Name Quotes

“Remember that I am Basque and that my name is Ravel and not Ravet.”

“I came from a French Cajun background, and they didn't think that anyone would be able to pronounce 'Thibodeaux,' so they came up with 'Richard Keith.'”

“The only thing that is mine is my name. Delon.”

“I'm a comedian, and I have my Kennedys here and there, but I'm not a Kennedy.”

“My friends call me Keith, but you can call me John.”

“Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself.”

“The name 'America' was kind of a bold statement. We wanted to represent something bigger than just ourselves.”

“My name is not Foxy Brown, it's Inga.”

“In a world of bands called 'The Killers' and 'The Courteeners', I think 'Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band' is a fantastic name.”

“The name Yes was a simple word, a positive word.”

“In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting.”

“If you can't get a laugh out of a name, you're not a comic.”

“I'm named after my father's plane, 'The Swoose,' which was a B-17 bomber.”

“A name is a man's most intimate possession. It is the first word he learns, the sound he answers to all his life.”

“I have fallen in love with American names, The sharp names that never get fat, The snakeskin-titles of mining-claims, The plumed war-bonnet of Medicine Hat, Tucson and Deadwood and Lost Mule Flat.”

“My name is Thandiwe. It's a Zulu name. It means 'beloved.'”

“If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game.”

“I don't like the name Lawrence. Only faggots and sailors are called Lawrence.”

“Father calls me William, sister calls me Will, Mother calls me Willie, but the fellers call me Bill!”