Names Quotes

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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These big-package releases. There should be a cute name for them. — Julian Assange
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own… — Francis of Assisi
The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. — Margaret Atwood
'1984' is not a wonder tale. Not only could it happen, but it has happened, but under different names. — Margaret Atwood
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although… — John James Audubon
For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names. — Paul Auster
Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because the name of… — Teresa of Avila
Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need… — Jensen Ackles
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the… — Gaston Bachelard
For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. — Francis Bacon
It's true that I don't rearrange that much in the fiction, but I feel if you change even one name or the order of one… — Nicholson Baker
I am a quick study - I can memorize a script in an hour - but I can't remember a name three seconds. I've even… — Don Adams
Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model… — Tyra Banks
I want to feel passion, I want to feel pain. I want to weep at the sound of your name. Come make me laugh, come… — Joey Lauren Adams
Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful… — Lynda Barry
As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism has been given… — Saint Basil
'Hello my name is the Republican Party and I got a problem. I'm addicted to spending and big government.' I'd like one of them just… — Glenn Beck
I've been through quite a few hurricanes. I worked in North Carolina, where there's a housing development whose name was Landfall. — James Van Der Beek
It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio… — Kate Adie

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