Children Quote by J. Maarten Troost

“Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.”

— Dennis Fakes

Why would you want to just make up a middle name when the name should be coming from family and previous generations? I think…

— Artem Chigvintsev

“I prefer to use the names their parents gave them -- the names that society will recognize them by when they return to become…

— Louis Sachar

None of us kids had a middle name. We were lucky we had any name at all. By the time my mother got around…

— George Burns

I think it's pretty cruel to give a kid a name that others are going to have. I think it's very important to have…

— Penn Jillette

A middle name is an opportunity to represent you, and what better name for an Anglo-American child than London?

— Ant Anstead

“Your middle name might be discreet, but mine is resourceful, Darling.”

— Ella Dominguez

“Names are a great mystery. I've never known whether the name is molded by the child or the child changed to fit the name.…

— John Steinbeck

Naming my favorite books feels like naming a favorite child - impossible.

— Libba Bray

I think you can tell a great deal from a name. For me, there are certain names that I hear, and I think, 'Urgh.'…

— Katie Hopkins

I can't help but think that it's an unfortunate custom to name children after people who come to sticky ends. Even if they are…

— Kate Atkinson

“Discretion,” said Fen with great complacency, “is my middle name.” “I dare say. But very few people use their middle names.”

— Edmund Crispin