#names

I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some of the nicest as well. ↗

— John Oates

#competitive #found #general #i #most

And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation. ↗

— Barack Obama

#american #american people #call #different #different names

Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in our minds, names do in the course of a year or two. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#change #course #drastically #meanings #minds

I have this horrific thing where I'm really bad with names and faces. I have an appalling memory. Someone will come up to me in the street and go, 'Eddie!', and I'll try and give myself time by going into overdrive, 'Hey, hi! Nice to see you!' and start a whole conversation because I can't distinguish between who I know and who I don't. ↗

— Eddie Redmayne

#bad #because #between #come #conversation

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#being #beneath #buried #common #dust

There are names I do not want mentioned in my home. ↗

— Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

#i #i do #mentioned #names #want

Hollywood sold its stars on good looks and personality buildups. We weren't really actresses in a true sense, we were just big names - the products of a good publicity department. ↗

— Ann Sothern

#department #good #good looks #hollywood #just

Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney. ↗

— Mickey Spillane

#chimney #coming #down #history #i

My father was Catholic, my mother was Protestant, and because of that I got Christened in both churches, so I've got all these names... but my Dad always called me Mick. ↗

— Mickey Spillane

#because #both #called #catholic #churches

Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit you have been generous enough to find in my work. ↗

— Knut Hamsun

#ad #been #could #debt #enough