The fact is that no matter what first names I might have given them, it is the last name that is going to get them in trouble.
Names Quotes
A good name is a second inheritance.
Punch invariably referred to me as ” ‘Arry K ‘Arry’ and would then proceed to solemnly lecture me on the sin of mistaking vulgarity for humour and impertinence for wit.
My name is Ozymandelson, Queen of queens: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
Many things in the world have not been named; and many things, even if they have been named, have never been described. One of these is the sensibility – unmistakably modern, a variant of sophistication but hardly identical with it – that goes by the cult name of “Camp.”
It is impossible to mingle in conversation without observing the difficulty with which a new name makes its way into the world. The first appearance of excellence unites multitudes against it; unexpected opposition rises up on every side; the celebrated and the obscure join in the confederacy; subtlety furnishes arms to impudence, and invention leads […]
The name we give to something shapes our attitude to it.
Say anything you like about me, but spell my name right.
During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?” Surely this was a joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her […]
Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it.
