Abandon Quote by Barbara Deming

I have this idea that every time we discover that the names we're being called are somehow keeping us less than free, we need…

— Kate Bornstein

Naming is a privilege of reason and the province of bullies. We name to tame and to maim; to honor the great, the dead,…

— Jane Leavy

What we name must answer to us; we can shape it if not control it.

— Starhawk

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

— Katherine Paterson

The biggest enemy we face is anthropocentrism. This is that common attitude that everything on this Earth was put here for [human] use.

— Eric Pianka

This naming of things is so crucial to possession - a spiritual padlock with the key thrown irretrievably away - that it is a…

— Jamaica Kincaid

Each of us has a right to name ourselves as we will.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

I think we all have the power to name ourselves. I try to call people what it is they wish to be called. But…

— Gloria Steinem

Therefore our choices need to be made carefully. Every single thing that one of us thinks says or does, impacts all the rest of…

— Dannion Brinkley

To the extent that we honor all aspects of ourselves, we remove revulsion, self-hate, horror, and terror from our lives. As whole human beings…

— Theodore Isaac Rubin

I think we have to stand up against what is unacceptable, and to push the boundaries and reclaim a more humane way of being…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.

— Jane Goodall