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
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
“...by the time you've finished naming a thing, it has already changed and the name you gave it no longer defines it… — Joann Sfar Copy Share Image
“First you must give it a name,” said the snake. “Naming a thing takes away some of its power and gives it… — Claire Legrand Copy Share Image
“Ernest, your name shall be Hengest which is the Germanic name for a stallion.” — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
Naming my favorite books feels like naming a favorite child - impossible. — Libba Bray 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
Ultimately, the naming of buildings is not a mechanism by which history is kept alive. It is a mechanism by which the… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
“Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing. But what about your true name? It is not necessarily your given name. But it… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
“When it comes to naming things, vanity and flattery are dull motivations best suited for deciding on a child’s middle name. Much… — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
No words, phrases, or sentences are capable of describing or naming the Way, because once it is named, it is a false… — Henry Chang Copy Share Image
There are many lessons to learn. Naming just one is next to impossible. However, learning to love and be loved is a… — Faith Hill Copy Share Image
In scripture God brings the animals to the human for naming. In that simple act the human is brought to recognize the… — Joan D. Chittister 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
The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Naming is like putting a stamp on something and fixing it. A kind of formaldehyde sort of fixation, but it becomes dead,… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
There is power in naming racism for what it is, in shining a bright light on it, brighter than any torch or… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“The American Naming Authority, a collective of women studying the effects of names on behavior, decrees that a name should only have… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
This naming of things is so crucial to possession - a spiritual padlock with the key thrown irretrievably away - that it… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“We begin our naming. The names drop into greens that tighten. Greens that deepen. The wind has begun its relentless thinking. Now… — Carol Berg Copy Share Image
If I do manage to come up with a scheme [to naming], however, I stick to it, which is why my cats… — Ursula Vernon Copy Share Image
Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Jason Sudeikis said an SNL go-to for naming people was: regular first name, noun last name. My noun was Beard. — Brendan Hunt Copy Share Image
Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives. — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
I guess Oshie does sound a little better than naming your pet Smith or Johnson. — T. J. Oshie Copy Share Image
The cool part about naming your kid is you don’t have to add six numbers to make sure the name is available. — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles. — Jim Capaldi Copy Share Image
“Naming can satisfy a need, it can shorten a conversation that otherwise might go on for hours.” — Nihad Sirees Copy Share Image
“They called him John Storm: John after his grandfather, but Storm after his father and his mother.” — John Crowley Copy Share Image
When I define polarities in my work, I actually create the space between things. I point to the question I am actually… — Alva Noto Copy Share Image
Naming is nice. It took me days before I was able to speak a name for my first child (what if people… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
“[N]ames were what you wore forever, and she felt that she'd sent her daughters out in tacky rabbit fur coats when they… — Sheri Holman Copy Share Image
“Naming is a difficult and timeconsuming process; it concerns essences, and it means power. But on the wild nights who can call… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Naming your packaged products helps call attention to how the deal is special. Call the product bundle a collector’s set, a gift… — James Dillehay Copy Share Image
Someone asked me the other day, 'What's the biggest influence on your filmmaking career?' And they started naming filmmakers. I went 'Naw,… — Tom Shadyac Copy Share Image
![“If I do manage to come up with a scheme [to naming], however, I stick to it, which is why my cats are named after gods-Loki and Athena, who are, respectively, absolutely straightforward and affectionate, and dumber than dirt. I learned my lesson. I will name my next cat 'Satan' or 'Marduk' or…” quote by Ursula Vernon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/85d/ursula-vernon-21101_affectionate_if-i-do-manage-to-come-up-with-a-scheme_100482.jpg)
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