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Name Quotes

A name carries more history than it seems.

These quotes explore names from a few sides - living with a name that carries an unusual meaning, the messy improvised way band names actually get chosen, and the pride of having your name tied to a brand you believe in. See I Am Quotes for related themes.

I head a Salt-n-Pepa song one time, where they named every rapper in New York. And they didn't name us!

Quotes by Ad-Rock

Hardcore bands were coming out with names like Urban Waste and The Mob, you know, a lot of kind of tough names. So Beastie Boys was the stupidest name we could come up with. And unfortunately, it stuck.

Quotes by Ad-Rock

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

Abraham Lincoln

I didn't take into account the critical tsunami that comes with having work going out. I've gone from being a complete narcissist, someone who googles my own name, to someone who has to work separately from that to avoid creative...

Quotes by Abi Morgan

In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner.

Quotes by Abdolkarim Soroush

My name is not unfamiliar to anybody in the dance community. I'm talking the upper echelon of dance studios.

Quotes by Abby Lee Miller

There are a lot of hardcore 'Napoleon' fans, and they do the research and find photos of what I look like when I'm not 'Kip-ified.' Those fans recognize me. It happens maybe once a week, where someone will come up...

Quotes by Aaron Ruell

I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.

Quotes by Aaron Neville

Widely distributed reports have noted in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta's Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro.

Quotes by Aaron Klein

War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.

Quotes by Aaron Huey

When my name is called I'm going to go in there and give it everything I've got.

Quotes by Aaron Donald

You never know what's going to happen in the draft. You just wait until your name gets called and then things happen.

Quotes by Aaron Donald

Any time you get a Hall of Fame player that even knows my name, you're going to be pumped up about that.

Quotes by Aaron Donald

When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called 'Dead End.' The name kind of described us. People liked us; we would go and perform at coffee houses and stuff.

Quotes by Aaron Carter

I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly doing music, it's difficult to have that quality time to listen to music and do classical...

Quotes by A. R. Rahman

I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.

Quotes by A. J. Jacobs

As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows me, as an actor, not to have a financial value behind my name, to justify me being in...

Quotes by A. J. Bowen

I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.

Quotes by A. A. Milne

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

Quotes by A. A. Milne

Its crazy: my name is Artist, and I dead can't even paint.

Quotes by A Boogie wit da Hoodie

Frequently Asked Questions

What different situations involve a 'name' in these quotes?
They range from living with a name that means something unsettling, to a joking story about how bands supposedly come up with names, to being pleased to have your name tied to a brand, to admitting you don't remember anyone's name at all.
Is there a quote about a name that carries a difficult meaning?
Yes. One quote says, "When you have a name that means scares, you have to live with that." For more, see I Am quotes.
Is there a quote joking about how bands come up with names?
Yes - one speaker jokes that they've never been in a band where someone goes, "Ah, I've got the perfect name!" - poking fun at made-up origin stories like claiming inspiration from climbing Mount Fuji and seeing "a golden dove came down." For more, see Know quotes.
Is there a quote about being proud to have your name on a brand?
Yes. One speaker says they're "very pleased to have my name associated with Bean Pole Jeans," describing it as part of "being a part of the Bean Pole family." For more, see Good quotes.
Is there a quote about not remembering names?
Yes - one speaker admits, "I don't remember anybody's name," and jokingly wonders how the "'dahling' thing got started." For more, see Life quotes.

One entry even pokes fun at forgetting names entirely and defaulting to a catch-all nickname instead. Continue browsing with Know Quotes or Good Quotes.