I want the voice of honest praise To follow me behind. And to be thought, in the future days, The friend of humankind; That after-ages, as we rise, Exulting may proclaim, In choral union to the skies, Their blessing on my name.
Names Quotes
Fool’s names, like fool’s faces – Are often seen in public places.
Ben Jonson is not to be confused with Samuel Johnson. He was Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson was not. Samuel Johnson was Samuel Pepys. Pepys was actually Raleigh, who had escaped from the tower to write Paradise Lost under the name of John Milton, a poet who because of blindness accidently escaped to the tower and […]
A name is a kind of face by whereby one is known.
I have no name: I am but two days old.” What shall I call thee? “I happy am, Joy is my name.” Sweet joy befall thee! Pretty Joy! Sweet Joy, but two days old. Sweet Joy I call thee: Thou dost smile, I sing the while, Sweet joy befall thee!
I don’t remember anybody’s name. How do you think the “dahling” thing got started?
The glory and the nothing of a name.
(On being told that a friend had named his son Sam, after him) – Why did you do that? Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Sam!
If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren’t people from Holland called Holes?
Anonymity is a stern test of character. When we feel faceless and unidentified, it is temptingly easy to do things we otherwise wouldn’t. Elbowing our way out of elevators without saying “Excuse me.” Scooting into parking places that someone has staked out. Hanging up the phone instead of explaining that we dialed the wrong number. […]
