Bad-name Quote by Viktor Shel

A good name will wear out; a bad one may be turned; a nickname lasts forever.

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

“The memory of my name will last longer than the lives of many men.”

— Colm Tóibín

My name will live forever, but I should not care about this at all, because I am not my name and my name is…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Majority of people prefer a good name to a bad name, but to me, anyone can call me anything, as long as it is…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

My name is growing all the time, and I’ve lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“It was a kind of sin, certainly, to forget—but it was not easy to remember, especially when names changed, languages changed. A century-old name…

— Ninotchka Rosca

The names are the first things to go, after the breath has gone, and the beating of the heart. We keep our memories longer…

— Neil Gaiman

To lose one’s name is the beginning of forgetting.

— Keith Donohue

“People often lose their names. Names fall into holes or get eaten by wild animals. Sometimes they’re carried away by the wind.”

— Eliza Granville

Do you want your name to live forever? You fool! Forget your name, try to save yourself! What use there is for you, if…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“I am not going to tell you my name, not yet at any rate.' A queer half-knowing, half-humorous look came with a green flicker…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“You don't need to know my name. You'll forget it soon enough.”

— Norihiro Yagi