Antiquity Quote by Casey Miller

We humans have had from time unknown the compulsion to name things and thus to be able to deal with them. The name we…

— Katherine Paterson

Why does naming a thing give it so much power?

— Ellen Sussman

Names have power. In certain cultures, just speaking a man's name gives you mastery over him.

— Bentley Little

Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters.

— Rick Riordan

Words have meaning and names have power

— Anonymous

It is no secret. All power is one in source and end, I think. Years and distances, stars and candles, water and wind and…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Names have a mysterious transforming power. Like a ring on a finger, a name may at first seem merely accidental, committing you to nothing;…

— Stefan Zweig

What signifies knowing the Names, if you know not the Natures of things.

— Benjamin Franklin

There are cultures in which it is believed that a name contains all a persons mystical power. That a name should be known only…

— Diane Setterfield

I'm starting to believe in the power of a name. Because it can't be a mistake if I just call it 'change.'

— Sara Bareilles

“So what's in a name? The answer, we have seen, is, a great deal. In the sense of a morphological product, a name is…

— Steven Pinker

“Throughout the ancient world, naming was a sacred act. It was the word by which a child was called into his calling. It was…

— Anne Hamilton