Names Quotes - Page 83

Women have had the power of naming stolen from us.

Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. We have not been free to use our own power to name ourselves, the world, or God.

[Pitchblende] consists of a peculiar, distinct, metallic substance. Therefore its former denominations, Pechblende, pitch-iron-ore, &c. are no longer applicable, and must be supplied by another more appropriate name. I have chosen that of Uranium, as a kind of memorial, that the chemical discovery of this new metal happened in the period of astronomical discovery of the new planet Uranus.

To say that "the camera cannot lie" is merely to underline the multiple deceits that are now practised in its name.

Here and gone. That’s what it is to be human, I think—to be both someone and no one at once, to hold a particular identity in the world (our names, our place of origins, our family and affectional ties) and to feel that solid set of ties also capable of dissolution, slipping away, as we become moments of attention.

It is dangerous when you start calling people from one part of the world terrorists or fanatic, and you reduce them to some abstract notion. If evil has a geographical place, and if the evil has a name, that is the beginning of fascism. Real life is not this way. You have fanatics and narrow-minded people everywhere.

Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory of our empire, the dignity of our name, the customs of our ancestors.

In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.

Anything with your name should leave a lasting impression!

May poetry and God's name have mercy on us!

Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion

I have a girlfriend, but I don't really want to talk about her. I won't name her. She isn't in show business, has nothing to do with it. So I'd rather just keep her out of it.

I want people to smile when they hear my name. I love everyone. I want to help make it a better time for the kids after me.

The rule is: we cannot really forgive ourselves unless we look at the failure in our past and call it by its right name.

I love Merion and I don't even know her last name.

No name-calling truly bites deep unless, in some dark part of us, we believe it. If we are confident enough then it is just noise.

We try to make the name longer and longer every year. First, it was 'Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular.' Then it was 'It's a Very Larry Christmas.' Now it's 'Larry the Cable Guy's Hula-palooza Christmas Luau.' I'll tell you what it is: It's funny. That's what it is. Who cares what the name of it is? It is a funny special.

My name's been on this check for a week now.

The ego is entranced by ... names and ideas... However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.

He stood and went to read my pin as I approached. “America, is it?” he said, a smile playing on his lips. “Yes, it is. And I know I’ve heard your name before, but could you remind me?

I think I did every drug known to mankind, smoked crack, boozed, dropped acid, you name it.

Know everything about the companies and people you are going to be negotiating with. Insist on getting the names of everyone participating in the negotiations. Leave no stone unturned; find out as much as you can.

The greatest weapon we have against evil is doing good in Jesus' name.

Gwyneth Paltrow names her kid Apple. I'm not going to let that stand.

There will come a time when the world will look back to modern vivisection in the name of science, as they do now to burning at the stake in the name of religion.