Quotes About Name

No me gusta ni mi cara ni mi nombre. Bueno, las dos cosas han acabado siendo la misma. Es como si me encontrara infeliz dentro de este nombre pero sospechara que la vida me arrojó a él, me hizo a él y ya no hay otro que pueda definirme como soy".

In order not to be overwhelmed by our accident, we convert even our name into an entity: how can we die when we are called Peter or Paul?

Each of us takes on himself that unit of disaster which is the phenomenon man. And the only meaning time has is to multiply these units, endlessly to enlarge these vertical sufferings which depend upon a nonentity of matter, upon the pride of a given name, and upon a solitude without appeal.

One always perishes by the self one assumes: to bear a name is to claim an exact mode of collapse.

I find it hard to understand your ambition to make a name for yourself in an age when the epigone is de rigueur.

As a child my name embarrassed me. Ragged by normally named playmates, I'd bawl. In one school I changed to Elizabeth. This alias was annulled once Daddy heard of it.

I went to school for me -- I didn't do it to make any sort of statement. So the very first year I was in school I wasn't there under my own name. It was very incognito. And then it leaked and I said, "Ok let me control this story," and that's when I started talking about it.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

I've got the baby here," Imogene barked at the Wise Men. "Don touch him! I named him Jesus.

Properly speaking, the name of God is not to be given to the Absolute before creation; the Absolute is the only philosophical name admissible, and that is unsatisfactory, for it is negative; but the idea of God before matter was must be incomprehensible by material beings.

The Rose of Life to us reveals Her hidden petals without shame, For in our questing faith she feels The love that melts the seven seals Of the Eternal Name.

You've all been asleep, you would not believe me Them voices telling me, you will soon receive me Standing on the beach, the sea will part before me (Fire wheel burning in the air!) You will follow me and we will ride to glory (Way up the middle of the air!) And I'll call down thunder and speak the same And my work fills the sky with flame And might and glory going to be my name And men going to light my way

The FDA has been looking for a generic name for Viagra. They announced today that they have settled on Mycoxafloppin.

You: Why did you pick my first name? Your dad: I don't remember. You: I see. Can you give me an example of something else you can't remember? Your dad: Uh . . . what? You: Did you like the sound of my name? Your dad: Yes. Your name rhymes with platypus, and that has always been one of our favorite animals.

Mikee is a very lovely name and would remind you of Micky! But when you meet her in the future you would admire and love her forever for the rest of your life. Mikee, Mikee have you chose your lover forever to mary and will love till death?

It's true that I don't rearrange that much in the fiction, but I feel if you change even one name or the order of one event then you have to call it fiction or you get all the credits of non-fiction without paying the price.

I take great pride in recalling that I could open in a play on Broadway or in London's West End and fill a theatre on the strength of my name - Steed's name.

I had this dream of starting a pizza business since college. I came up with the name, menu, and recipes back then.

A few people thought I was Bill Clinton, because of the name. I've never complained. Just the fact that you recognise me is enough. Even if you think I'm Chaka Khan.

In politics, name recognition matters a lot.

The American people deserve to have access to as many qualified candidates as possible, not only the ones who can afford to buy name recognition or who already have it.

I'm very, very happy with my recognition/lack of recognition in England in terms of my life. In terms of household name-age. The public's memory is very short, luckily.

What did Sept. 11 do? It took me from 60-70 percent name recognition as mayor of New York to about 90 percent. Of course it had an impact. But it's not the only reason I was successful.

It is true that I got recognition. But however good the comedies are, nobody will accept a good comedy director as a good director. That is the sad part of it. Nobody knows who directed the 'Laurel and Hardy' movies. They know only Laurel and Hardy. Directors will never get a good name if they direct a comedy film.