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To begin with, with the possible exception of the gospel of Luke, none of the gospels we have were written by the person after whom they are named. — Reza Aslan

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 — Lawrie McMenemy

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

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. — Yul Vazquez

Hell, the truth is that I was named after a dog! — John Wayne

She should have a ride named after her at Epcot, man. — Dennis Lehane

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

which was named after the English translation of Nihon Goraku Bussan, "Service Games" - hence SEGA Enterprises. — Blake J. Harris

Oysters, such as Dabobs, Quilcenes, Westcotts, and Willapas, to name just a few, are often named after the place they are harvested. — Tom Douglas

People named their kids after me! — Chad Everett

I want to have schools and libraries and other institutions named after me. I tell my daughter that all the time. — Kam Williams

I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late. — Hoagy Carmichael

If countries were named after the words you first hear when you go there, England would have to be called "Damn It". — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Humanity, perhaps, that quality of benevolence that humans have, without irony, named after themselves. — Laini Taylor

The resemblance of the signs of the zodiac to the animals after which they are named ... is as unimpressive as the predictions of astrologers. — Richard Dawkins

My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself. — ASAP Rocky

After all, once there was a girl named Lucy who loved her family, old and new.
It's not the type of love that ends. — Emery Lord

Albus Severus, you were named after two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew. ALBUS — J.K. Rowling

My first cat was named Cowboy, after the Dallas Cowboys. — Jenna Bush

They sell pot named after me in the dispensaries. And I'm not even a pot guy. I was so honored. — Charlie Sheen

Amish children are usually named after aunts or uncles or some other relation. Keeps the family names going. — Sarah Price

I'd like an omelet named after me. — Rufus Sewell

It was very flattering when Manolo Blahnik named a shoe after me. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I was named after my mother's maiden name. — Sprague Grayden

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. — Rebecca Goldstein

I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial. — Bert Williams

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

Sundance, get over here." "Great - You've named me after a guy who dies in that movie. — Toni McGee Causey

She named him after the Dog Star, the brightest star in the night sky. — Alan Russell

It's no accident that I'd named my guitar after a boy. He was as close to a boyfriend as I was likely to get. — Sarina Bowen

I'm named after my father, Rudolph," he said, then shot her a stern look. "But if you connect that with my red nose -- — Roxanne Snopek

A small, sad hope
No one wanted to bomb Himmel Street. No one would bomb a place named after heaven, would they? Would they? — Markus Zusak

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. — Steven Drozd

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

The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands. — Jimmy Breslin

The Vikings colonized Britain, and a lot of our modern day towns are named after Viking names that settled these big towns. — George Blagden

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. — Steven Wright

There's a roller derby girl that goes by that name, 'Nerd Rage,' and she named herself after my album. — Brian Posehn

Kobe beef is not named after Kobe Bryant. Do not make this mistake. — Chelsea Handler

I'm the only person of distinction who's ever had a depression named after him. — Herbert Hoover

They've named the well after you."
"How did they know my name?"
"They don't. They invented one. — Gerald Morris

I have a puppy purse, and it's named after my doggie named Sammie, who is at home. It's from Poochie and Company. — Quvenzhane Wallis

I named all the nothings after you. Because, my darling Nora ... no matter where I traveled, you were always what was missing. — Tessa Dare

If this goes badly and I make a crater, I want it named after me! — Iain M. Banks

Emirates Stadium should be named after Arsene Wenger — Alan Pardew

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. — Emma Donoghue

I didn't want my kids having to pass through an airport named after their father. — Peter Jackson

I would never do crack ... I would never do a drug named after a part of my own ass, okay? — Denis Leary

One or two people have named their children after characters in my songs. That's pretty intense. — John Darnielle

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. — Herbert Hoover

When I met Jimmy Burke in 1964, he practically owned New York's Kennedy Airport. If you ask me, they named the place after the wrong Irishman. — Henry Hill

I've been to Reagan National Airport. I tell people it was named after me. — Ron Reagan

She began to feel like the plastic doll she had been named after, without even a hole where her mouth was supposed to be. — Francesca Lia Block

If an animal is named after what it eats, how interesting is it? — Karl Pilkington

I don't cook. I think they named the 'Mike'-rowave after me. — Michael Jai White

Just because you're named after jeans, doesn't mean you have to take it out on the rest of us with normal names. — J.J. McAvoy

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

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

I didn't grow up thinking, 'Oh, maybe someday I'm going to have a shoe named after me.' — Sheryl Swoopes

Malta," he said, and smiled. "Possibly the most annoying young female I've ever encountered. Yet lovely. I named a horse after her. Do you remember? — Robin Hobb

- I envy Christ, he had a disease named after him — Steven Moore

POP FACT Like the Passat and the Scirocco, the Golf was another '70s VW named after a wind. In this case, Golfstrom, which is German for Gulf Stream. — Giles Chapman

Gather up your loins, daughter. You named Lillian Florence Jones after my mother. A toughter lady never lived. Find your talent and drive it. — Toni Morrison

I was never sure what Grimace was or why he was named after a pained facial expression. — Jim Gaffigan

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. — John C. Baez

I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me. — Sheryl Swoopes

Stigler's Law: No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer. — George Stigler

What greater fetter to anchoring ourselves to the false notion of self could there be than a selfie? It is named after an illusion! — Chris Matakas

We don't have sports tickets, we don't have corporate jets. We don't have stadiums named after us. — Richard Kinder

I call masturbating "Gregging," named not after a man named Greg, but a guy named Dave. — Jarod Kintz

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. — Casper Van Dien

I was named after my two uncles. Roger Lee and Richard Allen. They simply changed the spelling to Leigh-Allyn to make it more feminine. — Leigh-Allyn Baker

I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many. — Casey Stengel

They named me Kristin after some whale scientist in Australia, worked on the original translation team. — Richard K. Morgan

A diet should be named after what you do eat, not what you don't eat. — Robert Atkins

Isla was named after something, too, you know." "Don't you dare," I say. Josh sits forward. His eyes shine. "Do tell." "Prince. Edward. Island, — Stephanie Perkins

I'm Penryn. I'm named after an exit off Interstate 80."
"Nice." They nod as if to say they understand what it's like to have parents like that. — Susan Ee

I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them. — Hal Sparks

Listen. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers on Shotover Scarp is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there and less sanctuary — Paul Hoffman

I want a sandwich named after me. — Jon Stewart

If you ever start thinking that any of them are developmentally more mature than a high school boy, just remember they named their dogs after beer. — Kaya McLaren

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. — Jennie Finch

I'm not named after the character,' she said. 'I'm named after the entire opera. — Julie Orringer

He was much interested in all family activities, and was so often tripped over that they named him after Ghologhosh, the god of small curses. Not — Sharyn November

The grapevine should be named after a more bitter fruit. It should be called the grapefruit tree. — Chrystos

because after what I've been through, stuff on Mars should be named after me. — Andy Weir

I'm calling it the Watney Triangle because after what I've been through, shit on Mars should be named after me. — Andy Weir

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

What's all this fuss about plutonium? How can something named after a Disney character be dangerous? — Johnny Carson

My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt. — Lionel Barber

Sin Fever, Wraith chimed in with a little too much enjoyment.
Sin Fever? They'd named the fucking disease after her? Bastards. — Larissa Ione

My parents gave me a Mexican name. In our culture, we are named after the events of the day. — Lupita Nyong'o

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. — Anatoly Karpov

You nicked-named my daughter after the Lock Ness Monster! — Stephenie Meyer

When Constance was born, Aunt Glo named her after the dormitory she lived in at college: Constance Hall. — Sheri Reynolds

Ric Flair, you put me in this position. You named me the Legend Killer and after Tuesday, you will respect me. — Randy Orton

As midnight came, he named every star in the sky after her. — Frauke Heyde

First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me. — Steve Martin

My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me. — Darynda Jones

Where's Spencer?" I ask after looking around. "And everyone else?" It's just me, Ronin, and this asshole named after a truck. — J.A. Huss