Named Quotes
817 quotes by 669 authors
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I'm a firm believer that all sports will eventually be global. Someday, we may have a quarterback from China named Yao Fling.
— Paul Tagliabue
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In the order named, these are the hardest to control: Wine, Women, and Song.
— Franklin P. Adams
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There once was a student named Bessor Whose knowledge grew lessor and lessor. It at last grew so small He knew nothing at all, And…
— Bennett Cerf
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.
— Laozi
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Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready reference to the…
— Pope John Paul II
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The fact that we did not give the demonstrators in Iran our moral support when a young woman named Neda bled to death in the…
— John McCain
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Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music, while also delving deeply into…
— Paul Zollo
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The gateway to freedom...was somewhere close to New Orleans where most Africans were sorted through and sold. I had driven through New Orleans on tour…
— Chuck Berry
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It has been my firm belief, based on my research and investigations over the past half century, that UFOs and their occupants, which I have…
— George Fawcett
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For the first and only time, I was more worried about getting hurt by the crowd than by the guy I was fighting. I got…
— Jack Dempsey
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We had an episode where Bud asks his dad, I was named after the beer, right, Dad? And Ed ONeill, who played my dad, says,…
— Unknown Author
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Well named, Quotology contains everything you always wanted to know about quotations, quoters, quotees, quotation books, 'quoox' (quotations out of context), and their fascinating history.
— Marjorie Garber
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There are twenty-four characters in this book named Max. Let there be an end to this silly business of authors never giving their own names…
— Max Shulman
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My first date was with a girl named Cessi. We'd had a beautiful relationship over the phone all summer long. Then she came home and…
— Leonardo DiCaprio
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Someone will always hate what I say. There’s always going to be somebody spitting blood about my wooden-faced, toffee-named, crappy acting.
— Benedict Cumberbatch
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I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when…
— Kelsey Grammer
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I was just thinking how unfortunate it'd be to be a fat girl named Candy.
— Zach Galifianakis
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I was named Margaret Yvonne. Margaret because my mother was very fond of one of the derivatives of the name. She was fascinated at the…
— Yvonne De Carlo
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I think they named the orange before the carrot.
— Demetri Martin
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I'd have avoided some of the pain if I could. Anyone would. But I wouldn't have missed knowing any of the people-even the ones whose…
— Red Skelton
Who Wrote These Named Quotes
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