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Names Quotes

I found poetry at 12 and 13 and, lo and behold, learned that my attorney father had a background in poetry - as he wore dashikis and Afros in the '70s and named his kids Arabic names. He was a poet and a lot like The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron and all of these folks. He definitely was an artist.

Father Poetry Artist Names Poet

There are very few people whose names come to symbolize their achievement, even if it's a negative achievement.

Mitchell Zuckoff

Achievement People Negative Names

I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.

Mackenzie Astin

Fun You Two Names Last Airline

God is God, but he has various names in different languages, and each strand of monotheistic religion has multiple ways of describing the godhead.

God Religion Names Different He

I've been through a lot, and I've been called a lot of names.

Names Through Been Lot

When I began 'All Our Names,' I did so wanting to create parallel narratives between Africa in the nineteen-seventies and America during that same period.

America Create Africa Same Names

My thoughts fly to the old Icelandic storytellers who created our classics, whose personalities were so bound up with the masses that their names, unlike their lives' work, have not been preserved for posterity.

Halldor Laxness

Work Thoughts Fly Old Names Up

I get called all these horrible names by Lindsey Graham, who I don't even know.

Know Names Horrible Get Who Even

And I always read the English translation and always have conversations with my translator, for example about the names. I always have to approve it.

Always Names English Example Read

I have a sister and her name is Mimsy, like from 'Alice in Wonderland,' so we've got some strange names in our family.

Family Sister Name Strange Names

I've lived the torment of the names. I've lived the torment of boyfriends breaking up with me because they were afraid I was going to be too fat later in life.

Life Me Fat Names Afraid Lived

Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names.

Back Rock Names Everyone Ethnic Had

These days, photographers have expensive contracts with actresses, but then the actresses have to have their names written in the column because nobody recognizes them. That's kind of strange.

Peter Lindbergh

Nobody Kind Strange Names Contracts

Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names.

Shigeru Miyamoto

Funny Habit People Names Japanese

A lot of people don't understand my reasoning behind wanting to fight big fights and big names. Knocking off these big names in fights really solidifies me as the best welterweight that's ever done it.

Best Fight People Me Done Names

Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans - these people are giants, legends; their names are household words. Of course, so's Jell-O.

Words People Legends Names Giants

I don't like names that are clever or made-up sounding.

Clever Names Like

IMDb publishes the actual dates of birth of thousands of actors without their consent, most of them not celebrities but rank-and-file actors whose names are unknown to the general public.

Unknown Birth Names Without Consent

Legislation that names a specific private organization to defund (rather than all organizations that engage in a particular activity) is improper and arguably unconstitutional.

Organization Names Engage Legislation

Odd, interesting names are good to me.

Good Me Interesting Names Odd

There are tons of great names who have gotten fourth at their first Olympics, and they just kept with it for the next quad. I'm among good company.

Good Great Good Company First Names

One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.

Words Die Will Vocabulary Names

Company names without clear pronunciation or spelling won't last.

Company Names Without Last Clear

I think it's really cool when artists have song titles or album names that are a really conversational sentence.

Cool Song Think Names Artists Album

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