Ancestor Quote by Malcolm X

Labels want my name beside a X like Malcolm

— Drake

For me, my 'X' replaced the white slave master name of 'Little' which some blue-eyed devil named Little had imposed on my parental forebears.

— Malcolm X

Every name is real. That's the nature of names.

— Jerry Spinelli

You know that you are. Don't burden yourself with names, just be. Any name or shape you give yourself obscures your real nature.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

First rule of magic: Don't let anyone know your real name. Names have power.

— Neil Gaiman

Perhaps I shouldn't have been influenced by the idea that my name could be spread across the entire world.

— Christian Lacroix

I’m not my name. My name is something I wear, like a shirt. It gets worn. I outgrow it, I change it.

— Jerry Spinelli

I don't understand why people don't remember my name.

— Paul Lynde

In the black culture, certain kids are given nicknames that they roll with forever; the nicknames outweigh their real names. I'm one of those…

— Snoop Dogg

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

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

Yes, it's my real name. I had to pull out my passport twice today to prove it.

— Neon Hitch

My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and…

— Malcolm X