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Quotes About Name

Kestilan?" There was that name again. Oliver fought down an irrational surge of jealousy for this mysterious being who took up so much of Petunia's attention.
~ Jessica Day George
The person and the name become equivalent; the name demonstrates that the person is a lasting, indestructible substance—and not a process.
~ Erich Fromm
So long as I do not know his name perhaps I may still forget him, time will obliterate it, this picture. But his name, it is a nail that will be hammered into me and never come out again. It has the power to recall this forever, it will always come back and stand before me.
~ Erich Maria Remarque
Ma il suo nome è un chiodo che si pianterà in me e non si potrà strappare mai più.
~ Erich Maria Remarque
You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing! Depart, I say, and let us have done with you! In the name of God, go!
~ Erik Larson
Captain Hall had no direct control over Room 40—as of early 1915 his intelligence division and Room 40 were separate entities—but his name more than any other would come to be associated with its achievements.
~ Erik Larson
Chamberlain, borrowing words used by Oliver Cromwell in 1653: "You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing! Depart, I say, and let us have done with you! In the name of God, go!
~ Erik Larson
Cunard tickets did not identify babies by name, possibly out of quiet resentment that they traveled free.)
~ Erik Larson
Je m'appelle Erik Satie comme tout le monde.
~ Erik Satie
But there was something about Diesel... it started with his name and ended with his butt.
~ Erin McCarthy
Should I pity so and so? I asked. I gave his name but he delights so in giving it himself that I feel there is no need to give it for him. No. He's vicious. He's a corrupter and he's truly vicious. But he's supposed to be a good writer. He's not, she said. He's just a showman and he corrupts for the pleasure of corruption and he leads people into other vicious practices as well.
~ Ernest Hemingway
Hem,' he said, and I knew he was a critic now, since, in conversation, they put your name at the beginning of a sentence rather than at the end.
~ Ernest Hemingway
Knowledge of the name gives him who knows it mastery even over the being and will of the god.
~ Ernst Cassirer
A mistake we make too often in science is thinking that having a name for something is the same as understanding it. A skeleton in a museum or a drop of blood
~ Andrew Mayne
A mistake we make too often in science is thinking that having a name for something is the same as understanding it.
~ Andrew Mayne
It's strange. Hearing you say my name." "I can say it again if you'd like." "No, I'll remember just fine.
~ Andrew Pyper
Sincerely, Mysterious Book Entity Aww, it still liked that name.
~ Andrew Rowe
That's an unusual name to go by. Can I call you 'Not Telling' for short?
~ Andrew Rowe
I don't think the warriors will be prosecuted. These young fantasy enthusiasts are the most exotic armed group of the Eurorevolution. They appeared in the Maidan in December, wielding wooden swords and shields, and at first brought a carnival atmosphere to the demonstrations. They distinguished themselves during confrontations with the Berkut. Later, their ranks were thinned out by snipers. Some were killed, others wounded. And the only thing that remains exotic about them is their name.
~ Andrey Kurkov
Cintra is correctly written Xin'trea. Whereas my name comes from Zireael for that means Swallow
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
O nome da mula é Draakul. Foi chamada assim por Regis logo depois do furto e assim ficou. Regis, obviamente, acha esse nome engraçado, pois de certo tem algum significado engraçado na cultura e língua dos vampiros. No entanto, não queria nos explicar o motivo e dizia que era um jogo de palavras intraduzível.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
How do you know Ciri would want to go with me? Because of some old prophecies?' 'No', Mousesack said gravely. 'Because she only fell asleep after you cuddled her. Because she mutters your name and searches for your hand in her sleep.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
To lean into this aspiration, you must confront the fact that "whiteness" is a social ego as void of inherent identity as the personal ego, and you have identified with it as much as your very own name, but without being willing to name it.
~ angel Kyodo williams
The prince frowned again. "The name? Why do you not speak your God's name?" "Because His name is holy," I answered, "and not to be invoked lightly.
~ Angela Elwell Hunt