.

Look, Samuel, I mean to make a garden of my land. Remember my name is Adam. So far I've had no Eden, let alone been driven out.

Foo Kyu' is just a very unfortunate cultural coincidence. Just think about his poor son, 'Foo Kyu Two.'

Every Christian who studies history can only grieve over the atrocities that have been committed in the name of God by people who refuse to follow His ways.

I was born William. My father was William. I came from a big family, I hated being called Billy. Willem's a nickname; it's a Dutch name, very common in the Netherlands.

The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I'm gone.

Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him.

Its really good to have so distinctive a name as an actress. No one ever forgets it. My sister and brother are called Perdita and Rollo. Actually, my family calls me Hollyhocks.

If I ever have a son, I would call him Frankie, and it's a family name - it's my dad and my dad's dad, so you know, it sticks. I won't forget it.

Etgar means "challenge." And my family name is Keret, which means "urban." So my name is "urban challenge." My joke is, it's a good description of a birth but a strange name for a human being.