Quotes about Named

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things. Votes: 4

Light was first Through the Lord's word Named day: Beauteous, bright creation! Votes: 3

It feels like we're in a Harry Potter book talking about He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Votes: 3

Meg, when people don't know who they are, they are open either to being Xed, or Named Votes: 3

I'm in the theater because of two plays: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'Death of a Salesman.' Votes: 3

I would really have liked to have gone to Broadway with 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' I was proud of that. Votes: 3

Poor Harper Seven Beckham, having to live with that name all her life. It's the Boy Named Sue syndrome; at the very least it will toughen her up. Votes: 3

I'm very fond of Tennessee Williams' plays, and when my husband and I went to New Orleans in the late 1970s, we saw 'A Street Car Named Desire.' Votes: 3

Named Harris, Bill said. Ever know him, Mike? He was in the war, too.Fortunate fellow, Mike said. What times we had. How I wish those dear days were back. Votes: 3

Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?" "Yes." "You called her a liar?" "Yes." "You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?" "Yes." "Have a biscuit, Potter. Votes: 3

My name is "A Pimp named Slickback" Wait... A Pimp?? ... Named Slickback. Yes, please say the whole thing if you would. Yes, that includs the "A Pimp Named" part. Yes Tom, everytime. Votes: 3

I remember watching 'A Streetcar Named Desire' when I was quite young, I was about 12, or 13, and I watched it, thinking, 'Wow. That is pretty cool. I'd like to do something like that.' Votes: 3

Stories are able to help us to become more whole, to become Named. And Naming is one of the impulses behind all art; to give a name to the cosmos, we see despite all the chaos. Votes: 3

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. Votes: 2

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs. Votes: 2

Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won. Votes: 2

I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was. Votes: 2

Will Grayson, Will Grayson' is about two guys named Will Grayson who live in different Chicago suburbs who eventually meet each other. Votes: 2

For me, my 'X' replaced the white slave master name of 'Little' which some blue-eyed devil named Little had imposed on my parental forebears. Votes: 2

I love pets and I love animals, and I just got a new puppy, a new rescue named Peanut. She's a tiny little Chihuahua mix. Votes: 2

A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business. Votes: 2

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness. Votes: 2

Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable. Votes: 2

Hibakusha' is an animated docu-drama that Choz Belen and I are directing, and it will take you through the earliest memories of a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor named Kaz Suyeishi. Votes: 2

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall. Votes: 2

I changed high schools three times because my parents moved. I had one friend my freshman year named Miki Vukovich. Miki and I were the only skaters in our high school. He runs my foundation now. Votes: 2

I have an African gray parrot; her name is Eli. We thought she was a boy. And a blue-streaked lory named Marco. He's 10. And a yellow and green parakeet, Petey. He's very cute, but he's getting old. Votes: 2

Neither James Madison, for whom this lecture is named, nor any of the other Framers of the Constitution, were oblivious, careless, or otherwise unaware of the words they chose for the document and its Bill of Rights. Votes: 2

I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies. Votes: 2

I felt more doubtful than usual with 'Goon Squad,' because I knew that the book's genre wasn't easily named - Novel? Stories? Novel-in-stories? - and I worried that its lack of a clear category would count against it. My hopes for it were pretty modest. Votes: 2

When launching a product called an Energy Drink and named Red Bull, a product that stimulates body and mind, it is a short step to the roots where Red Bull came from. We have been doing this for 20 years - now it's called adventure sports, extreme sports, and outdoor sports. Votes: 2

My Dad, a small-town lawyer, was also named Paul. Until we lost him when I was 16, he was a gentle presence in my life. I like to think he'd be proud of me and my sister and brothers, because I'm sure proud of him and of where I come from, Janesville, Wisconsin. Votes: 2

I am more interested in how people interpret the phrase 'Elect The Dead' than what I may or may not have intended. I named the album after the track, which is a spiritual song about love, life and death and is the heaviest song on the album without having any heavy instruments. Votes: 2

As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my brother. My mother did not put all her eggs in one basket, so to speak: she gave me a younger brother named Russell, who taught me what was meant by 'survival of the fittest.' Votes: 2

African-Americans assume I'm named after the notorious Soledad prison or Mount Soledad in California. Latinos want to know if I'm lonely. That doesn't fit, because I grew up with five siblings, and I have four kids of my own, so I'm not lonely at all, though I do often seek solitude, the actual meaning of my name. Votes: 2

I remember once acting really cool on a bus with this girl named Stephanie. When I got home, I realized that I had a really big zit on my forehead. If you have acne problems, you really shouldn't be acting like Don Juan. I should have been contrite - and apologized for exposing her to the angry pimple. Votes: 2

I built a baseball field in the lower part of our property and I'm always working on that. I got a wheelbarrow, a pick and a shovel, and I started to build a baseball field during writers' strike. We have boys and girls come over and we have clinics in the spring. It's called The Strike because it's named for the writers' strike. Votes: 2

When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day. I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me. Votes: 2

Triple tongued is triple named Votes: 0

People named their kids after me! Votes: 0

I'd like an omelet named after me. Votes: 0

I want a sandwich named after me. Votes: 0

Id like an omelet named after me. Votes: 0

A named thing is a tamed thing. Votes: 0

A thing named is a thing tamed. Votes: 0

I have a black lab named Luke. Votes: 0

I have a St. Bernard named B. Votes: 0

Emirates Stadium should be named after Arsene Wenger Votes: 0

No horse named Morbid ever won a race. Votes: 0

I was named after my mother's maiden name. Votes: 0

I'm named Barack Hussein Obama. I'm African-­American. Votes: 0

I'm not a kiss-and-teller. I never named names. Votes: 0

I think they named the orange before the carrot. Votes: 0

I used to have an imaginary friend named Michael. Votes: 0

You nicked-named my daughter after the Lock Ness Monster! Votes: 0

Yes, I've just bought a new horse, named Jedi. Votes: 0

Someone named Gold has never won gold, I'm told. Votes: 0

Little princess, lovely as the dawn, well named Aurore. Votes: 0

A holiday, the day I first named you, "friend." Votes: 0

Hast thou named all the birds without a gun? Votes: 0

I stepped on a land mine named Jayson Blair. Votes: 0

The God that can be named is not God. Votes: 0

All killer whales are named Kevin. You knew that, right?" Votes: 0

The earth had two childrenA son named Adamand a daughter Votes: 0

All killer whales are named Kevin. You knew that, right? Votes: 0

I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth. Votes: 0

My first cat was named Cowboy, after the Dallas Cowboys. Votes: 0

How can there not already be a rapper named 'O'pinion'? Votes: 0

Never eat at a Chinese restaurant named Mama Teresa's Trattoria. Votes: 0

I think my parents were high when they named me. Votes: 0

I have a Maltipoo named Blondie. She is so cute! Votes: 0

Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy. Votes: 0

Couldn't afford a car so he named his daughter Alexis Votes: 0

A real Christmas baby was not to be lightly named. Votes: 0

What we have not named as a symbol escapes our notice. Votes: 0

I don't cook. I think they named the 'Mike'-rowave after me. Votes: 0

Hell, the truth is that I was named after a dog! Votes: 0

Stigler's Law: No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer. Votes: 0

Might not most men be as well named boys grown old. Votes: 0

I went through baseball as a player to be named later. Votes: 0

An un-named song is like an un-named child, it has no identity. Votes: 0

Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith. Votes: 0

Tis better never to be named than to be ill spoken of. Votes: 0

It was very flattering when Manolo Blahnik named a shoe after me. Votes: 0

I have an old dog named Lily, and she's a black lab. Votes: 0

I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them. Votes: 0

I was named Beekeeper of the Year by the Florida State Beekeeping Association. Votes: 0

The Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love. Votes: 0

Most people named Willie are either in prison or on the armwrestling circuit. Votes: 0

It's great to be named the best at something . . . even if it's sucking. Votes: 0

This is your silly web browser doing that. The file is correctly named. Votes: 0

The Elizabethan age might be better named the beginning of the smoking era.. Votes: 0

Your horse is named Small. Yes. Mine is named Big. -Fire and Brigan Votes: 0

Why hasn't anyone opened a night club named 'No Drugs Allowed, Wink, Wink'? Votes: 0

One of my all-time favorite country singers is a guy named Conway Twitty. Votes: 0

The world I'm interested in is the one where things are not named. Votes: 0

At my age, I'm just happy to be named the greatest living anything. Votes: 0

Haiku sounds like I'm Saying hi to someone named Ku. Hi, Ku. Hello. Votes: 0

Comedy Central made their own awards show. They were named best comedy channel. Votes: 0

Never marry a girl named 'Marie' who used to be known as 'Murray'. Votes: 0

My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me. Votes: 0

If an animal is named after what it eats, how interesting is it? Votes: 0

I drive two black cars, I named em Malcolm X and Martin Luther. Votes: 0

There's a guy on YouTube named Mac Lethal - he spits hot fire. Votes: 0

Humanity, perhaps, that quality of benevolence that humans have, without irony, named after themselves. Votes: 0

No one can tell time except approximately, time never stands still to be named. Votes: 0

I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music. Votes: 0

Didn't the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona? Votes: 0

In the order named, these are the hardest to control: Wine, Women, and Song. Votes: 0

Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams. Votes: 0

[My] dream writers room: "'Taxi.' I need to write for someone named Judd." Votes: 0

To borrow from the writings of a spider named Charlotte: 'Silk is terrific!' Votes: 0

All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came from. Votes: 0

I am so honored to be named as one of Time's 100 most influential people. Votes: 0

My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself. Votes: 0

If I were someone named Mr. Ass, I'd be really worried about doing time. Votes: 0

What is the world coming to, when you can't trust a whore named Snake~? Votes: 0

I have one chocolate Lab named Jasmine. I also had a rat named Sky. Votes: 0

If "Frailty, thy name is woman", Frailty must be a man named as 'woman Votes: 0

Even when I'm playing someone named 'Fat Amy.' I'm all about confidence and attitude. Votes: 0

I didn't want my kids having to pass through an airport named after their father. Votes: 0

I was just thinking how unfortunate it'd be to be a fat girl named Candy. Votes: 0

I tucked him in with his stuffed-animal pet dog"”cleverly named Dog-Dog, by the way. Votes: 0

If constellations had been named in the 20th century, I suppose we would see bicycles. Votes: 0

If this goes badly and I make a crater, I want it named after me! Votes: 0

Statistics indicate that the average American is a guy named Brian who lives in Ohio. Votes: 0

I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial. Votes: 0

That which I named 'innate' is a segment of that intelligence which fills the universe. Votes: 0

We have a puppy named Lucy... two cats... goldfish... and Louis, our lop earred rabbit. Votes: 0

I have a producing partner named Stephen Hamel, and we've been trying to generate material. Votes: 0

It's a good thing my parents named me Jon because that's what everyone calls me. Votes: 0

The imagined community of millions seems more real as a team of eleven named people. Votes: 0

I got a girl named Bony Maronie, she's as skinny as a stick of macaroni. Votes: 0

Every suit I wear is custom-made by a guy named Waraire Boswell in L.A. Votes: 0

The woman named Tomorrow sits with a hairpin in her teeth and takes her time Votes: 0

I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me. Votes: 0

I named my dog Stay, so I can say, 'Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay! Votes: 0

A diet should be named after what you do eat, not what you don't eat. Votes: 0

No they called it the Codex Merlini because it was written by a guy named Ralph. Votes: 0

My mom, grandma, great-grandma - we're all named Mary, and we all play piano and sing. Votes: 0

I'm curious to know how many newborn babies will be named Jeremih after my second album. Votes: 0

There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly. Votes: 0

What's all this fuss about plutonium? How can something named after a Disney character be dangerous? Votes: 0

You remember what happened when Eddie Pipp got hurt? A guy named Lou Gehrig took over. Votes: 0

My friend named his car. And I don't want to be judgemental, but... what a dork. Votes: 0

I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things. Votes: 0

Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom's. Votes: 0

I was named after the next-door neighbor's German shepherd. It was either that or Cadillac Smith. Votes: 0

Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there--that, we may say, is created. Votes: 0

I think when you are named Noah, you are destined for a certain way of life. Votes: 0

If I had a street named after me, it would really put me on the map. Votes: 0

[Wishing her mother had named her Beulah:] At least you did not sit on your beulah. Votes: 0

I named my son Noah for the same reason Chris Martin named his apple: we're asses. Votes: 0

The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness. Votes: 0

The second host that I had was an actress I didn't know named Susan St. James. Votes: 0

I had a dream I named my boat after you. I love to raise your mast. Votes: 0

One or two people have named their children after characters in my songs. That's pretty intense. Votes: 0

But the game involves only male names. Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her Votes: 0

They've named the well after you." "How did they know my name?" "They don't. They invented one. Votes: 0

I understand the Saudis have been named because fifteen of the nineteen hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. Votes: 0

We continue to speak, if only in whispers, to something inside us that longs to be named. Votes: 0

The grapevine should be named after a more bitter fruit. It should be called the grapefruit tree. Votes: 0

I have named myself an unofficial ambassador for Australia and I have the biggest mouth on Earth. Votes: 0

Chicks named Tammy have a greater chance of actually driving a Mercedes than a chick named Mercedes. Votes: 0

LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns. Votes: 0

For a director and a producer to be named on the writing credits is practically unheard of. Votes: 0

St.Patrick's Day is named for St. Patrick, the first guy to feed Guinness to a snake. Votes: 0

You seem to be trying to ride a pony named Trouble all the way to the border. Votes: 0

The ship was named the Bounty: I was appointed to command her on the 16th of August 1787. Votes: 0

The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things. Votes: 0

[One of my kids ]is not named after Aldous Huxley. I haven't even read Brave New World! Votes: 0

I have loved you woman as surely as I have named you rust and sand and nylon. Votes: 0

My friends always said that I should be a comedienne - I was named my class clown. Votes: 0

Jessica Lange is a sweetheart, the nicest lady in the world. She has a Poodle named Jack. Votes: 0

Long ago, in a burst of friendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry"¦ Votes: 0

I have a rescue dog named Fideo, which means 'noodle' in Spanish, and a cat named Hutch. Votes: 0

You ever heard of a guy named Jeff Buckley? He's one of the best singers I've ever heard. Votes: 0

The black nation of Egypt is the only country that has a science named after its culture: Egyptology Votes: 0

First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me. Votes: 0

Sourmelina's secret (as Aunt Zo put it): 'Lina was one of those women they named the island after. Votes: 0

The destroyer Cork, like the useful hero for whom it is named, will be game to the last. Votes: 0

I want to have a street named 'Swae Lee.' It doesn't need to be a busy street. Votes: 0

I carry around this little lion named Leo, which I've had for as long as I can remember. Votes: 0

I was never named in the early years as having anything to do with the assassination of Malcolm. Votes: 0

I didn't grow up thinking, 'Oh, maybe someday I'm going to have a shoe named after me.' Votes: 0

Being named among the best is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won. Votes: 0

I don't know who named them swells. There's nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls. Votes: 0

The map is not the territory (coined by Alfred Korzybski), and the name is not the thing named. Votes: 0

My dad named me after Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian general who attacked Rome. But nobody knows about him. Votes: 0

But she named the infant "Pearl," as being of great price-purchased with all she had-her mother's only treasure! Votes: 0

The only man you will ever get is some fool named Grady who falls asleep in his soup. Votes: 0

We named all our children Kid. Well, they have different first names, like Hey Kid, You Kid, Dumb Kid . . . Votes: 0

[Never give up hope. Never give in to pessimism. Never despair.] No horse named Morbid ever won a race! Votes: 0

Our struggle is not with some monarch named George who inherited the crown. Although it often seems that way. Votes: 0

I have a Pomeranian dog named Nutmeg - a combination of the soccer move and the colour. It's perfect. Votes: 0

She nodded, wondering why couldn't she have been named Mary. Or Sue. Butno , she had to be nine-letter Elizabeth. Votes: 0

EXTINCTATHON, Monitored by MaddAddam. Adam named the living animals, MaddAddam names the dead ones. Do you want to play? Votes: 0

You might be a redneck if more than one living relative is named after a Southern Civil War general. Votes: 0

It may be doubted whether any character can be named which is distinctive of a race and is constant. Votes: 0

In some counties, there is an actual named crime of ritual abuse and there too, there have been convictions. Votes: 0

My parents gave me a Mexican name. In our culture, we are named after the events of the day. Votes: 0

When I was born, my mother didn't know what to name me. Eventually she named me after Thom Yorke. Votes: 0

Simón Bolívar is the only person in history to be exiled from a country named after him. Votes: 0

When you see two writers named on a movie, one of them did some drafts and got the boot. Votes: 0

I almost rented a house by an architect named Schindler, but I couldn't afford it. It was a jewel Votes: 0

The things I have are nameless, old and true; they may not be named; few may live and know. Votes: 0

What I did next was so impulsive and dangerous I should've been named ADHD poster child of the year. Votes: 0

On Jose Gonzalez changing his name to Jose Uribe: 'He was definitely the player to be named later.' Votes: 0

If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would no Oscars. Or anyone named Oscar, if you think about that. Votes: 0

We don't have much time. Mel will be out of the restroom soon." "You've got a magician named Mel? Votes: 0

Biggest lesson I've ever had in life is that blues had a baby and they named it rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

The named was born from the unnamed . . . all being flows from non-being . . . the describable world emanates from an indescribable source. Votes: 0

Edgar was named as one of the players involved, but he was in my room, discussing religious subjects with me. Votes: 0

I would never do crack... I would never do a drug named after a part of my own ass, okay? Votes: 0

My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning. Votes: 0

I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine. Votes: 0

I've always been aware that to be named after someone from the past carries with it all kinds of bittersweetness. Votes: 0

Oh, are you from Wales? Do you know a fella named Jonah-He used to live in whales for a while Votes: 0

Shrapnel was invented by an Englishman of the same name. Don't you wish you could have something named after you? Votes: 0

Bernard Vonnegut, named for his paternal grandfather, was born August 29, 1914. He was a serious-looking little boy, even in informal photographs. Votes: 0

Getting the degree meant more to me than an NCAA title, being named All-American or winning an Olympic gold medal. Votes: 0

The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands. Votes: 0

They sell pot named after me in the dispensaries. And I'm not even a pot guy. I was so honored. Votes: 0

I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late. Votes: 0

My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning Votes: 0

There's a roller derby girl that goes by that name, 'Nerd Rage,' and she named herself after my album. Votes: 0

I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many. Votes: 0

America was named after a man who discovered no part of the New World. History is like that, very chancy. Votes: 0

Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel. Votes: 0

The prize I value most was given to me 60 years ago. I was named the girl with the cleanest fingernails. Votes: 0

I worked with a man named Patty Crane who was Errol Flynn's stand-in back in the '30s in Hollywood. Votes: 0

As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton. Votes: 0

Not a single person I named hadn't already been named at least a half-dozen times and wasn't already on he blacklist. Votes: 0

Socrates had a student named Plato, Plato had a student named Aristotle, and Aristotle had a student named Alexander the Great. Votes: 0

There once was a woman named Story Easton who couldn't decide if she should kill herself, or eat a double cheeseburger. Votes: 0

I'm heading for a clean-named place like Wisconsin, and mad as a jack-o'-lantern, will get there without help and nosy proclivities. Votes: 0

There was a time when mapmakers named the places they travelled through with the names of lovers rather than their own. Votes: 0

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. Votes: 0

I have a friend named Doris who argues, on good authority, that the single biggest cause of global warming is menopause. Votes: 0

I had an aunt named 'abnormal Shauna' once. But she passed away in an unfortunate cliff-top interpretative dance and fireworks accident." Votes: 0

I'm named after Jane Austen's Emma, and I've always been able to relate to her. She's strong, confident but quite tactless. Votes: 0

While Genius was thus wasting his strength in eccentric flights, I saw a person of a very different appearance, named Application. Votes: 0

Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight, never running from a real fight, she is the one named Sailor Moon! Votes: 0

Someone will always hate what I say. There's always going to be somebody spitting blood about my wooden-faced, toffee-named, crappy acting. Votes: 0

There are teams that are fair-haired, and those that aren't so fair-haired. Some teams are named Smith, some Grabowski. We're Grabowskis! Votes: 0

I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut. Votes: 0

Life is a sleazy stranger, who looks vaguely familiar; flirting with a bimbo named disaster at the end of the bar. Votes: 0

It's strictly coincidental that Pluto of course was named for the god of the underworld and we're describing these Halloween moons Votes: 0

I want to have schools and libraries and other institutions named after me. I tell my daughter that all the time. Votes: 0

In my hometown there is a pub named after me - The Frome Flyer on Jenson Avenue. How cool is that?! Votes: 0

A real decision makes one humble, one knows that it is at the mercy of more things that can be named. Votes: 0

It feels weird in our ear holes to hear people worshipping a guy named Ron. We know Rons in our life. Votes: 0

I have a band that I started with a buddy of mine, a Vietnam veteran pal named Kimo Williams from Chicago. Votes: 0

You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor. Votes: 0

I hope to die with dignity and not be on my death bed pondering the afterlife wearing a diaper named Depends. Votes: 0

My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters. Votes: 0

Ric Flair, you put me in this position. You named me the Legend Killer and after Tuesday, you will respect me. Votes: 0

This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun. Votes: 0

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him Votes: 0

Many things in the world have not been named; and many things, even if they have been named, have never been described. Votes: 0

The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions. Votes: 0

You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up. Votes: 0

In the year 1866, I discovered the Christ Science or divine laws of Life, Truth, and Love, and named my discovery Christian Science Votes: 0

Squeal like a cheerleader named prom queen, aging retiree placing the game-winning bingo button, frenzied fan finding Johnny Depp in her supermarket." Votes: 0

If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone. Votes: 0

I'm a firm believer that all sports will eventually be global. Someday, we may have a quarterback from China named Yao Fling. Votes: 0

My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Votes: 0

I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names. Votes: 0

Apollo?" I guessed"¦ He put a finger to his lips. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred." A god named Fred? Votes: 0

It used to be, it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier. Votes: 0

The Vikings colonized Britain, and a lot of our modern day towns are named after Viking names that settled these big towns. Votes: 0

If countries were named after the words you first hear when you go there, England would have to be called Damn It. Votes: 0

I play a recurring role for a character named Doctor Imo. I assist the villain and show up from time to time. Votes: 0

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. Votes: 0

In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair. Votes: 0

Becky Renee Apple - can you believe her mom named her that and then had all of her sweaters monogramed with 'BRA'? Votes: 0

Take what the British call the "greengrocer's apostrophe," named for aberrant signs advertising cauliflower's or carrot's in local fruit and vegetable shops. Votes: 0

Someone will always hate what I say. There’s always going to be somebody spitting blood about my wooden-faced, toffee-named, crappy acting. Votes: 0

The guy that made me wanna make movies... and this is off the wall-is a guy named Michael Pal, the British director. Votes: 0

The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race. Votes: 0

Engineers are really good at labeling and branding things. If we had named Kentucky Fried Chicken, it would have been Hot Dead Birds. Votes: 0

Nobility is often no more than the inner aspect which our egotistical feelings assume when we have not yet named and classified them. Votes: 0

In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy. Votes: 0

Last year I gave seventy-four phone hours to soliciting baked goods for the Bake-A-Rama. I was named Top Call Girl by the League. Votes: 0

An art, which has an aim to achieve the beauty, is called a philosophy or in the absolute sense it is named wisdom. Votes: 0

Those who kept their sanity and humanity intact in the face of awful adversity. Heroes named and unnamed, some known only to God. Votes: 0

She did not know the nature of her loneliness. The only words that named it were: This is not the world I expected. Votes: 0

I guess there was some Casper guy, like, 10 generations ago who I'm named after. I'm the 11th. My son is Casper the XII. Votes: 0

I created 'Dinner: Impossible' with a guy named Bryan O'Reilly and I shot the pilot as a 30 minute show and we sold it. Votes: 0

There is a common emotion we all recognize and have not yet named -- the happy anticipation of being able to feel contempt. Votes: 0

The resemblance of the signs of the zodiac to the animals after which they are named... is as unimpressive as the predictions of astrologers. Votes: 0

I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors. Votes: 0

What action could bodies and substances have if they were not named in a further increase of dignity where common nouns become proper nouns? Votes: 0

Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. Votes: 0

He was of opinion that what we now vulgarly call the Gothick, ought properly and truly be named Saracenick Architecture refined by the Christians. Votes: 0

She began to feel like the plastic doll she had been named after, without even a hole where her mouth was supposed to be. Votes: 0

True to her inveterate habit, rationalism reverts to 'principles,' and thinks that when an abstraction once is named, we own an oracular solution. Votes: 0

I remember Tucker Toomey was named so because "T's are funny!" And if Garry Marshall says it's funny, by god, it must be so. Votes: 0

My first official consulting job, therefore, was for a scrap metal dealer (he resented the term "junk dealer") in East Edmonton named Benny Sugarman. Votes: 0

My gratitude to Ridley [Scott] isn't anything new. I named one of my kids after him. But he's a very important person to me. Votes: 0

Courtesy which oft is found in lowly sheds, with smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls and courts of princes, where it first was named. Votes: 0

The Angel Gabriel disappeared once for sixty years and they found him on earth hiding in the body of a man named Miles Davis. Votes: 0

I have a Greek-American friend who named her daughter "Nike" and is often asked why she chose to name her offspring after a sneaker. Votes: 0

And thus I aspire to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named so that I would not build on another man's foundation. Votes: 0

It's only the losers named 'Dave' that think having an unusual name is bad, and who cares what they think? They're named 'Dave.' Votes: 0

PYRRHONISM- An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but Pyrrhonism. Its modern professors have added that. Votes: 0

Elijah Wood from Lord Of The Rings can't get married with a girl named Holly beacause it would make Holly Wood get it HOLLYWOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Votes: 0

Any effect, constant, theorem or equation named after Professor X was first discovered by Professor Y , for some value of Y not equal to X. Votes: 0

Mark Zuckerberg was named Time's Person of the Year. I'm sorry if you don't recognize the name. A magazine is something people used to read. Votes: 0

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies. Votes: 0

The town of St. Charles near St. Louis was founded by a trapper named Blanchette. There is a section that's called Frenchtown on historical markers. Votes: 0

I grew up around animals [seven horses, dogs and now a pet goldfish named Leila] and I'm rebelling against them not having a natural existence. Votes: 0

The last player to score a hatrick in a cup final was Stan Mortenson. He even had a final named after him, the Matthews final Votes: 0

We need to create brand institutions. In the fortune 500 companies, 5 Indian companies are named while 15 are from China though we have similar kind of populations. Votes: 0

If my name were Theodore Tiffany, my goal in life would be to meet and marry a woman named Tiffany Theodore. I adore that idea. Votes: 0

You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year... unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time. Votes: 0

Most people don't listen to classical music at all, but to rock-and-roll or hillbilly songs or some album named Music To Listen To Music By... Votes: 0

I've always thought that a name says a lot about a person. So naturally, being named Howard, I always wanted to crawl into a hole. Votes: 0

Shamu the killer whale is Sea World's Mickey Mouse; whales named Shamu are the star attractions of three parks and the focus of their marketing efforts. Votes: 0

The difference between a politician and a snail is that the snail leaves its slime behind. Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy. Votes: 0

You named them: hustlers, killers, fiends, ex-cons. I called them: cousins, aunts, pops, moms. To you? Hoodlums, crackheads, gunmens. To me? Just neighbors, classmates, young friends. Votes: 0

I had to overcome the name Rock. If I'd been as hip then as I am now, I would have never consented to be named Rock. Votes: 0

My name, my real name, is Tracy. I always thought I was like a boy named Sue. So I made my friends call me 'Tray.' Votes: 0

In 1980, Osho left India for America. I, like many other sannyasins, moved to Oregon where work had begun on the 'new commune'. Osho named it Rajneeshpuram. Votes: 0

My name is Zach Galifianakis and I hope I'm pronouncing that right. I'm named after my granddad, my middle name. My name is Zach Granddad Galifianakis. Votes: 0

There was a young lady named Mae Who smoked without stopping all day; As pack followed pack, Her lungs first turned black, And eventually rotted away. Votes: 0

The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy in which he lived and, probably, the bank vaults he frequented. Votes: 0

Lots of things were there [in the seventies], in the social experience, but not quite named, lurking like a stranger on the edge of the playground. Votes: 0

My dad's a photographer. So I suppose he named me Ansel just in case I would take over the family business. I guess I failed him. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a shoit. Votes: 0

Great men are the inspired texts of that divine Book of Revelations, whereof a chapter is completed from epoch to epoch, and by some named History. Votes: 0

In subsequent years the groups you named had important roles in educating people about the real issues in Washington and Raleigh, and within the Democratic Party. Votes: 0

My family had a habit of collecting creatures that didn't always want to be pets. The first animal I can remember was a Lab named Zoe. Votes: 0

Jeb Bush admitted that he smoked a notable amount of pot in school. He said, 'You would too if your parents had named you 'Jeb.' Votes: 0

Rose: But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson and that he saved me... in every way that a person can be saved Votes: 0

I feel sorry for high school teams still named the Cougars. Now what does the coach say? Get out there and play like horny old ladies! Votes: 0

When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration. Votes: 0

We all have that capacity, to be two things. And after all I was named for both the devil and the angel. Demonio y angel. Dem-y-an. Votes: 0

In high school, I started my first company, called M Cubed Software. We named it that because it was me and two other guys named Mike. Votes: 0

My name's Todd but I changed it in the first grade because there was another kid named Todd and I didn't understand that that was possible. Votes: 0

Seville never had a rich chess tradition. Valencia is entirely different, it is enough to say that one of the city squares is named after me. Votes: 0

If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world. Votes: 0

I'm just wondering, folks, if I gave a speech on anti-capitalism, do you think I could be named Person of the Year by 'TIME Magazine?' Votes: 0

The summer I finished my first novel 'Ghana Must Go,' I drove across west Africa: from Accra to Lome to Cotonou to the deliciously named Ouagadougou. Votes: 0

Even today I meet people who think of me automatically as a tough, insensitive, coarse guy named Stanley Kowalski. They can't help it, but, it is troubling. Votes: 0

Truth is, something exists, and everything exists for a reason. Regardless if the reason is known or unknown, knowable or unknowable, reason exists and can be named." Votes: 0

My favorite Elton John song is "Daniel"; my son is named Daniel and he's partly named after my wife's father, but also partly named after that song. Votes: 0

Truth is, something exists, and everything exists for a reason. Regardless if the reason is known or unknown, knowable or unknowable, reason exists and can be named. Votes: 0

I have a rescue dog named Walter, and Walter and I are such fans of the 'Jersey Shore' that we changed his name to DJ Wally D. Votes: 0

My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things can survive. Votes: 0

I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots. Votes: 0

The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan, residing in Prince George County, Md., some fifteen or twenty miles from Washington. Votes: 0

My husband, after two weeks of dating, asked me, if our relationship were to work out, would I be OK with our first boy being named Ace. Votes: 0

Picture it in your mind's nostril: you get in a cab in time to catch twin thugs named Vomit and Cologne assaulting a defenseless pine-tree air freshener. Votes: 0

I was named after Yul Brynner because my mother had an infatuation with him. Who the hell names a Cuban kid Yul? Talk about a torturous childhood. Votes: 0

I was named Class Clown in the high school yearbook, so I was always turning to comedy and laughter to heal and to get me through things. Votes: 0

The boy (then a 12 year old boy named Anatoly Karpov)doesn't have a clue about Chess, and there's no future at all for him in this profession Votes: 0

They told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at - Elysian Fields! Votes: 0

I got a dog and named him 'Stay'. Now, I go 'Come here, Stay!' After a while, the dog went insane and wouldn't move at all. Votes: 0

I'm a redneck. And we can wear whatever because we just really don't care about those things. And when you're a redneck named Bubba, you really don't care. Votes: 0

Some gal would giggle and I'd get red, and some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head. I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named Sue. Votes: 0

If he isn't named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith) Votes: 0

I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons on the wall, they knocked the 'L' out of me. Votes: 0

I just heard about a woman in Germany who just gave birth to a baby boy named "Jihad." Or as the TSA put it, "Hope you like Amtrak! Votes: 0

I have named you queen. There are taller than you, taller. There are purer than you, purer. There are lovelier than you, lovelier. But you are the queen. Votes: 0

"Peggotty!" repeated Miss Betsey, with some indignation. "Do you mean to say, child, that any human being has gone into a Christian church, and got herself named Peggotty?" Votes: 0

I went to Brooklyn College and met this beautiful Jewish girl named Merle, with dark hair, exotic looking and brilliant. So we got married and had three children. Votes: 0

The Green Turtle' was created in the 1940s by a cartoonist named Chu Hing, one of the first Asian Americans to work in the American comic book industry. Votes: 0

One of these suburbs is actually named Stalingrad, which goes to show that the French have learned nothing about politics since they guillotined all the smart people in 1793. Votes: 0

The public me, the one named Elizabeth Taylor, has become a lot of hokum and fabrication - a bunch of drivel - and I find her slightly revolting. Votes: 0

America was discovered by Amerigo Vespucci and was named after him, until people got tired of living in a place called "Vespuccia" and changed its name to "America" Votes: 0

I was ecstatic when they re-named "French fries" as "freedom fries." Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots." Votes: 0

Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves. Votes: 0

I wrote my first novel in eighth grade for a boy named Kenny on whom I had an unrequited crush and who sat behind me in social studies. Votes: 0

Having a stadium in France named after a footballer from the Ivory Coast, even if I'm proud of my France-Ivory Coast background, is a great proof of integration. Votes: 0

Time magazine put Chris Christie on the cover with the caption, 'The Elephant in the Room.' And People magazine named him 'Sexiest Garbage Truck in a Suit.' Votes: 0

As a matter of fact [my mother] is very happily married. To a very nice southern gentleman named Roanoke - her first non-Jewish husband, as she likes to say. Votes: 0

It was in the reign of George II. that the above-named personages lived and quarrelled ; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now Votes: 0

Accompanied by an Australian photographer named Nigel Brennan, I'd gone to Somalia to work as a freelance journalist, on a trip that was meant to last only ten days. Votes: 0

Ultimate serenity is the coming to rest of all ways of taking things, the repose of named things; no truth has been taught by a Buddha for anyone, anywhere. Votes: 0

Storm, Rain, and Sunshine, huh? (Talon) My mother's doing. I'm just glad she stopped at three. I was told the next one would have been named Cloudy Day. (Sunshine) Votes: 0

419 scams,' named for a clause from the Nigerian penal code, are such a part of the white noise of the digital age that we no longer notice them. Votes: 0

If I got a dollar every time someone told me to name my future kid 'Batmo' I'd almost have enough to pay for therapy for a kid named Batmo. Votes: 0

One of the other experts we consulted with, this guy named Dacher Keltner, he was big on sadness as community bonding - I think is the word he used. Votes: 0

I also go on long walks with my dog, a golden retriever named Breeze-and I work out with weights at a health club a couple of times a week. Votes: 0

We don't have enough Latinos on TV just getting cast in supporting roles; the idea of having your own show named after you seemed like such a long shot. Votes: 0

There was an Old Man of Messina, Whose daughter was named Opsibeena; She wore a small wig, and rode out on a pig, To the perfect delight of Messina. Votes: 0

Failing to make it to the list of the best 5 students in class or not being named the team captain should not make anyone feel like they have failed. Votes: 0

There was a young lady named Bright, Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one day In a relative way, And returned on the previous night. Votes: 0

We may not have the power to move mountains, but if we have the power to take someone's hand and named them loved and forgiven we have power enough. Votes: 0

There was a climber named Bridwell On grade I's he did well. But on grade VI, he got into a fix and rappelled to the talus and hid well. Votes: 0

People called me Slim and Daddy Long Legs. My best friend Martine named me Daddy Long Legs after she saw me running track. She was making fun of me! Votes: 0

When I was born, my father named me Melissa, and I am still Melissa, but I got the nickname Lizzo around the time I was in the Cornrow Clique. Votes: 0

I had one class in the morning, the mysteriously named "Further Maths". It was two hours long and so deeply frightening that I think I went into a trance. Votes: 0

I guess the only thing to do now is meet his parents. I'm sure they're decent people. I mean they gotta be if they named their son Gaylord Focker. Votes: 0

They wrote to me and said something about it, and I said that if it doesn't involve any work, I'll do it. (On being named Minnesota's first Poet Laureate) Votes: 0

I went to school with a guy named Truxton. He and I played football together, and he knocked me out once because he's bigger and strong than I am. Votes: 0

Women? I love women. Life would have been virtually zero without them. Journalism? I really feel like I am a journalist... And courage? I had a boat named Courageous. Votes: 0

The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named 'combination'. Votes: 0

In the Bible, God uses brothel owners, pagan kings, murderers and mercenaries as instruments of good; at one point God even speaks to a guy named Balaam through his donkey. Votes: 0

There once was a student named Bessor Whose knowledge grew lessor and lessor. It at last grew so small He knew nothing at all, And today he's a college professor! Votes: 0

My greatest thrill? That's easy. It came the day Mr. McGraw named his 20 all-time players. I'm ninth on that list and that is thrill enough to last me a lifetime. Votes: 0

Jason scratched his head. "You named him Festus? You know that in Latin, "˜festus' means "˜happy'? You want us to ride off to save the world on Happy the Dragon? Votes: 0

You know, people think I named myself Meat Loaf, even though I didn't. And they think anyone who would name himself Meat Loaf couldn't have an IQ higher than four. Votes: 0

The Doc Holliday of legend is a gambler and gunman who appears out of nowhere in 1881, arriving in Tombstone with a bad reputation and a hooker named Big Nose Kate. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton ran the "Bimbo Eruptions Unit" with a woman named Betsey Wright. And in so doing, she preserved the Democrat Party, because she preserved the career of Bill Clinton. Votes: 0

Canada is a country of ingredients without a cuisine; we're a country with musicians without an indigenous instrument; Toronto's a city that doesn't even have a dish named after it. Votes: 0

Anyone who thinks it's funny to name their network "Tom'sHugeEtc" is going to think it's funny that one of his neighbors is also named Tom and is embarrassed by it. Votes: 0

My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist. They named me after the great saint as a symbol of communal harmony. Votes: 0

I've named a couple things after Edgar Allan Poe: the cat, and my garden upstate, where I only planted black flowers and purple flowers - and there's a raven statue. Votes: 0

My affection for CinemaScope initially was my affection for the horizontal line as I learned it from having been apprenticed to an architect who was someone named Frank Lloyd Wright. Votes: 0

There was a young girl named Ratchet.She had skill and no one could match it.She wanted to beMore stylish and carefree,But she couldn't give up her Ratchet. Votes: 0

I’ve named everything that I’ve ever owned. Real or inanimate, I have to give it a first and last name. Everything in my apartment comes alive at night. Votes: 0

I am not a Starfleet commander, or T.J. Hooker. I don't live on Starship NCC-1701, or own a phaser. And I don't know anybody named Bones, Sulu, or Spock. Votes: 0

ONCE UPON A TIME when the world was young there was a Martian named Smith.Valentine Michael Smith was as real as taxes but he was a race of one. Votes: 0

Caltech honored me -- they named an asteroid after me. There's only two of them up there with names. One of them is Walter Cronkite. The other is Tommy Lasorda. Votes: 0

Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do. Votes: 0

The next time someone asks you why LGBT Pride marches exist or why Gay Pride Month is June tell them "A bisexual woman named Brenda Howard thought it should be. Votes: 0

I've always wanted to learn how to hook rugs. A wonderful artist named Leslie Giuliani taught me how. The nice thing is you can change it as you go along. Votes: 0

There was a poor poet named Clough, Whom his friends all united to puff, But the public, though dull, Had not such a skull As belonged to believers in Clough. Votes: 0

I went to the University of Minnesota, and I met this amazing artist named Cameron Boothe there who was in World War I, who studied with Hans Hoffman in Munich. Votes: 0

I live with an 18-month-old Jack Russell named Chicken. He moved in about 15 months ago, and it was very hard at first because I work a lot and he doesn't. Votes: 0

People called me 'Slim' and 'Daddy Long Legs.' My best friend Martine named me Daddy Long Legs after she saw me running track. She was making fun of me! Votes: 0

One of my best friends is named David Leventhal, and it has always been a constant source of amusement to see how the similarity and differences play out in our lives. Votes: 0

When my mother was born on 14 April, he named her after a Latin American holiday, the Day of Americas, that nobody knew about. My due date also happened to be 14 April. Votes: 0

I can't believe you know someone named Freaky Pete," said Simon. "I know alot of people," said Luke. "Not that Freaky Pete is strictly people, but I'm hardly one to talk. Votes: 0

A guy named Adolf Hitler won an election in 1932 ... and 50 million people died as a result ... what I learned as a little kid is that politics is, in fact, very important. Votes: 0

People dont want to talk about death, just like they dont want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear. Votes: 0

It is said that Indians were sometimes named for the first thing they saw when they were born. Makes you wonder why there aren't more Indians named Hairy Pussy, doesn't it? Votes: 0

People often ask me when there's going to be a Mrs. Zach Braff. It's a confusing question sometimes because many people don't realize that my mother is named Mrs. Zach Braff. Votes: 0

People don't want to talk about death, just like they don't want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear. Votes: 0

My sons named her Bridget because that way they always had their sister, Bridget, with them. People thought we were nuts because on the phone they'd hear us say, "Bridget, sit!" Votes: 0

Now, the United Nations is an organization that I believe was founded with good intentions. As a matter of fact, a prominent Tennessean named Cordell Hull was very involved with it. Votes: 0

I got a ill gift, I'm real swift They be like, 'Damn, he's still rich.' When I send my Men in Black, Listen, none of them niggas named Will Smith. Votes: 0

I think that, in all of my time, I got just one fan letter, from an NFL fullback named Darian Barnes. NFL players might not have enough time for my books. Votes: 0

I'm going to teach you to ride Princess." "Princess?" "My motorcycle." I laugh. "You named your motorcycle Princess?" "What can I say?" he teases. "I call all my favorite things princess. Votes: 0

I named my sons Brandon and Dylan after the Beverly Hills 90210 characters. Both of them were born in my bathroom. I had Dylan in my tub, and he came out underwater. Votes: 0

Truthfully, I guess I would like to be remembered as a great writer and a kind person. I wouldn't mind if an expensive bag were named after me, like Jane Birkin. Votes: 0

I went to a college in New York called New Paltz. I studied theater there for four years. I also studied privately in NYC with a teacher named Robert X. Modica. Votes: 0

My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor and because I had a hard relationship with my dad, he became a father figure to me. Votes: 0

If you get a show named after you, and then play another character, that's fine. But if you do a show that's an ensemble show like MASH, then you're in trouble. Votes: 0

I met a woman who photographed celebrity dogs for a book, and she told me that Ralph Lauren's dog is named Rugby. I said, Yeah, but his real name is Stickball. Votes: 0

The woman who led [downed airmen] was named Andrée De Jongh and her story - one of heroism and peril and astounding courage - became the inspiration for my novel. Votes: 0

I love to meet people for lunch at my favorite restaurant, the Loaded Goat. It is named after the Andy Griffith Show episode where a goat ate a bunch of dynamite. Votes: 0

Spartan is about this elite unit of the armed forces named the Delta Force. I play a protege of Val Kilmer's character, and he kind of gives me a hard time. Votes: 0

All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon. Votes: 0

The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job. I don't welcome any challenge. I'd rather have nine guys named Robinson. Votes: 0

There's this idea of shifting baselines. It was coined by a guy named Jeremy Jackson. It's the idea that every generation takes what it sees, and says, "Okay, well, that's the norm." Votes: 0

I decided to become a surgeon named Bernie who writes books and gives seminars to teach people what he has learned and is still learning about how to deal with life's difficulties. Votes: 0

Here Spring just grows and greens and warms, spreading life, wrapping us in her arms, until suddenly we realize that she's not a girl anymore. She's a woman. A woman named Summer. Votes: 0

That's why I named my album 'Finding Forever,' because that's what I was thinking about: What did I want to contribute to this world that would live beyond my physical existence? Votes: 0

I think of the meaning of the word testimony. Originally it named the custom of two men holding each other's testicles in a gesture of trust, later to metamorphose into the handshake. Votes: 0

Actually, Keke is my nickname. When I was little, my sister was about four years old, and she had an imaginary friend named Keke. And she wanted my name to be Keke. Votes: 0

Fortunately, an extremely sexy, pixie-voiced blond named Ronnie Harran, who booked the Whisky, saw us...She had an ear for talent...the Whisky was finally a gig we could be proud of... Votes: 0

... and holy hell the chocolate is so intense and pure it should be named an element and given a spot on the periodic table. It would be Ch, which isn't even taken. Votes: 0

In 1900, the typical American was a boy, not yet a teenager, named John. He lived with his parents and his sisters, Mary and Helen, on a farm in New York or Pennsylvania. Votes: 0

I was born in Den Bosch, where the painter Hieronymus Bosch named himself after. And so I've always been very fond of this painter who lived and worked in the 15th century. Votes: 0

Mike, did you ever see the movie 'Cast Away?' In that movie, Tom Hanks' only friend was a ball named Wilson. In this game, Russell Wilson's only friend is a football. Votes: 0

I have a Guinness Book of World Records entry as the most-watched person on television; now I have a new entry as the only man who has a crab named after him. Votes: 0

As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Do Pretty Much Whatever The Hell You Want, and Expensive Attorney. Votes: 0

It's almost uncanny to receive a prize named in honor of Bernard Malamud. I must have been in my early teens when 'The Magic Barrel' was published and I first read it. Votes: 0

Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there. Votes: 0

I bought a dog the other day. . . . I named him Stay. It's fun to call him. . . . "Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay!" He went insane. Now he just ignores me and keeps typing. Votes: 0

What if leaves changed shape as well as color? You can teach a man to fish, or you can introduce him to a woman named Fish who happens to look like a trout. Votes: 0

This is for you. A mage named Randal told me to give it to the Band if you ever came back. 'It surmounts evil,' he told me, 'keeps doom at bay.' Votes: 0

I wondered if it was possible to donate my body to science before I was actually dead. I wondered if a disease were to be named after me what the symptoms would be. Votes: 0

I think that's why August [Wilson] named her Rose [in "Fences"]; I really do. She's a rose in her sweetness and her kindness and in everything else, even her anger towards the end. Votes: 0

My last two girlfriends were named Anna, though the second one spelled her name backwards. So instead of Anna, it was spelled Anna, and that's how I came to tell the two apart. Votes: 0

I was the drummer in a band called Hemsworth for a brief stint, too - it was not very great. I didn't even write the songs, but the band was named after me. Votes: 0

...we named her Dorothy Ann. Dolly, for short. I kissed her warily, fearful of the pain of loving her, love her, though love her I did; fearful lest she hurt me by dying. Votes: 0

Why does Louis CK get named Comedy Person of the Year? I should be named Comedy Person of the Year just so I can parlay it into another few weeks of road work. Votes: 0

I never hated my father. I would have named my child Usher regardless. I never hated myself because I carried his name, because I made it mean what I wanted it to mean. Votes: 0

In a chariot of light from the region of the day, the Goddess of Liberty came. She brought in her hand as a pledge of her love, the plant she named Liberty Tree. Votes: 0

Menshn is a play on the word mention, and in the U.S. that's how it'll be perceived. Like Tumblr or Flickr. People in the U.K. thought that I'd named it after myself. Votes: 0

I wrote about my life just as I remembered it. I named names and it's very detailed. Hundreds of Sudanese refugees and people from Africa say that my journey is very similar to theirs. Votes: 0

We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said." Love is the only rational act. Votes: 0

So I live in Los Angeles, and it's kind of a goofy place. They have an airport named after John Wayne. That ought to explain it. It has a charming kind of superstitious innocence. Votes: 0

There can be no life which does not contain something to be grateful for, and the habit of gratitude is one of the most powerful assets of success and happiness which can be named. Votes: 0

Iggy' was my dog - he was named after Iggy Pop - and 'Azalea' is the street where I grew up; together, they have the right amount of syllables to make the perfect name. Votes: 0

I did a load of medicine cabinets a long time ago and I named them after Sex Pistols songs. I suppose I must be getting old if I'm naming work after Philip Larkin poems. Votes: 0

If I ever complain to an agent about anything, he always has a pained look on his face, like, "How can you be so ungrateful? Why, Mick, I just named my yacht after you!" Votes: 0

After all these years I had the privilege of naming my private part, cause we have nicknames. So I named my private part pride... it's not much but at least I have my pride. Votes: 0

I don't think of my life as a cliche, but I'm a cliche eccentric. Complete with a strange name - I mean, who's named Val? How many Vals do you know? I mean, really? Votes: 0

How to Avoid Pleurisy: Never make love to a girl named Candy on the tailgate of a half-ton Ford pickup during a chill rain in April out on Grandview Point in San Juan County, Utah. Votes: 0

My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I gotta credit the guy, cuz he gave me the most practical advice. It empowers you. Votes: 0

This is illegal. If you don't let me out, you'll be arrested. I swear you will. You'll go to prison and be forced to have intimate relations with a man named Butch. Let. Me. Out. Votes: 0

Because that day with Willem, I may have pretended to be someone named Lulu, but I had never been more honest in my life. Maybe that's the thing with liberation. It comes at a price. Votes: 0

I had been inspired by an organ player named Earl Grant, who played organ and piano together. My mom took me to see him. So I went home, put my piano and organ together, too. Votes: 0

Theo named his son Theology. But his son changed it to The O to honor his dad, Orafoura. Orafoura is my dad, he is my son, and we love to love people who are lovable. Votes: 0

I will love to be called a foolish man of peace, than to be named a wise man of war. Show me your weapons of war and I will show you my Bible of peace! Votes: 0