I don't know if the police of naming statements would agree with this. — Roman Abramovich Copy Share Image
“I didn’t even have a name for her, shade or human, but I didn’t need one to know her. (Eric)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Language itself is a major resource in the naming of what cannot be named” — David Simpson Copy Share Image
Not naming names, but it shocks me, some of the people who get the breaks. — Jeffrey Dean Morgan Copy Share Image
“If this interpretation of nashamah by the rabbis is right ... then it is naming that creates soul.” — Anne Hamilton Copy Share Image
Naming someone you know your parents approve of, when they ask who you're texting — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Naming one thing after another cannot, logically, increase the chances of the new thing turning out like the old thing. — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
I never went after character payments. I'm pretty much terrible at naming characters, so I usually name them after people I know. — Billy Lawrence Copy Share Image
The problem with naming a No. 2 is you really want to throw all your weight behind the guy who is going… — Charlie Bell Copy Share Image
Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
I try to catch flies in cups and put them outside. After I wrote 'The Underland Chronicles'... well, once you start naming… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Why do you have to ruin everything?' he asked. 'Why do you have to name everything? Decide what's real and what's -… — Michael Montoure Copy Share Image
“I'm Jack, short for Jacqueline [...] This is Jill, short for Jillian, because our parents should never have been allowed to name… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“We're forgetting each plant's proper naming, Classifications we've learnt from reading; We stop recalling the links and logic, Accounts of the world's… — Michael Shindler Copy Share Image
I think it is very useful to know ourselves, but when we start naming and labeling, that is dangerous, that gets problematic.… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
“That's just the first part. What others call you, you become. It's a terrible magic that everyone can do — so do… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I don't have any children, but if I had a baby, I would have to name it, so I would get a… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives together without knowing each other's names. Naming… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
More attention and thought goes into naming a character in 'Call Of Duty' than all the work that can go into certain… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
The core of human rights work is naming and shaming those who commit abuses, and pressuring governments to put the screws to… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Since we were renamed, and now it feels like 80 percent of the African-American population has the name Washington or Jefferson or… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
We two remake our world by naming it / Together, knowing what words mean for us / And for the other for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...to limit the meaning of Aslan simply to lion from Turkish is to miss its deep northern resonances and the song of… — Anne Hamilton Copy Share Image
“What's your name?' 'Names!' she sniffed, rolling her eyes. 'People always want names, don't they? They're mad about naming. I will let… — Isobelle Carmody Copy Share Image
“The action of a thing is the same as the naming of it - is, in fact, the real name. The trees… — Jesse Ball Copy Share Image
“You know, I should start thinking on names. I have to be over two months gone. A name is important. Especially for… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
“I Name you Echthroi. I Name you Meg. I Name you Calvin. I Name you Mr. Jenkins. I Name you Proginoskes. I… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“For the Hebrews, names provided a direct link with the Creator. They understood words as being the creative fire of God, the… — Anne Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Naming species is not big science. It is like mapmaking or dictionary work and, on its own, of relatively little use. But… — Rob Dunn Copy Share Image
“The passion for naming things is an odd human trait. It is strange that men always feel so much more at ease… — George Gaylord Simpson Copy Share Image
“This is connected with the conception of naming as a process that is, so to speak, occult. Naming seems to be a… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“Elodin pointed down the street. "What color is that boy's shirt?" "Blue." "What do you mean by blue? Describe it." I struggled… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. We have not been free to use our own power to name… — Mary Daly Copy Share Image
Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image