#names

I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names that never get fat. ↗

— Stephen Vincent Benet

#fallen #fat #get #i #love

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#nickname #nicknames #title #titles

Names are changed more readily than doctrines, and doctrines more readily than ceremonies. ↗

— Thomas Love Peacock

#changed #doctrines #more #names #readily

Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The rich kids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn't know what the words meant. ↗

— River Phoenix

#best #bothered #called #children #clothes

They certainly give very strange names to diseases. ↗

— Plato

#certainly #diseases #give #names #strange

We had the boy's name picked out, but we didn't have a girl's. When he turned out to be a boy, we were so relieved. Literally, in the middle of contracting and pushing, and with my wife being drugged - out and half - lucid, we were still coming up with names. ↗

— Paul Reiser

#boy #coming #contracting #girl #had

I think knowing people by first names, not by what they do sexually, is really what it's about. Not being afraid. Fear is the enemy. I've always been comfortable with being gay. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#afraid #always #been #being #being afraid

I've mis-signed many a book Rollins or Clemens. My readers quickly become aware. Booksellers will often promote me under both names, and I do plug both at signings. Generally, the fantasy reader has no problem going into the suspense genre. It's harder for the typical suspense reader to go the other direction. ↗

— James Rollins

#become #book #booksellers #both #direction

I'm very close to my family. Not like these big stars - not mentioning any names - who lose the plot and don't know who they are. ↗

— Jennifer Ellison

#big #close #family #i #know

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man. ↗

— Ho Chi Minh

#deeply #face #freedom #independence #love