When I was at college, my nickname was Keds, because I wore Keds. I guess it wasn't really a nickname, because nicknames… — Rooney Mara Copy Share Image
I'm done with the nicknames. Actually, when I obtain my doctorate, I will not allow people to call me Shaq anymore, either. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Everyone at school seems to go by a nickname. Kat, Frosty, Bronx, Boo Bear, Jelly Bean, Freckles. — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumnity, pursued by a faction, may descend even to… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
I grew up as the ugly duckling, they called me 'la prieta fea', which means ugly dark one - that was my… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
Hoodie was just a nickname I had growing up and I just wanted to have a name that would stick in peoples'… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
A good name will wear out; a bad one may be turned; a nickname lasts forever. — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
“They Call Me Duke Because a St. Louis City Policeman Liked John Wayne” — Mike Hensley Copy Share Image
A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Alexander the Great, who said on his wedding night, It's only a nickname. Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons Copy Share Image
She tries to turn too soon, and the ladder smacks into Fernando's shoulder. "Oh! Sorry, Nando." The jolt knocks his glasses askew.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I got the nickname in the preseason of my rookie season. I was playing for the Suns at the (Great Western) Forum.… — Shawn Marion Copy Share Image
In Australia, everyone gets a nickname and people started calling me "Izzy" and I hated it so I just adopted Bella. — Bella Heathcote Copy Share Image
Cottonballs are an example of something I'd want to buy, but not have as a nickname. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I was a big Magic Johnson fan. And I guess people who knew that gave a name that... In that vein. I… — Tim Duncan Copy Share Image
“Will had been taken aback in his confrontation with Arisaka to discover that his name- Chocho- meant "Butterfly"... He was puzzled to… — John Flanagan 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
Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Ah. Yeah, that would be better. Have you ever driven a bus?" Caine shook his head. "No, I have not." "Strangely enough,"… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
A cousin of mine who was a casualty surgeon in Manhattan tells me that he and his colleagues had a one-word nickname… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
