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Quotes About Appellation

My nickname used to be Moses - still is Moses - for a long time, and people just call me Mo for short.
~ Nelly
My nickname is Saffy.
~ Aimee Osbourne
I don't need a nickname. My name is Luke.
~ Luke Kuechly
I've never given myself a nickname.
~ Genesis Rodriguez
'Mahershala' is my nickname.
~ Mahershala Ali
Mariette is a nickname. My real name is Mary Loretta.
~ Mariette Hartley
I'm not a big nickname guy.
~ Connor McDavid
For years my nickname was 'Bum.'
~ Jack Hemingway
I was sitting around bored one day and was thinking of a name that would fit me. They have 'Cabbage,' 'Rampage,' 'Shogun,' and 'Ninja' so why can't we have a 'Rumble?'
~ Anthony Johnson
It was never a conscious decision - I was introducing myself as Duffy and my friends were calling me Duffy, so I just knocked off the first half of my name. For me it's no big deal, but a lot of people want to unearth why I've called myself this. It's just what I'm known as, you know.
~ Duffy
I am known by many names, but you may call me...Tim.
~ Graham Chapman
Yes, I said. My name is seven-five-nine-nine-three-nine-ex-dash-one. Junior.
~ James Patterson
His name was Butchie Dykes.
~ James Patterson
I don't mind being called 'Supernova.' If one nickname is going to stick, that's not a bad one!
~ Natalia Vodianova
Call me Mort, Sol.
~ Dan Simmons
If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.
~ Thomas Bulfinch
O be some other name.
~ William Shakespeare
clingy." It's an ugly word, isn't it, that describes the honey of the heart as a sticky, pestersome substance that won't brush off. And to whatever degree clinginess is not simply a mean appellation for the most precious thing on earth, it involves an unacceptably incessant demand for attention, approbation, ardor in return.
~ Lionel Shriver
Cú Chulainn, the greatest of the champions of Conchobhar Mac Nessa, King of Ulaidh, sat with other members of the Craobh Ríoga, the warriors of the Royal Branch, bodyguards to the king. It should be explained that the Craobh Ríoga, because of the tired eyesight of an ancient scribe, was mis-transcribed long ago as the Craobh Ruadha, or Red Branch warriors. We, however, shall forgive the scribe's mistake and return those ancient warriors to their real appellation
~ Unknown
We ought to call it something,' said Banokles thoughtfully. 'We can't just keep calling it "that big bastard horse". It ought to have a name.' 'What do you suggest?' - 'Arse Face.
~ David Gemmell
Actually, I was born Adam Zachary Orth. Zak is short for my middle name. I was never called Adam.
~ Zak Orth
All my friends call me 'Gogi' because that's the short version for Goran.
~ Goran Dragic
off. I always went by "Tray" or "Crazy Tray.
~ Unknown
Why did you call me that?" "Cinda? Because no one else does.
~ Lisa Kleypas