#nickname

When I go out with the ladies, I don't force them to pronounce my name. I tell them I like to go by the nickname of Kitten. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#go #i #kitten #ladies #like

You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker. ↗

— Richard Roeper

#give #holds #life #nickname #poker

I always was fascinated by neat nicknames. ↗

— Steve Sabol

#fascinated #i #i always #neat #nicknames

Ernesto Palmer got the name Chili originally because he was hot-tempered as a kid...Now he was Chili, Tommy Carlo said, because he had chilled down and didn't need the hot temper. All he had to do was turn his eyes dead when he looked at a slow pay, not say more than three words, and the guy would sell his wife's car to make the payment. ↗

— Elmore Leonard

#nicknames #motivational

I mean, we’re talking about chocolate, for chrissake! Chocolate’s wonderful! Everyone loves it! Look at me, I’m part German! That makes me a kraut! Do you know what kraut is? It’s sauerkraut, men! Which means pickled cabbage! And no one likes that! And I’m okay with it! You can call me Kraut, for all that I care! I don’t give a god damn! Do you read me, men? Do you? ~ Roman Meister, manager of the San Carlos Coyotes, to three black ballplayers whom he has, cleverly he thinks, nicknamed "Dark Chocolate," "Milk Chocolate," and "Bitter Chocolate." From The Mighty Roman. ↗

— Jon Sindell

#nicknames #race-relations #love

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

— Summer Altice

#got #i #inside #nickname #play

Sorry, Bex," Jason said "You don't have the recognizable facial characteristics - such as a huge chin, or a large amount of real estate between the eyes - that would merit the bestowing of a criminal mastermind nickname such as Lockjaw or Walleye. Whereas Crazytop here...well, just look at her." "Atleast I can blow-dry my hair straight," I pointed out. "Which is more than what I can say for your nose, Hawkface. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#cabot #funny #how #mastermind #meg

I'm an unorthodox type of guy, a funny guy - at least I think I'm funny. And one of the things I like to do is come up with nicknames for myself. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#funny #funny guy #guy #i #i think