Names Quotes

Names are what people sometimes use to excuse their thoughts and actions towards you.
Simon Travaglia

Thoughts, Sometimes, Actions

Though the names karma yoga and sannyasa are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same.
Vinoba Bhave

Truth, Karma, Heart

Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.
Charles Eastman

Spirit, Religious, Meaning

I'll name names, you know I won't hold back.
Steven Cojocaru

Won, Name, Hold

I'm entitled to collect my fair share of community property without being called names.
Gloria Allred

Fair, Community, Share

I think a lot of politicians, rightfully so, understand that their political futures are tied to how many times people see their names in print. The press is so accustomed to politicians wanting those things, it's a surprise when somebody's like, 'Whatever, I'm not really worried about those things.'
Matt Gonzalez

Political, Understand, Whatever

George Murphy tagged that name 'Butch' on me years ago. We were all at a party and he went around tagging names on people that didn't fit them.
Cesar Romero

Around, Name, Party

It's gotten out of control. It's taking bigger and bigger names to make smaller and smaller films. I worry that important films without a big name attached won't get made at all.
Glenn Close

Important, Control, Made

Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others' expectations can be avoided.
Tina Weymouth

Change, Art, Others

I normally don't love green juices, but Body & Eden makes theirs tasty by blending ingredients like avocado and banana with the usual suspects like kale and spinach. Delicious as they are, they're low calorie, and the drink names are catchy: I Have Balance, I Have Energy, and my favorite, I Have Calm.
Gayle King

Love, Energy, Calm

The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
Larry King

Life, Business, Show

The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent - I name no names. It takes all sorts to make a world.
Kenneth Grahame

Good, Bad, Pretty

When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find.
Norman Granz

Find, America, Jazz

Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents.
Norman Granz

Work, Big, Matter

The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them more names for the same price.
Norman Granz

Today, Fashion, Same

I have stacks and stacks of journals. I'll change the names if I ever decide to publish them.
Carolyn Murphy

Change, Decide, Publish

People we've encountered at pivotal moments who profoundly influence our direction are not necessarily the people whose names everybody knows. More often, they are the people who say or do just the right thing, at the right time.
Eric Burdon

Time, Often, Direction

Edible names are what drives me as a musician. My next band will be called the Hot Dogs.
Chad Smith

Next, Band, Hot

I have this horrific thing where I'm really bad with names and faces. I have an appalling memory. Someone will come up to me in the street and go, 'Eddie!', and I'll try and give myself time by going into overdrive, 'Hey, hi! Nice to see you!' and start a whole conversation because I can't distinguish between who I know and who I don't.
Eddie Redmayne

Time, Nice, Bad

God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.
William Gurnall

God, Made, Another

I keep lists of names of people that I have met, a list of things to do day by day as well as a log of how my time is consumed throughout the day. It's a very important part of my personal discipline.
Bob Graham

Time, Important, Keep

I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from Pasadena whose names I can't mention. His mother died and during the funeral, this baby came out of her in the coffin.
Tobe Hooper

Mother, Human, Wanted

We all agree that manufacturers have a right to ensure that fake goods are not marketed in their names and that their own goods are not marketed under fake names.
John Conyers

Fake, Agree, Goods

We changed the names of our technical schools to colleges, we expanded the eligibility for HOPE scholarships for technical training, and we added some formula funding.
Roy Barnes

Hope, Training, Changed

I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some of the nicest as well.
John Oates

Found, Name, General

I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic school. I loved the nuns there and I love them to this day.
Kitty Kelley

Love, School, Loved

Whenever the names of the disciples are enumerated in the New Testament, St. Peter's stands at their head.
John Strachan

Head, Whenever, Stands

I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet protocol conventions essential to the use and operation of the Internet.
Jon Postel

Space, Internet, Authority

Domain names and websites are Internet real estate.
Marc Ostrofsky

Real, Internet, Estate

The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
Harrison Birtwistle

Give, Same, Worth

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