Name Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

“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.'”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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