My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist. They named me after the… — Kabir Bedi Copy Share Image
It was in 1942 and I flew from St. Louis to Mexico City. I had just gotten married and we were on… — Monte Irvin Copy Share Image
You know what? At the end of the day, funny is funny. I hope to see the end of all the female… — Wendi McLendon-Covey Copy Share Image
I was named after the great emperor Cyrus as my father, Farokh Broacha, was a great admirer of the Persian emperor. Continuing… — Cyrus Broacha Copy Share Image
I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner Copy Share Image
When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
It is an incredible honor to be named the Colts' Walter Payton Man of the Year. — Pat McAfee Copy Share Image
Accompanied by an Australian photographer named Nigel Brennan, I'd gone to Somalia to work as a freelance journalist, on a trip that… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I worked in New Orleans for a chef named Paul Prudhomme. That was a very important time… — Aaron Sanchez Copy Share Image
In 1900, the typical American was a boy, not yet a teenager, named John. He lived with his parents and his sisters,… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
I've been to Reagan National Airport. I tell people it was named after me. — Ron Reagan Copy Share Image
You have, in America, you have gang signs. Well, 5,000 years ago, there was thing called a mudra, which is your sitting… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I'm in the theater because of two plays: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'Death of a Salesman.' — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
My husband recalls that I named my attacker as Brett Kavanaugh. — Christine Blasey Ford Copy Share Image
My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt. — Lionel Barber Copy Share Image
If you want to put golf back on the front pages again, and you don't have a Bobby Jones or a Francis… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
I was named after my Jewish grandfather who left Poland early in the 20th century. What I knew from an early age… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
There is this great, great wrestler, who never really got an opportunity to be a star, named Len Denton: he was a… — Jake Roberts Copy Share Image
New Orleans lives by the water and fights it, a sand castle set on a sponge nine feet below sea level, where… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
There are a whole lot of little tales told in 'Presumed Innocent,' whether it's about the Hobberly kid, who was an important… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Remember the Tea Party movement didn't get started in September of 2008 when the bank bailout was passed. It really began on… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
One time, I came off stage and a guy named Roman Decare, God rest his soul, he was a comic. 'Louie, if… — Louie Anderson Copy Share Image
