There are women named Faith, Hope, Joy, and Prudence. Why not Despair, Guilt, Rage, and Grief? It seems only right. ‘Tom, I’d like you to meet the girl of my dreams, Tragedy.’ These days, Trajedi. George Carlin, Brain Droppings
Do you know why hurricanes have names instead of numbers? To keep the killing personal. No one cares about a bunch of people killed by a number. ‘200 Dead as Number 3 Slams Ashore' is not nearly as interesting a headline as 'Charlie kills 200’. Death is much more satisfying and entertaining if you personalize it. ibid.
Me, I'm still waitin’ for Hurricane Ed. Old Ed wouldn't hurt ya, would he? Sounds kinda friendly. ‘Hell no, we ain’t evacuatin’ – Ed’s comin’!’ ibid.
Even the name Bush. Even the name Bush is related to the genitals without being the genitals. A Bush is a kind of secondary sex characteristic ... Fuck ’em to death! ... He said this time we’re going all the way ... Just remember the names of the two men who were running that war – Dick Cheney and Colin Powell. Somebody got fucked in the arse. George Carlin, We Like War, live on stage New York
Lolita is famous, not I. I am an obscure, doubly obscure, novelist with an unpronounceable name. Vladimir Nabokov
Names are not always what they seem. Mark Twain
Indeed, there’s a woundy luck in names. Ben Jonson
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. T S Eliot, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
‘Must a name mean something?’ Alice asked doubtfully.
‘Of course it must,’ Humpty Dumpty said with a short laugh; ‘my name means the shape I am – and a good handsome shape it is, too. With a name like yours, you might be any shape, almost.’ Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
There was my name up in lights. I said, ‘God, somebody’s made a mistake.’ But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, ‘Remember, you’re not a star.’ Yet there it was up in lights. Marilyn Monroe
For me, my X replaced the white slave master name of Little which some blue-eyed devil named Little had imposed on my parental forebears. Malcolm X
The real names of our people were destroyed during slavery. The last name of my forefathers was taken from them when they were brought to America and made slaves, and then the name of the slave master was given, which we refuse, we reject that name today and refuse it. I never acknowledge it whatsoever. Malcolm X
In the black culture, certain kids are given nicknames that they roll with forever; the nicknames outweigh their real names. I’m one of those scenarios. Snoop Dogg
If you can’t answer a man’s arguments, all is not lost – you can still call him vile names. Elbert Hubbard
They stick you with those names, those labels – ‘rebel’ or whatever; whatever they like to use. Because they need a label; they need a name. They need something to put the price tag on the back of. Johnny Depp
Forgive your enemies but never forget their names. John F Kennedy
The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be named Bush, Dick and Colon. Kurt Vonnegut
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. Genesis 2:19&20
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. Genesis 35:10
And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. Genesis 46:21
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. Exodus 3:14
I revealed myself to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El of the Wilderness, but was not known to them by my name, Yahweh. Exodus 6:2&3
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Exodus 20:7
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. Psalms 83:18
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Psalms 147:4
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. Proverbs 22:1
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth. Ecclesiastes 7:1
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. Isaiah 49:1
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord. Jeremiah 16:21
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. Revelations 3:5&12
And I saw how the stars of heaven come forth, and
I counted the portals out of which they proceed, and wrote down all their outlets, of each individual star by itself, according to their number and their names, their courses and their positions, and their
times and their months, as Uriel the holy angel who was with me showed me. He showed all things to me and wrote them down for me: also their names he wrote for me, and their laws and their companies. Enoch 1:33:2-4
And He taught Adam all the names, then showed them to the angels, saying: Inform Me of the names of these, if ye are truthful.
They said: Be glorified! We have no knowledge saving that which Thou hast taught us. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower, the Wise.
He said: O Adam! Inform them of their names, and when he had informed them of their names, He said: Did I not tell you that I know the secret of the heavens and the earth? And I know that which ye disclose and which ye hide. Koran 2:31-33
Allah’s are the fairest names. Invoke Him by them. And leave the company of those who blaspheme His names. They will be requited what they do. Koran 7:180
O ye who believe! Let not a folk deride a folk who may be better than they (are), not let women (deride) women who may be better than they are; neither defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames. Bad is the name of lewdness after faith. And whoso turneth not in repentance, such are evil-doers. Koran 49:11
Don’t call me Shirley. Airplane 1980 aka Flying High! starring Leslie Nielsen & Robert Hays & Julie Hagerty & Peter Graves & Lloyd Bridges & Robert Stack & Lorna Patterson & Stephen Stucker & Frank Ashmore & Jonathan Banks & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar et al, directors Jim Abrahams & David Zucker & Jerry Zucker, doctor
My name is Frank William Abagnale. Catch Me If You Can 2002 starring Leonardo diCaprio & Tom Hanks & Christopher Walken & Martin Sheen & Nathalie Baye & Amy Adams & James Brolin & Nancy Lenehan et al, director Steven Spielberg, opening scene
My name is John Merrick. I am very very pleased to meet you. The Elephant Man ***** 1980 starring John Hurt & Anthony Hopkins & Anne Bancroft & John Gielgud & Wendy Hiller & Freddie Jones & Dexter Fletcher & Michael Elphick & Hannah Gordon & Helen Ryan & John Standing & Lesley Dunlop & Phoebe Nicholls & Morgan Sheppard & Kenny Baker et al, director David Lynch, John
I am a man. I have a name. Oswald Cobblepot. Batman Returns 1992 starring Michael Keaton & Danny DeVito & Michelle Pfeiffer & Christopher Walken & Michael Murphy & Pat Hingle & Vincent Schiavelli & Michael Gough & Anna Katarina & Andrew Bryniarski & Cristi Conaway et al, director Tim Burton, Penguin
I am Catwoman. Hear me roar. ibid. Pfeiffer
My name is not Oswald: it’s Penguin. I am not a human being, I am an animal. ibid.