#nickname

Butterfly?" Will said. "Why Butterfly?" "I believe it's a term of great respect," Selethen said gravely. He was very obviously not laughing. Too obviously, Will thought. "It's all right for you," he said. "They called you 'Hawk.' Hawk is an excellent name. It's warlike and noble. But....Butterfly? Selethen nodded. "I agree that Hawk is an entirely suitable name. I assume it had to do with my courage and nobility of heart. Halt coughed and the Arridi lord looked at him, eyebrows raised. "I think it referred less to your heart and more to another part of your body," Halt said mildly. He tapped his finger meaningfully along the side of his nose. It was a gesture he'd always wanted an opportunity to use, and this one was to good to miss. Selethen sniffed and turned away, affecting not to notice. ↗

— John Flanagan

#nickname #ranger-s-apprentice #courage

Almost everybody that's well-known gets tagged with a nickname. ↗

— Alan Alda

#everybody #gets #nickname #tagged #well-known

I got the nickname Spitfire for a reason - I burned inside to play volleyball. ↗

— Summer Altice

#got #i #inside #nickname #play

My nickname is The Fonz. My sister Lori nicknamed me it when I was younger and it stuck. ↗

— Nicole Appleton

#me #nickname #sister #stuck #younger

I don't need any nicknames. ↗

— Victor Cruz

#i #need #nicknames

I got that nickname my first spring training camp with the Expos in 1974. Tim Foli, Ken Singleton and Mike Jorgensen started calling me 'Kid' because I was trying to win every sprint. I was trying to hit every pitch out of the park. ↗

— Gary Carter

#calling #camp #every #first #got

My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her. ↗

— James Franco

#called #correct #edward #franco #got

All my friends from my past would know me as Scott Diggs. Taye Diggs comes from Scott-taye. When I went to college I liked it because it was so different and I have an infatuation with nicknames. ↗

— Taye Diggs

#college #comes #different #friends #i

Carrot Top is a nickname that people call me and I thought that it was more marketable. ↗

— Carrot Top

#carrot #carrot top #i #marketable #me

You know what's funny is that I have this ongoing relationship with the city of Washington D.C. I went to George Washington University, and my nickname was K-Dub - based on G-Dub - and I'm now on the board of trustees at George Washington University. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#board #city #funny #george #george washington