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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 don't license everywhere. I take care of my name.

Quotes by Gianni Versace

Please accept a promise from me in his name that I will always live in the religion in which he died.

Quotes by Giacomo Meyerbeer

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are they all alike. I think so.

Quotes by Gertrude Stein

Rock'n'roll has to be destroyed and rebuilt in my name if it's ever gonna accomplish anything.

Quotes by GG Allin

'The Wizard of Poetry' - I had that title since I did 'The Pretty Toney' album. That's when the name first came to me.

Quotes by Ghostface Killah

I know acts and I'm not going to name names but these people sold ten million copies the first time and the second album sells three million and it's considered a failure and they're dropped and that's really a shame.

Quotes by Gerry Beckley

Most times with vanity projects, publishers don't believe in the work; they just believe in the name.

Quotes by Gerard Way

I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad name.

Quotes by Geraldine Ferraro

'Greedy gut' is my middle name. I love food, and I love parts.

Quotes by Geraldine Page

I'd like to give divorce a good name.

Quotes by Geraldo Rivera

If I need to take a break from work, I'll just Google dogs that are up for adoption in L.A. I really want a poodle mix, and I want to name her Rita. That's my dream, and one day it's...

Quotes by Georgia King

When I was a teenager I hated having Bloomberg as a last name and being seen simply as someone's daughter. I used to shy away from it in every way. As I got older, I began to realize that it...

Quotes by Georgina Bloomberg

Having the last name 'Bloomberg' sucks.

Quotes by Georgina Bloomberg

Having the name 'Bloomberg' doesn't help me in any way... and it really is a disadvantage and takes away from the image I'm trying to portray.

Quotes by Georgina Bloomberg

The conscience of an artist worthy of the name is like an incurable disease which causes him endless torment but occasionally fills him with silent joy.

Quotes by Georges Rouault

I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and...

Quotes by George Weah

But he is unworthy the name of a minister of the gospel of peace, who is unwilling, not only to have his name cast out as evil, but also to die for the truths of the Lord Jesus.

Quotes by George Whitefield

My name is George Smoot III, and I am smarter than a fifth-grader.

Quotes by George Smoot

One of the best known, and one of the least intelligible, facts of literary history is the lateness, in Western European Literature at any rate, of prose fiction, and the comparative absence, in the two great classical languages, of what...

Quotes by George Saintsbury

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

Quotes by George Santayana

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.