Names Quotes
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The Egyptians were the first to discover the solar year, and to portion out its course into twelve parts both the space of time and the seasons which they delimit. It was observation of the course of the stars which led them to adopt this divisionIt is also the Egyptians who first bought into use the names of the twelve gods, which the Greeks adopted from them.
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Bei Dao became the most well-known name for me because of certain criticism of my work. Bei Dao was the name under which my work was criticized. So I became more well-known under Bei Dao than under the other names.
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For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names.
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Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all the characters of age?
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I thought I would keep the first name Susan and change the last name but I picked up this book and as I opened it the lead character in it was called Morgan Brittany.
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Don't add an eezy to my name, 'cause it has never been that'
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I became a great runner because if you're a kid in Leeds and your name is Sebastian you've got to become a great runner.
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The king's name is a tower of strength.
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Dogs should be called by names which are not very long, so that each may obey more quickly when he is called, but they should not have shorter names than those which are pronounced in two syllables.
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She announced her age right away, for children consider their ages every bit as important as their names.
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Vain is equivalent to empty; thus vanity is so miserable a thing, that one cannot give it a worse name than its own. It proclaims itself for what it is.
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I think the worst lie I ever told was, because my last name is Goth, I used to tell kids at school that I used to be related to 'Van Gogh' and when I turned 18, I would inherit all the fortune from the sunflower painting.
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Animals that not only move by their own free will and share feelings with people but also possess sight and hearing qualify as deserving of names.
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As bad as we are at remembering names and phone numbers and word-for-word instructions from our colleagues, we have really exceptional visual and spatial memories.
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My name may be Thom Yorke, but only I can call me Thom Yorke.
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To every one Nature appears in a form of his own. She hides herself in a thousand names and terms, and is always the same.
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Do you think 'Duke' is a good name?' she asked. His face blanked for a second before it cleared. He glanced at the dog in consideration. 'I don't think so. He would outrank me.
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It's such a foolish thing to argue about names, when what we're doing is all one thing.
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What was the name of that dog on "Rin Tin Tin"?
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We have all got to exert ourselves a little to keep sane, and call things by the same names as other people call them by.
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Make disciples of all the nations in my Name.
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The future has many names: For the weak, it means the unattainable. For the fearful, it means the unknown. For the courageous, it means opportunity.
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The thing about living in Los Angeles and doing a lot of movies is that you get to go to a lot of premieres, and, regardless of whether or not you're a celebrity, you still get to walk down the red carpet and then have everyone sort of screaming your name. The pictures never get printed anywhere, but they are nonetheless taking your picture.
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"What was the name of Pygmalion's sister?" She blinked, twice, obviously surprised. "Ummm," she said, keeping her eyes on me. "I don't know." Rogerson did," I told her. "Rogerson knew everything."
