Name Quotes

From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.

The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than 16, the number of free white males younger than 16, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, and the number of slaves.

The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first.

We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.

And I agreed with that, and I couldn't wait to change my name anyway, because I'm not too fond of the name of Reginald. It's a very kind of '50s English name.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

I mean, a Mexican boy couldn't be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they used to say to me. Hey, you're an Indian, so I played Indians.

My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, to name a few.

If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game.

'Hello my name is the Republican Party and I got a problem. I'm addicted to spending and big government.' I'd like one of them just to stand up and say that.

America Held Hostage won 24 Emmys for ABC News, but someone forgot to include my name on the list of people responsible for the show.

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.

Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting.

I figured if the plane goes down, I'll go with a great genius and will always have my name connected with his.

You name it, I'm interested in a lot of things.

As we begin this debate, I am confident that we will hear the supporters of this bill argue in the name of Ronald Reagan that this research is consistent with his long-held views about the sanctity of life.

The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of "speculation"; but which ought to be called Gambling.

The real minister's name that we honor is Jesus, not Schuller.

Chance is a name for our ignorance.

If I found the cure for dystrophy tomorrow, I would do a telethon in four weeks for acute pain that in this country is a bigger problem than cancer, heart, sickle cell, anemia, name it. It is - it's hitting 70 million Americans.

It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name.

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

In the sixties and seventies you could probably name all the great comics. It was still special.

I think it would be impossible if you had a name like mine not to get a little flack for it.

I use many different gadgets connected with computers; I use PCs, laptops and a Palm Pilot. I also use the Internet to visit websites, especially within Polish-language Internet. I usually go to political discussion groups and sites - of course, as I use my real name, people never believe that they are chatting with me!

I have a funny name.

All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.

In the name of Hippocrates, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.

I cried when I found out I was a finalist, I kind of went limp when they called my name. I felt like my spirit jumped out of my body, and I was just flesh - it was just amazing.