--- title: "5 Choose Names Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Choose Names quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Choose Names sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/myrtle-reed-5134_believe_when-we-get-civilised-i-believe-children_113736.png" --- > [When we get civilised, I believe children will go by number until they get old enough to choose their own names.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/when-we-get-civilised-i-believe-children-will-go-by-number-until-they/) [Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/myrtle-reed-5134_believe_when-we-get-civilised-i-believe-children_113736.png) > [“One does not accept a name. The ancestors choose our names for us. We do not have a choice of accepting —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faye-hollidaye/one-does-not-accept-a-name-the-ancestors-choose-our-names-for-us-we/) [Faye Hollidaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faye-hollidaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/faye-hollidaye-67560_character-quotes_one-does-not-accept-a-name-the-ancestors_238800.jpg) > [My parents were both born in Birmingham, Alabama, and come from large Catholic families with lots of Michaels, Marks, and Patricks, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haley-joel-osment/my-parents-were-both-born-in-birmingham-alabama-and-come-from-large/) [Haley Joel Osment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haley-joel-osment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df0/haley-joel-osment-13043_born_my-parents-were-both-born-in-birmingham_525358.png) > [“My dearest one, it is not proper for men to be without names. There was a time when each man had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/my-dearest-one-it-is-not-proper-for-men-to-be-without-names-there-was/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6af/ayn-rand-59_time_my-dearest-one-it-is-not-proper-for-men_605157.jpg) > [When I got signed with WWE, I got to choose names, and I originally wanted Macey Evans, my real maiden name. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lacey-evans/when-i-got-signed-with-wwe-i-got-to-choose-names-and-i-originally/) [Lacey Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lacey-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/lacey-evans-28879_i-love_when-i-got-signed-with-wwe-i-got-to-choo_855478.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choose-names/#itemlist", "name": "Choose Names Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When we get civilised, I believe children will go by number until they get old enough to choose their own names.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Myrtle Reed" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/when-we-get-civilised-i-believe-children-will-go-by-number-until-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/myrtle-reed-5134_believe_when-we-get-civilised-i-believe-children_113736.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/myrtle-reed-5134_believe_when-we-get-civilised-i-believe-children_113736.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/myrtle-reed-5134_believe_when-we-get-civilised-i-believe-children_113736.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When we get civilised, I believe children will go by number until they get old enough to choose their own…” — Myrtle Reed", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“One does not accept a name. The ancestors choose our names for us. We do not have a choice of accepting — we are named and then are thus known as what we are named. There is no choice involved.\" -- Regra”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Faye Hollidaye" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faye-hollidaye/one-does-not-accept-a-name-the-ancestors-choose-our-names-for-us-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/faye-hollidaye-67560_character-quotes_one-does-not-accept-a-name-the-ancestors_238800.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/faye-hollidaye-67560_character-quotes_one-does-not-accept-a-name-the-ancestors_238800.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/faye-hollidaye-67560_character-quotes_one-does-not-accept-a-name-the-ancestors_238800.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One does not accept a name. The ancestors choose our names for us. 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