“Arrange your unutterable alphabet, my man, / and hold tight. / It's all you've got, a naming of things, and not so beautiful.” — Charles Wright Copy Share Image
“She had not been the sort to have cared about the naming of things that existed well without it…” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“You're saying that man "makes" his territory by naming the "things" in it?” — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
By virtue of this science the poet is the Namer, or Language-maker, naming things sometimes after their appearance, sometimes after their essence,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The itch for naming things is almost as bad as the itch for possessing things. Let them and leave them alone--they'll survive… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
For me, Christianity is not a genre. It's faith. The Gospel is not a genre either. It's faith. I definitely understand the… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I feel happy to be keeping a journal again. I've missed it, missed naming things as they appear, missed the half hour… — May Sarton 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
“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
Even now, it's still hard for him to say it. I don't blame him. It's an icky word. Why couldn't whoever was… — Sarah Wylie Copy Share Image
Naming things, breaking through taboos and denial is the most dangerous, terrifying, and crucial work. This has to happen in spite of… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that… — Humphrey Carpenter 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
