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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
(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
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
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
To reap the harvest of perpetual peace
By this one bloody trial of sharp war. — William Shakespeare
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
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
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
Ash. It's short for Ashoka."
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"A hero's name."
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"I'm not a hero."
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"Then we will make you one, Ashoka. — Sarwat Chadda
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"A hero's name."
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"I'm not a hero."
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"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
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
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
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
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
Far better one unpurchased heart than glory's proudest name.
— Henry Theodore Tuckerman
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
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