Doe Quote by Ellen Sussman Download Open image “Why does naming a thing give it so much power?” — Ellen Sussman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Doe Giving
From antiquity, people have recognized the connection between naming and power. — Casey Miller Copy Share Image
Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
We humans have had from time unknown the compulsion to name things and thus to be able to deal with them. The name we… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Names have a mysterious transforming power. Like a ring on a finger, a name may at first seem merely accidental, committing you to nothing;… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
I'm starting to believe in the power of a name. Because it can't be a mistake if I just call it 'change.' — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
To give a name to a thing is as gratifying as giving a name to an island, but it is also dangerous: the danger… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
Names have power. In certain cultures, just speaking a man's name gives you mastery over him. — Bentley Little Copy Share Image
“The passion for naming things is an odd human trait. It is strange that men always feel so much more at ease when they… — George Gaylord Simpson Copy Share Image
“So what's in a name? The answer, we have seen, is, a great deal. In the sense of a morphological product, a name is… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Sometimes when daughters have a bad-girl mother, they rebel and become good girls. They are constantly embarrassed by me! — Ellen Sussman Copy Share Image
“You're not in love. You're a wonderful flirt, though. You can put that on your resume.” — Ellen Sussman Copy Share Image
“What are your drawn to?" ... "Language, Words, No, not teaching. Perhaps one day I'll write something.” — Ellen Sussman Copy Share Image
Sometimes we have to run away from ourselves in order to find ourselves. — Ellen Sussman Copy Share Image
Our parents don't know us... They can't know us. We hide ourselves from them. Once they knew everything about us and in order to… — Ellen Sussman Copy Share Image
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Sometimes a sign or a quote is simply interesting by itself and does not require anything beyond being framed on a page. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery.… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
Nothing old is ever reborn but neither does it totally disappear. And that which has once been born, will always reappear in a new… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
One of the things the United States does well is building coalitions. What the U.S. knows is that if you don't have a coalition… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does,… — Alice Englert Copy Share Image
