Surnames Quotes

21 Surnames quotes by 21 unique authors

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire, and… — Socrates
Amy Winehouse - her surname's beginning to sound like a description of her liver. — Russell Brand
There is no English surname, however ancient and dignified, that cannot instantly be improved by the prefix ‘Spanker’. — Christopher Hitchens
You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate. — Antonio Villaraigosa
One's head is finite. You pour more and more things into it - surnames, chronologies, affiliations - and it packs them away in its tunnels,… — Nicholson Baker
There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no… — Lily Collins
In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from. — Anne Enright
It's very hard to step into a job when people are just dismissing you as a pretty face, and saying you got your job only… — Julian McMahon
You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames. But if you… — Henry Louis Gates
I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname. — Rachel Weisz
The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent… — William Butler Yeats
My imagination? No, I don't think it's VIVID at all. On the contrary, it's not nearly potent enough. My poor imaginative faculties have always needed...extentions.… — Thomas Ligotti
There's a scientific hypothesis that every person's name is a primary suggestive command that contains the entire script of their life in highly concentrated form.… — Victor Pelevin
Molly wants to know her father's name," Arch said to them. "Why don't you give her a hint?" His first name with 'splatter,'" said Ripkins.… — Frank Beddor
And this is Nymphadora-" "Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus," said the young witch with a shudder. "It's Tonks." "-Nymphadora Tonks, who prefers to be known… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Harriet Jones: When they fart, if you'll pardon the word, it doesn't smell like a fart, pardon the word, it's like something else. What is… — Russell T Davies
...try as i do, i can't recall her surname. Indeed, her very abstractedness and insubstantial personality seemed to say 'forget me'; she seemed to live… — Muriel Spark
After that, we had a short conversation about how your body can sometimes seem totally separate. She said her body can feel like a distant… — Joe Dunthorne
I cannot feel like a duchess in my mother’s sitting room.” “What do you feel like, then?” “Hmmm.” She took a sip of her tea.… — Julia Quinn
There are no adjectives, no surnames, no explanations that can adequately describe Jesus. He cannot be defined as prominent because He is preeminent. He is… — Randy Vader
Genealogists concentrate on the meanings and origins of surnames because they are inherited and the easiest way of identifying people who are related. Judith Land — Judith Land

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21 authors contributed a total of 21 Surnames Quotes as follows: