#names

When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find. ↗

— Norman Granz

#biggest #concerts #could #doing #find

I remember one of my last shows, the Final Jeopardy! clue was something like 'These two boys' names are top 10 boys' names in the U.S., they both end with the same letter, and they're both names of Jesus' apostles.' Now, obviously that's not a knowable fact. ↗

— Ken Jennings

#both #clue #end #fact #final

How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers. ↗

— Cecil Frank Powell

#also #am #case #conscious #great

Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names. ↗

— Piper Laurie

#ethnic #everyone #had #lana #names

Names turned over by time, like the plough turning the soil. Bringing up the new while the old were buried in the mud. ↗

— Joe Abercrombie

#fame #names #time #death

My solution to the problem would be to tell the North Vietnamese Communists frankly that they've got to drawn in their horns and stop their aggression or we're going to bomb them into the stone age. ↗

— Curtis LeMay

#aggression #bomb #communists #drawn #frankly

All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters. ↗

— Gordon Lightfoot

#faces #names #remains #sons #wives

I made a list of people who needed just a little bit of money. And when the list was complete, there were 42 names. The total amount of money they needed was $27. I was shocked. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#bit #complete #i #just #list

Captain Phelan and I dislike each other,” Beatrix told her. “In fact, we’re sworn enemies.” Christopher glanced at her quickly. “When did we become sworn enemies?” Ignoring him, Beatrix said to her sister, “Regardless, he’s staying for tea.” “Wonderful,” Amelia said equably. “Why are you enemies, dear?” “I met him yesterday while I was out walking,” Beatrix explained. “And he called Medusa a ‘garden pest,’ and faulted me for bringing her to a picnic.” Amelia smiled at Christopher. “Medusa has been called many worse things around here, including ‘diseased pincushion,’ and ‘perambulating cactus.’ ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#humor #names #humor

Well," Mr. Cheeseman interjected. "Perhaps there's an easy solution to this. Maybe Captain Fabulous has an alter ego." "What's an alter ego?" asked Gerard. "It's a superhero's true but secret identity," said Chip. "You know, the way that Superman is really Clark Kent." "Superman is really Clark Kent?" "It's pretty obvious," said Penny. "To everyone but you and Lois Lane." "Okay," Gerard conceded. "Captain Fabulous's alter ego will be...Teddy Roosevelt. ↗

— Cuthbert Soup

#clark-kent #funny #lois-lane #names #superhero