Men Quote by William Penn

Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.

— Pliny the Elder

Names have power. In certain cultures, just speaking a man's name gives you mastery over him.

— Bentley Little

“The passion for naming things is an odd human trait. It is strange that men always feel so much more at ease when they…

— George Gaylord Simpson

“Men like to create unnecessary organizations and give them impressive or mysterious names; this usually ends in increased confusion, and should therefore be ignored.”

— Elizabeth Peters

It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with…

— Oscar Wilde

“And it is true that we are warmed by being called by our names. We all know people who hardly ever do it, who…

— Ruth Rendell

In honest truth, a name given to a man is no better than a skin given to him; what is not natively his own…

— Walter Savage Landor

Does a name stick because it suits a man or does the man, unconsciously, evolve into his name?

— Robert Harris

Guys, Girls don't like it when call them names that you associate other girls with like, Babe, Hun, Darling..... Etc

— Joel Taylor

Take the particular trick of false names. It seems to us particularly odious. We think when we show our contempt for those who use…

— Hilaire Belloc

When one has never heard a man's name in the course of one's life, it speaks volumes for him; he must be quite respectable.

— Oscar Wilde

Names are what people sometimes use to excuse their thoughts and actions towards you.

— Simon Travaglia