Israel Quote by Maziar Bahari

“So Walter Arensberg, Alfred Kreymborg, Carl Sandburg, Louis Untermeyer, Eunice Tietjens, Clara Shanafelt, James Oppenheim, Maxwell Bodenheim, Richard Glaenzer, Scharmel Iris, Conrad Aiken, I…

— Francis Scott Fitzgerald

“But who are you, Jeffrey? Does Shumaker & Gates represent you as well?” “Oh, yes! Of course. Why else would I be here?” Jeffrey…

— Amalie Silver

“A few names were known in full, some in part, some not at all. No one cared. Except in clearly unreasonable cases, a soldier…

— Tim O'Brien

“I turn on the computer to do a cursory search for Ryzhkova. The name pings back thousands of results. Shit. Of course it would…

— Erika Swyler

“It's Smith, actually.' Dr Smith smiled, bowing. 'I've remembered that my name is Smith. Almost definitely. Good old English name. Hopefully means 'noble valiant…

— James Goss

For some reason in England, the word 'Chekhovian' is associated with drifting about with a parasol, a lot of weeping, and drinking tea from…

— Geraldine James

The surname's definitely not been a help, that's for sure, but it's got no relevance to me at all. That's my name, I've always…

— Kasper Schmeichel

Reading Alan Zweibel makes me laugh out loud. And yet it is not a particularly funny name.

— Eric Idle

“Stuart is conscientious about names. He believes they are important to a person's self-respect and, to Stuart, there is nothing more important than that.”

— Alexander Masters

“It would be a mistake to name them for qualities we think they have,” Samuel said. “We might be wrong—so wrong. Maybe it would…

— John Steinbeck

The name Shatner is Austrian and partly Germanic, and there's Germanic reticence and silence perhaps, but there is passion underneath.

— William Shatner

My father, a Russian translator, wanted to distinguish me by calling me Misha, the Russian diminutive of his name, Michael. My name and work…

— Misha Glenny