Quotes of: Naming Keyword

Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about.

Richard Widmark

Lincoln's leadership is based on a number of precepts, but my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and for the good, of the people.

Steven Spielberg

I see myself being a great-grandmother at my great-grandson's graduation from a school that has my name on it.

Jill Scott

The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government's name.

Bill Gates

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

Daniel J. Boorstin

I am not hugely famous; I am not a name. For me, it's not the size of the role, it's the material and the people you are working with.

Ruth Negga

I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.

Paula Poundstone

Music is more difficult - try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more funny than they are political.

Thom Yorke

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

Leo Tolstoy

The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.

Ambrose Bierce

All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.

Andre Breton

According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.

Bill Gates

In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all.

Krzysztof Kieslowski

What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't.

Cab Calloway

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Charles de Montesquieu

I have a Pomeranian dog named Nutmeg - a combination of the soccer move and the colour. It's perfect.

Christine Sinclair

When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.

Imogen Cunningham

Just be happy, not because of name and fame, but because you are alive.

Debasish Mridha

Call Him by whatever name you will, and He will respond.

Dada Vaswani

Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They're better than teenagers.

Elayne Boosler

I saw a headshot with the name 'Emilio Sheen' printed under it and it looked terrible.

Emilio Estevez