Named Quotes

817 Named quotes by 669 unique authors

The Elizabethan age might be better named the beginning of the smoking era.. — James M. Barrie
It is true that I am a writer, and I was married to a composer, and I have lived in a small village in New… — Jamaica Kincaid
In a chariot of light from the region of the day, the Goddess of Liberty came. She brought in her hand as a pledge of… — Thomas Paine
Many years ago a very wise man named Bernard Baruch took me aside and put his arm around my shoulder. "Harpo my boy," he said,… — Harpo Marx
I guess the only thing to do now is meet his parents. I'm sure they're decent people. I mean they gotta be if they named… — Robert De Niro
All the women that are first born daughters in my family are named Mary, but we've all been given nicknames. I don't know how or… — Mamie Gummer
There was a young lady named Bright, Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one day In a relative way, And returned… — Arthur Henry Reginald Buller
The only man you will ever get is some fool named Grady who falls asleep in his soup. — Will Smith
Mike, did you ever see the movie 'Cast Away?' In that movie, Tom Hanks' only friend was a ball named Wilson. In this game, Russell… — Jon Gruden
When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins just down the street... except for an older boy named… — Wally Lamb
Human existence cannot be silent, nor can it be nourished by false words, but only by true words, with which people transform the world. To… — Paulo Freire
The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race. — Gough Whitlam
He named me. He liked the sound of it. And I said, well, all right. I felt a little odd about it. I don't understand… — Lauren Bacall
My breast cancer was caught very early thanks to my doctor a wonderful woman named Elsie Giogi, who just recently passed away after practicing medicine… — Kate Jackson
The boy (then a 12 year old boy named Anatoly Karpov)doesn't have a clue about Chess, and there's no future at all for him in… — Mikhail Botvinnik
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
In the order named, these are the hardest to control: Wine, Women, and Song. — Franklin P. Adams
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
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. — Laozi
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
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
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
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
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
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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