Quotes about Name, page 2

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.

Quote by Charles Dickens about name

When I used to put an album out, I knew everyone on the charts. There weren't that many bands, now I couldn't even name half the new groups.

Quote by Joe Cocker about name

The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy.

Quote by William Falconer about name

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about name

Well I would say that we're regular people first of all and we're normal and it's obvious by some of the things that have happened just because our name is famous we're not immune to tragedy.

Quote by Brett Favre about name

Do you know what my real name is? It's Clorinda. Which is also Italian. They used to call me Clorox when I was a kid.

Quote by Linda Fiorentino about name

I think it's quite extraordinary that people cast me as if I'm Warren Beatty: until I met my present wife, at the age of 35, you could name two girlfriends.

Quote by Colin Firth about name

What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name.

Quote by William Godwin about name

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about name

I sacrificed a lot in the name of a bad relationship. What kept me going were my kids.

Quote by Melanie Griffith about name

I was living in LA and trying to get out of a bad record contract. I worked under an assumed name, the Piano Stylings of Bill Martin!

Quote by Billy Joel about name

And I agreed with that, and I couldn't wait to change my name anyway, because I'm not too fond of the name of Reginald. It's a very kind of '50s English name.

Quote by Elton John about name

So I picked Elton because there wasn't - nobody seemed to have the name Elton. And I picked John to go with it.

Quote by Elton John about name

Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough.

Quote by Elton John about name

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about name

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.

Quote by James Joyce about name

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law.

Quote by Franz Kafka about name

The more pretentious a corporate name, the smaller the organization.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about name

Never worry about the falling tree branch with your name on it. Instead, worry about the falling tree addressed, To whom it may concern.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about name

Doctors only ask your name when the patient isn't doing well.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about name