Children Quote by John Steinbeck

Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave…

— Russell M. Nelson

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

“When did a name ever change what someone is ?”

— Brenna Yovanoff

I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that…

— Melinda Gates

My name's Todd but I changed it in the first grade because there was another kid named Todd and I didn't understand that that…

— T. J. Miller

“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

I always said if I had a son, I was going to give him a unique name.

— Lou Williams

My son's full real name is Duncan Zowie Haywood. As a toddler he was called by his second name Zowie. But it was such…

— David Bowie

It's a funny thing about names, how they become a part of someone.

— Lois Lowry

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

What's in a name? That is what we ask ourselves in childhood when we write the name that we are told is ours.

— James Joyce

My son's full real name is Duncan Zowie Haywood. As a toddler, he was called by his second name Zowie. But it was such…

— David Bowie