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Quotations
 | An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public. — Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat 23 likes |
 | This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. — Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer 8 likes |
 | There is this friend of mine whose name I don’t know, and I ’ve known him for too long to ask him. — Georges Feydeau, 1862-1921, French playwright 4 likes |
 | Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry. — Bill Cosby, 1937-, American comedian 4 likes |
 | I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names. — Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1917-2016, Hungarian-American actress 4 likes |
 | Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable. — William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic 3 likes |
 | What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Romeo and Juliet 2 likes |
 | Shrapnel was invented by an Englishman of the same name. Don't you wish you could have something named after you? — Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007, American writer 2 likes |
 | We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 2 likes |
 | Here lies one whose name was writ in water. — John Keats, 1795-1821, English poet (Epitaph for himself) 2 likes |
 | If by Godot I had meant God I would have said God, and not Godot. — Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989, Irish writer, Nobel 1969 2 likes |
 | Marlene Dietrich has a name that begins with a caress and ends with a whip hit. — Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist 2 likes |
 | In Hebrew, His name is Jesus, in Greek, Soter, in Latin, Salvator; but men say Christus in Greek, Messias in Hebrew, Unctus in Latin, that is, King and Priest. — Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, Italian Dominican friar & philosopher 2 likes |
 | I am probably responsible for the odd fact that people don’t seem to name their daughters Lolita any more. I have heard of young female poodles being given that name since 1956, but of no human beings. — Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer 2 likes |
 | Your name hangs in my heart like a bell’s tongue. — Edmond Rostand, 1868-1918, French playwright (“Cyrano de Bergerac”) |
| A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man. |
 | You're not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more. It's speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons. |
 | We still name our military helicopter gunships after victims of genocide. Nobody bats an eyelash about that: Blackhawk. Apache. And Comanche. If the Luftwaffe named its military helicopters Jew and Gypsy, I suppose people would notice. — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist |
 | The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers. — Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist |
Personal Stories
 | My name is only an anagram of toilets. — T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948 3 likes |
Latin Quotes
 | The name is an omen. Nomen est omen. 45 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | The astronomers must have been very clever to have found out the names of all the stars. — Anonymous (from the book “The Physics Teacher”, Volume 8, 1970) 6 likes |
 | This man is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, he's Frank and in Chicago he's Ernest. — Henry Youngman, 1906-1998, American comedian 3 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Nobody is my name. Ούτις εμοί γ' όνομα. — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Odyssey IX 9 likes |
 | And I, as they say, am Diogenes the dog. Καγώ, φησίν, Διογένης ο κύων. — Diogenes, 410-323 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher (introducing himself to Alexander the Great) 7 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily. — from the film Shanghai Express (1932) 5 likes |
 | - Surely you can't be serious. - I am serious. And don't call me Shirley. — from the film Airplane! (1980) 4 likes |
 | My name is Bond, James Bond. — from the film Dr. No (1962) 3 likes |
 | - My name is Pussy Galore. - I must be dreaming. — from the film Goldfinger (1964) 3 likes |
