Names Quotes · Page 63

The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself good, but between peace and slavery there is the greatest difference.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

To trust agents, hyperlinks are the twenty-first-century equivalent of the name-dropper.

— Chris Brogan

I've worked with a lot of directors, some of them you wouldn't really attach the word 'artist' to their name.

— Mark Mothersbaugh

Calling them devadasis we insult God Himself in the name of religion.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Bobby's World touched a lot of people. That's why the family's last name is Generic. Uncle Ted is based on uncles we've…

— Howie Mandel

And the Earth had no name. The gods know themselves and have no need of names. It is man who names all…

— Megan Whalen Turner

Anyway Ri Ri what rhymes wit your name really? Money got you vacationing in Chile

— Nicki Minaj

My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it…

— Jean Cocteau

But for the media to name their coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq the same as what the Pentagon calls it—everyday…

— Amy Goodman

The New Year is the season in which custom seems more particularly to authorize civil and harmless lies, under the name of…

— Lord Chesterfield

Let all men know how empty and powerless is the power of kings. For there is none worthy of the name but…

— Cnut the Great

Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check…

— Jonathan Swift

Next time we see you, you’ll be on trial for some ingenious crime!” Dottie said with a laugh. Evie grinned. “Just as…

— Libba Bray

But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my…

— James Otis

So you've got no name?" I asked. "They couldn't think of one ugly enough?" The creature snarled, stepping over the unconscious policeman.…

— Rick Riordan

With two women every week in England and Wales being killed by their partner or ex-partner, we need to act now to…

— Tom Aikens

Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God, to whom we declare all our miseries, whose support and help we implore…

— John Knox

And finally, to all Canadians: Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world. We can be a better…

— Jack Layton

The two parties which divide the State, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation are very old, and have disputed the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I speak in the name of the entire German people when I assure the world that we all share the honest wish…

— Adolf Hitler

Spring and Fall: To a Young Child Márgarét, are you gríeving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leáves, líke the things of man, you With…

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

The audience. They see the name Mel Brooks, they want something really funny. They don't want to be moved; they don't want…

— Mel Brooks

E-learning as we know it has been around for ten years or so. During that time, it has emerged from being a…

— Stephen Downes

My God, the suburbs! They encircled the city's boundaries like enemy territory and we thought of them as a loss of privacy,…

— John Cheever

Feeling like the voice she liked best in all the world was calling her name.

— Anonymous

If every event which occurred could be given a name, there would be no need for stories.

— John Berger

He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride…

— Benjamin Franklin

I have 20 or 30 books completely plotted out in my mind - mysteries, thrillers, horror, romance, science fiction. You name it.

— Christopher Paolini

It became normal for women on the internet to adopt gender-neutral or male screen names.

— Arthur Chu

He had tattooed all of the names of the men he had killed on his body...unfortunately he had run out of room.

— Anthony Horowitz

I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.

— Fareed Zakaria

Dear IRS, I am writing to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list.

— Charles M. Schulz

When I was a barber, me being extreme was how I got popular: you name it, I was drawing it on someone's…

— Swizz Beatz

I insist on knowing the names, on being interested only in books left ajar, like doors; I will not go looking for…

— Andre Breton

I hate to see a young man get ahead on the basis of a famous family name.

— Edward Kennedy

I had this one rock band I used to listen to, but I forgot the name of them.

— Ace Hood

Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it.

— Chandra Wilson

I should have checked the price tag before I gave them my last name.

— George Strait

So India’s problem turns out to be the world’s problem. What happened in India has happened in God’s name. The problem’s name…

— Salman Rushdie

Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review.

— Robert Duvall