Name Quotes · Page 21

I joke about it being a millstone, but it never hurts to have a name that sticks out.

— Zephyr Teachout

Our name is not great. It doesn't evoke anything about school or teachers. It doesn't roll off the tongue or stick in…

— Charles Best

I'm just honoring my mother's words. She always told me, 'The smaller your work, the bigger your name will become.'

— Willard Wigan

If you only fight people with no name, you will have no name yourself.

— Aleksei Oleinik

“Your name still rings a bell when you say something good, not by causing catastrophe in a bid to sound more interesting.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Fame is a series of misunderstandings surrounding a name.

— Joni Mitchell

My sister married an American and took his name, and my brother has shortened Sayrafiezadeh to Sayraf. So now he's Jacob Sayraf,…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

I think that people assumed I was white because of my last name. My father is Caucasian, my mother is Hispanic. But…

— George Zimmerman

My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends all call me T.I.P.

— T.I

My name ain't Liam Smith, my name ain't Rocky Fielding, my name ain't Amir Khan, James Kirkland - it's Demetrius Andrade and…

— Demetrius Andrade

This name Mandela is an albatross around the necks of my family.

— Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

I mean, no one's going to pronounce my name right.

— Ajla Tomljanovic

I broadcast games. I think there is a huge difference between print journalism and broadcasting. I don't have to say, 'sources close…

— Jeff Van Gundy

I'm just a lad playing for Liverpool, trying to achieve his dream, so to see a lad with my name on his…

— Trent Alexander-Arnold

People name things they do not understand to console themselves in their ignorance.

— Vikrant Parsai

At the premiere for 'Leave It to Beaver,' I was walking down the red carpet, and they were screaming my name, and…

— Erika Christensen

Our traditions have been waking up on Christmas morning and feasting on a southern breakfast. I'm from the South. We eat grits…

— Leigh-Allyn Baker

I didn't necessarily hit rock bottom, but I was working at Sprinkles Cupcakes and trying to make money, not wanting to tell…

— Katie Stevens

At first, when I arrived at Ferrari, I was very intimidated by all the people there, by Ferrari itsel. This name is…

— Charles Leclerc

The Pixar name means more than any other name. It's very important to us to keep that name at a high level.

— Edwin Catmull

If a film is based on a true story and you don't use anyone's name, you can do what you like.

— Patty Jenkins

We all have things in our lives that are terrible: you apologize for them; you wish you never had you name on…

— Jeph Loeb

Kids used to tease me unmercifully about that name.

— Marge Schott

I'd rather have no nickname, but with my style, you can't really put a name on it.

— Gegard Mousasi

You've got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the…

— Kurt Busiek