--- title: "8 New Names Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 New Names quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best New Names sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01c/islam-makhachev-6446_good_to-be-honest-i-ve-already-said-that-i-m_85688.jpg" --- > [To be honest, I've already said that I'm not that interested in rematches. Because if you want to win someone in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/islam-makhachev/to-be-honest-i-ve-already-said-that-i-m-not-that-interested-in/) [Islam Makhachev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/islam-makhachev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01c/islam-makhachev-6446_good_to-be-honest-i-ve-already-said-that-i-m_85688.jpg) > [“New names cost. They’d sacrificed things in their transfigurations. Tyrell Meeks. Imani Greene. Razz. Deirdre. They’d carved open their histories and offered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-r-hughes/new-names-cost-they-d-sacrificed-things-in-their-transfigurations/) [S.R. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-r-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/s-r-hughes-106254_cost_new-names-cost-they-d-sacrificed-things_126257.jpg) > [Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-morrison/each-generation-wants-new-symbols-new-people-new-names-they-want-to/) [Jim Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/jim-morrison-1692_divorce_each-generation-wants-new-symbols-new-pe_847127.jpg) > [“Everyone of us has a new name that winks at us daily because there are rivers of life in our bellies, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/euginia-herlihy/everyone-of-us-has-a-new-name-that-winks-at-us-daily-because-there/) [Euginia Herlihy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/euginia-herlihy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/euginia-herlihy-998_inspirational-life_everyone-of-us-has-a-new-name-that-winks_1301799.jpg) > [God, I'm such a lazy writer - I can't even think up new names.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-potter/god-i-m-such-a-lazy-writer-i-can-t-even-think-up-new-names/) [Dennis Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-potter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8e/dennis-potter-13787_lazy_god-i-m-such-a-lazy-writer-i-can-t-even_1743319.png) > [I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/i-decided-that-i-would-be-one-of-the-biggest-new-names-and-i-actually/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/count-basie-25671_business_i-decided-that-i-would-be-one-of-the-big_2123423.png) > [“Despite a few exceptions, I have found that Americans are now far more willing to learn new names, just as they're far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/firoozeh-dumas/despite-a-few-exceptions-i-have-found-that-americans-are-now-far-more/) [Firoozeh Dumas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/firoozeh-dumas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/firoozeh-dumas-15576_american_despite-a-few-exceptions-i-have-found-th_2862160.jpg) > [I have this idea that every time we discover that the names we're being called are somehow keeping us less than free,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/i-have-this-idea-that-every-time-we-discover-that-the-names-we-re/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/kate-bornstein-11426_come-up_i-have-this-idea-that-every-time-we-disc_3133431.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/new-names/#itemlist", "name": "New Names Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To be honest, I've already said that I'm not that interested in rematches. 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