Names Quotes
6421 Names quotes by 3753 unique authors
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O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou has no name to be known by, let us call thee devil....O God, that men should put…
— William Shakespeare
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Heart's ease! one could look for half a day Upon this flower, and shape in fancy out Full twenty different tales of love and sorrow,…
— Mary Howitt
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Ale, not beer, in a pewter mug was comme il faut, the only thing for a gentleman of letters, worthy of the name, to drink.
— Guy de Maupassant
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What earthly good is golf? Life is stern and life is earnest. We live in a practical age. All around us we see foreign competition…
— P.G. Wodehouse
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The only way I'll ever make the Ryder Cup team is when I become captain; then I can name myself to the team.
— John Daly
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I have never, in all my various travels, seen but two sorts of people I mean men and women, who always have been, and ever…
— Mary Wortley Montagu
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I just hope I don't have to explain all the times I've used His name in vain when I get up there.
— Bob Hope
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On Friday the 13th, April 2029, an asteroid large enough to fill the Rose Bowl as though it were an egg cup will fly so…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia... It is in memory of this walk that I chose to keep and to…
— Alice Walker
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In historic events, the so-called great men are labels giving names to events, and like labels they have but the smallest connection with the event…
— Leo Tolstoy
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True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter.
— Richard Hamming
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Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name!
— Emma Goldman
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The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.
— Katherine Paterson
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Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name.
— William Wordsworth
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The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.
— John Powell
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I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth. The fact is…
— Maya Angelou
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Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities.
— Samuel Johnson
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Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his name is the…
— Victor Hugo
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Poverty is everyone's problem. It cuts across any line you can name: age, race, social, geographic or religious. Whether you are black or white; rich,…
— Kathleen Blanco
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The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his image or trademark. The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media.…
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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