Boats and sailing Quote by Hugo Vihlen

I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.

— J. B. Priestley

I am terrible with people's names.

— Rob Lowe

I hate ridiculous names; my weird name has haunted me all my life.

— Peaches Geldof

I've always been aware that to be named after someone from the past carries with it all kinds of bittersweetness.

— Morris Gleitzman

Becareful of the weird and bad names that you call other people with, It takes one to know one.

— Tshepo Koos

People make a lot of fuss about my kids having such supposedly 'strange names', but the fact is that no matter what first names…

— Frank Zappa

Great names abase, instead of elevating, those who do not know how to bear them.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Indeed there's a woundy luck in names.

— Ben Jonson

I was learning the importance of names - having them, making them - but at the same time I sensed the dangers. Recognition was…

— Josephine Baker

In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all.

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

A good name is better than precious ointment.

— Solomon

Odd, interesting names are good to me.

— Gregory Smith