Quotes About Name

Zachary winched a few more letters onto his last name and declared himself king of the Z aficionados.

Now about this turtle. I think I'm gonna name it Oliver." "Why's that?" "Because he's leaving little turtle poop 'Oliver' his terrarium.

Taylor's swallow on the other end of the phone was audible. "They named her Taylor." Brandon's smile burned at the back of his eyes. "She'll have a lot to live up to.

John had forgotten her name as soon as she said it—it might as well be Charon for all he could remember),

new laws regulating the now-legal liquor industry, they helped ensure that bourbon (and other whiskey) would, as of July 1, 1936, have to be stored in charred new oak containers in order to claim the name.

The name Zechariah comes from the Hebrew root z-k-r, which means "remember"; the "yah" at the end is the marker for YHWH, so the name means "God remembers.

Elizabeth's name likely derives from the Hebrew Eli, meaning "my God," the beginning of Jesus' cry from the cross ("My God, my God"). The second part comes from sheva, which is an oath. Thus, her name indicates that God keeps promises.

Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He does not want to sign His name.

Elle me dit son nom, celui qu'elle s'est choisi: « Nadja, parce qu'en russe c'est le commencement du mot espérance, et parce que ce n'en n'est que le commencement.

Owyn Wynter nodded. "Why yes. He works for me." "So this corpse-faced creepy motherfucker who has been hanging around our house is working for you?" said Nevada. "And his name is Jaunty?" I said. "It's short for Jonathan. He's my accountant." "Your accountant.

Let's be real: it's not always the No. 1 contenders who get the title shots. It's who they invest money in and who's kind of a known name. In the lighter weights, just being that I fought seven title fights in a row, I think I'm that guy.

Obama is the new kid with the weird name who people just sense is a little classier than his surroundings. He moved from a private school where he was class president and is now at the giant public high school with the metal detectors and the smoking lounge.

People are getting permanent tattoos of my name. It's madness. People come and touch my feet. Initially it was really weird, but now I think people see me as an inspiration. So I need to set the right example.

I was this person with this weird last name from New York that no one had ever heard of. But my screen test I guess, according to him, was the best. So I got the part, which was incredible.

My name is not really a common one, but people always tend to mix it up, which is quite embarrassing! As there have been incidents where I would be all ready to go on stage for my performance, and the host would say, 'Ladies and gentlemen please welcome Mr Rithik.' And, I would have to remind them that it isn't Rithik but Rithvik!

Not a lot of people get a second chance. And I think for a while there, my name kind of got in my way a bit, based on all of the television I was fortunate enough to do. But after a while, you sort of wear out your welcome in that genre, in that medium.

One of the reasons my name is Rushdie is that my father was an admirer of Ibn Rush'd, the 12th century Arab philosopher known as Averroes in the West. In his time, he was making the non-literalist case for interpreting the Koran.

Meatloaf has never quite risen above its name. It offers comfort and predictability, but rarely fireworks.

I'm called Anne because my mother, who was devout, prayed to St. Anne every day of her pregnancy with me.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

A traditional presidential campaign has a media bus with the candidate's name on it and an itinerary days in advance. Trump has a plane with his name on it (that we aren't invited on) and an itinerary that often mutates daily, along with his talking points.

I never really got any attention until I was on MTV. I became a household name because I was on every day from 3-4 P.M. I wasn't prepared for it - how mean they can be in the press.

It's definitely always daunting to have your name on a show and a lot of pressure in some ways, but obviously in other ways it's a lot of fun and it's a great honor.

I came up with the Vic Reeves character for a stage project and people presume that's my name, even when I do other acting jobs.