Name Quotes
7649 Name quotes by 4442 unique authors
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Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.
— Dante Alighieri
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The concept of God in America is very different than it is in England. Because we see the horrendous outcome of religion as being an…
— Nick Cave
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When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as…
— Nicolas Chamfort
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God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.
— William Ellery Channing
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My father told me 'Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.'
— Dave Chappelle
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I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named…
— Madonna Ciccone
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What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.
— Emile M. Cioran
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I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I…
— Sandra Cisneros
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I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.
— Tom Clancy
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If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.
— Woody Allen
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Who would name their kid Jack with the last words 'off' at the end of the last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up.
— George Clooney
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Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing…
— William Cobbett
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Tori's my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I…
— Tori Amos
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It's nice to be recognized, but it's not great to have it too conspicuously recognized, if you see what I mean. Gold records on the…
— Ian Anderson
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I'm Wolf Blitzer and yes, that's my real name.
— Mitt Romney
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I'm Mitt Romney-and yes Wolf, that's also my first name.
— Mitt Romney
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Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?
— Arthur C. Clarke
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It is not a lucky word, this name impossible; no good comes of those who have it so often in their mouths.
— Thomas Carlyle
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To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of prudence, in the…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Despite trials, worldly confusion, and caustic voices, we can trust in the Lord and go forward with happy hearts, knowing that with every challenge or…
— Elaine L. Jack
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Ann Taylor - great name, great real estate, shitty business. Gap -great name, great real estate, declining business. J.Crew - Hellooo? Great name, better fashion…
— Millard Drexler
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. . . every tree near our house had a name of its own and a special identity. This was the beginning of my love…
— Ellen Glasgow
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The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.
— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does…
— Edgar Lee Masters
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Okay, using the dreaded middle name is not the best way to forge a bond.
— Adam Brody
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