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One's Name Quotes & Sayings

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Less than one-third of eighth-graders can identify the historical purpose of the Declaration of Independence - and it's right there in the name. — Sandra Day O'Connor

This is Ahab, that's Jezebel," said Evie, who was one of those who name animals after the less successful characters of Old Testament history. — E. M. Forster

There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush. — Zell Miller

When I was your age, if a boy behaved badly, one simply scored his name out from one's dance card.
(Sadie Lancaster - to Lara Lington) — Sophie Kinsella

Picked up on the first ring. "We've got information on a few Richard Franklins," he said. "It's not an unusual name, so more than one popped — Nicholas Sparks

When the work is done, and one's name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven. — Lao-Tzu

'Ravi' means 'sun.' It's a Sanskrit original word. And 'Shankar' is another name of Shiva, one of the holy trinity god that we worship. — Ravi Shankar

It's not a real name," she says. "Not one that he's carried with him always. It's one he wears like his hat. So he can take it off if he wants. — Erin Morgenstern

Washburn's an old American name, but this one was assembled overseas. — John Fogerty

One name by itself can't fully represent God's majesty & power. — Tony Evans

It's the greatest of Southern honors ... to have one's name incorporated into a family tree. It's an honor not lightly given. — Sheri Holman

Taking your husband's name when you became his wife was one thing. Taking your town's name when you became its beauty queen was something else again. — Nick Hornby

Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people. — Harold H. Greene

One should never give up on hope. Unless that's the name of the girl who cheated on you in which case, yeah, give her up. — Carroll Bryant

When one has never heard a man's name in the course of one's life, it speaks volumes for him; he must be quite respectable. — Oscar Wilde

The name "Casanova" became a catchall term for one who plays on women's emotions for sex, replacing erlier term "men — Rich Blomquist

They carved your name into the stone and then
they put it in the ground,
I run my fingers through the grooves
When no one's around — Ryan Adams

There is one person who can help solve 'writer's block'. His name is Mr. Johnnie Walker. — Ashwin Sanghi

In God's name cheerly on, courageous friends,
To reap the harvest of perpetual peace
By this one bloody trial of sharp war. — William Shakespeare

The good fight is the one that's fought in the name of our dreams. — Paulo Coelho

Only those who have learnt the tongue of angels can tell how one's name will sound in the language of light. — Sjon

Every human being is loved by God the Father. No one need feel forgotten, for every name is written in the Lord's loving heart. — Pope Benedict XVI

I've always been able to sense the relationship between two people based on how one person says the other's name! — J. August Richards

My name's Jennifer Ellison and one day I'm going to be famous! — Jennifer Ellison

Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one. — Scott Ian

Common sense used to be a great trait for one to have, and hence the name, common it was plentiful. Today's it's as rare as the Dodo bird. — M.A. Bookout

Property was thus appall'd / That the self was not the same / Single nature's double name / Neither two nor one was call'd. — Michael Oakeshott

I can't name the poison that's killing your friend. But the one that's killing you is called hope. — Scott Lynch

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't. — Lord Byron

Asia's crowded and Europe's too old, Africa is far too hot and Canada's too cold. And South America stole our name, let's drop the big one. — Randy Newman

Bluie, the blue stuffed bear I'd had since I was, like, one - back when it was socially acceptable to name one's friends after their hue. — John Green

How do you know I'm not like that actress they're always mocking, the one whose expressions they claim never change? What's her name? Kristen Stewart. — Tiffany King

I call my therapist every other day. It's not a one-stop shop. You have to push away all that negativity in your head. Face it, name it, let it go. — Fergie

There's only one true king of rock 'n' roll. His name is Chuck Berry. — Stevie Wonder

To set one's name to a work gives no one a title to be remembered, for who knows how many of the best of men have gone without a trace? — W.G. Sebald

I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots;Her coat is one of the tabby kind,with tiger stripes and lepard spots. — T. S. Eliot

I can't name just one example. Then there's only one. — Brian Spellman

There's always an adjective before my name, and it's never a nice one. — Joan Rivers

That Damon Matthews," Linda spat. "You know, take one letter out of his name and it spells ' damn' as in 'damn, that kid's a worthless sonovabitch'. — Kristen Ashley

Be discriminating when dispensing charity. In the name of charity or philanthropy, we tend to do injustice to one's country. — Sathya Sai Baba

When I fall in love... it's only... one time. -Luka — Hotaru Odagiri

One always got the same shock of recognition and delight when someone's words swam up to meet a thought or name a picture. — Mary Stewart

I love actors, number one. There's probably nobody that you could name that I don't like, depending on what it is they're in. — Mark Hamill

Barack Obama's name will be the one on the peace prize, but his speech and his manner could become a gift for generations to come. — Tom Brokaw

I used the name Diplo at one show when I was really young, and it just stuck. I never meant to keep it. But it's kinda cool. — Diplo

I'm not Tyler Perry. I'm not Dino De Laurentis. I think it's a bit much to put one's name in front of the film. It makes me uncomfortable. — Lee Daniels

Poetry is another name for a person's telling of the self, existence and what is beyond, and one's own perceptions. — M. Fethullah Gulen

In the desert the most loved waters, like a lover's name, are carried blue in your hands, enter your throat. One swallows absence. — Michael Ondaatje

The world is so empty and so loveless when there's no one in it to holler your name and holler you home. — Stephen King

The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It's like being identified with a brand name. — Nancy Sinatra

It's one of the hardest things in life - choosing your own name. — Caitlyn Jenner

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

If you show this devious little liar one atom's worth of compassion I will have you shot. — Elizabeth Wein

The Holy One's nearness, the readiness to name the Holy One as God, and the recognition of God as Father. — James Carroll

People are always asking me if I'm Lynyrd Skynyrd or which one's Skynyrd, but I always say, 'Who'd ever have a dumb name like that?' — Ed King

This was an interesting thought; it had never occurred to me that one's name could be a compass. — Alan Bradley

Move on another plane in the name of one's own difference. — Elena Ferrante

How meagre one's life becomes when it is reduced to its basic facts. And the last, most complete reduction is on one's tombstone: a name, two dates. — Bill Vaughan

Once you start changing a name, you see, there's no reason ever to stop. One always hears one that sounds better. — Evelyn Waugh

I'm an artist, a designer, a craftsman, interior designer, half-architect. There's no one name that fits me very well. — Dale Chihuly

No one ever calls me Tyrannus. My mother insisted on it because it's a family name, but my father hates it. — Rainbow Rowell

Inside his house, a kid gets one name, but on the other side of the door, it's whatever the rest of the world wants to call him. — Jerry Spinelli

From the day whe arrived at her husband's home, no one called her by her name. — Lauretta Ngcobo

Ash. It's short for Ashoka."
...
"A hero's name."
...
"I'm not a hero."
...
"Then we will make you one, Ashoka. — Sarwat Chadda

Her name is Annabeth," I said. "And she's one of a kind. — Rick Riordan

Not a lot of people know about Tunisia. Sarah Palin thinks it's the name of one of Obama's kids. — Bill Maher

Time itself is one more name for death. — C.S. Lewis

( ... ) I, for one, prize less
The name of king than deeds of kingly power;
And so would all who learn in wisdom's school. — Sophocles

I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign'd by God's name ... — Walt Whitman

Nice one, Catpiss,' he says. That's not my real name. My name is actually Kantkiss. Kantkiss Neverclean. — The Harvard Lampoon

All I do is write their names on the lineup card and let them play. It's not a tough job. I haven't misspelled one name yet. — Harvey Kuenn

Kas was right: a woman could destroy a man. This one could do so, simply by knowing his name. She could do so, simply with her eyes. — V.S. Carnes

one legend has it that Jews found Poland attractive because the country's name sounded like the Hebrew imperative po lin ("rest here"). — Diane Ackerman

The name one gives is inessential.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by other name would smell as sweet. — Walpola Rahula

If growing up means not seeing one's family and friends on the regular - all in the name of paying the bills, then growing up is overrated. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Everybody knows who Reba is. She has one name, for goodness sakes! There's only, like, six people in the world that have one name. — Sara Rue

I have been ...
To every depth of my heart
To every height of my mind
To every extent of my world
I see only one name
It's yours ... — Heenashree Khandelwal

And one more thing ... You will never again refer to him as 'Hazara boy' in my presence. He has a name and it's Sohrab. — Khaled Hosseini

My name is usually the one on the end of people's lips. — Ian Wright

Politics goes in one ear and out the other. I don't even know the president's name for sure. That's how stupid I am. — Brian Wilson

To be the name on somebody's shirt that they've made themselves in preparation for one of your shows - it doesn't get much cooler than that. — Hunter Hayes

What if a tree fell in the forest and no one knew it's biological name? Did it exist? — Richard Louv

The great William Shakespeare said, "What's in a name?" He also said, "Call me Billy one more time and I will stab you with this ink quill. — Cuthbert Soup

I know her name. I remember because I forgot. That's one of the joys of love. Well, two of the joys. — Jarod Kintz

She? You're not one of those people who name their cars and coffee mugs, are you? It's an inanimate object. Get over it. — Susan Ee

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - - mental, financial you name it. — Harold Geneen

If a man can preach one sermon without mentioning Christ's name in it, it ought to be his last. — Charles Spurgeon

Vampire. Dangerous. Unknowable. Seriously creepy. This one's name was Constantine. We'd met before. — Robin McKinley

When someone steals a person's clothes, we call him a thief. Should we not also give the same name to the one who could clothe the naked but does not? — Saint Basil

It does not matter what the media say, so long as they say something with one's name in it. — Anne McCaffrey

There is only one child in the world
and the child's name is all children. — Carl Sandburg

Far better one unpurchased heart than glory's proudest name. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman

I remember going to acting class, so certain that no one's ever going to know my name. — Debby Ryan

felt increasingly sure that God, whatever form He took, had not created us to kill and torture one another over the name we give Him. — S.J. Parris

To lose one's name is the beginning of forgetting. — Keith Donohue

Hodor's real name was Walder. No one knew where "Hodor" had come from, — Anonymous

and even the feral, near-wild Third Cat, whose true name he had never discovered, as one has to do with cats, trailed — Peter S. Beagle

He's hopeless," sighs Suze. "You know, he can name about a hundred breeds of sheep but not one of Madonna's husbands. — Sophie Kinsella

Being correspondent of a Left paper with a name like Eisenstein deprived one of one's chance of usefulness. Besides — Ford Madox Ford

One cannot offend, make war, kill in the name of one's own religion, that is, in the name of God. — Pope Francis