Quotes of: Naming Keyword

[first lines] Voice of Adso as an Old Man: Having reached the end of my poor sinner's life, my hair now white, I prepare to leave on this parchment my testimony as to the wondrous and terrible events that I witnessed in my youth, towards the end of t...

The Name of the Rose

Saamiya Siddiqui: Your Honour, Prosecution Counsel Mr Zaheer Khan was very quick to... Zakir Ahmed: Zakir Ahmed... Saamiya Siddiqui: ...say that the case is as transparant as water, but Mr Zaheer Khan forgets that... Zakir Ahmed: Ms Saamiya Siddiqui,...

Veer-Zaara

Lampaxa Vorheridine? My Latin was never very good. What does that Translate to?" "Um, nothing. It wasn't named by an Earth scientist. According to the database it was named by a Cheblookan aboard a frieghter when it stopped here looking for fresh foo...

Love

No," said the cat. "Now, you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.

Coraline

My parents think the longer the name, the more powerful the sorcerer, so they named me Cassandra Morgan Ursula Margaret Scot. You can call me Cassie.

Cassie Scot

It was wonderful flirting with him, all the razor-edged literary banter, like Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. A battle of wit, and a test, too.

Code Name Verity

Doakes had a first name! It was Albert - had anyone ever really called him that? Unthinkable. I had assumed his name was Sergeant.

Dearly Devoted Dexter

Fate and character are different names for the same idea.

Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

Names are powerful and are prophecies of the future. The name you are called is a sign of what you are and what you would become.

Didi Kanu and the Singing Dwarfs of the North

Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the numbers of regiments and the dates.

A Farewell to Arms

My sisters were wrong to name the Vargas boys in the oath. Names had nothing to do with it. All boys were destined to break your heart.

The Book of Broken Hearts

In politics, regards themselves as a moderate, because they know some other sumbitch who's twice as crazy as they are.

Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story

A brick could be used as a middle name. But who’d be dumb enough to do that, when it would clearly make a better first name?


The Brick and Blanket Divergence Test

Harry was a bright boy. And like many bright boys, he had a little mischief in him.

A Boy Named Harry: The Childhood of Lee Kuan Yew

Mr. Shit gives politicians a good name. It’s the rest of the politicians who give Mr. Shit a bad name.

99 Cents For Some Nonsense

Luckily, common sense had never been a strong suit of mine and my feet moved faster than my brain.

An Airship Named Desire

The last thing I remembered was joining the crew in a rendition of “Take to the Sky,” but the rest of the time blurred after I drank absinthe with the Captain.

An Airship Named Desire

They shot one of ours.” The lines deepened around his grey eyes. “I’d waste the whole army for spilling a drop of my crew’s blood.

An Airship Named Desire

You promoted me for my ruthless stubbornness and dog-headed determination, not my tech savvy. Plus, I’m a damn good shot.

An Airship Named Desire

Edwin’s creations landed hit or miss on the board and one miss a year ago ended with us heaving overboard for a week. Fortifying meal solutions, my ass.

An Airship Named Desire

Your name. That’s all I want.” I debate on whether or not I should explain to him that my name isn't going to help him in his stalking endeavours.

Hopeless