Names Quotes - page 5

I wonder if our names determine our destiny, or if destiny leads us to choose certain names. (Michelle Moran)
I'd had years of practise looking dumb when people threw out Greek names I didn't know. It's a skill of mine. Annabeth keeps telling me to read a book of Greek myths, but I don't see the need. It's easier just to have folks explain stuff. View quote
Rick Riordan
I disobeyed Ra's wishes, and so he ordered my onw father, Shu-" "Hang on," I said. "Shoe?" "S-h-u," she said. "The god of the wind." "On." I wished these gods had names that wearn't common household objects. "Go on, please. View quote
Rick Riordan
Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters. View quote
Rick Riordan
I racked my brain trying to remember the names of all of Nut's five children. Bit difficult without my brother, the human Wikipedia, around to keep track of such trivia for me. View quote
Rick Riordan
Percy, lesser beings do many horrible things in the name of the gods. That does not mean we gods approve. The way our sons and daughters act in our names... well, it usually says more about THEM than it does about us. View quote
Rick Riordan
Tell me who you are. You need not tell me your name. Names have power, even human ones. Tell me where you live and what you do with your living. View quote
Robin McKinley
Pilots have their names painted just beneath the canopy of their aircraft. This gives the pilot a sense of ownership for his or her jet. What's more, like cars, each aircraft has its own personality, so it's important for a pilot to get to know and love his aircraft. View quote
Simon Sinek
The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia. View quote
Stephen Chbosky
Oh! And they read English novels! David! Did you ever look into an English novel? Well, do not trouble yourself. It is nothing but a lot of nonsense about girls with fanciful names getting married. View quote
Susanna Clarke
He had tattooed all of the names of the men he had killed on his body... unfortunately he had run out of room. (Anthony Horowitz)
They say that nameless things change constantly-that names fix them in place like pins. View quote
Holly Black
It's gotten out of control. It's taking bigger and bigger names to make smaller and smaller films. I worry that important films without a big name attached won't get made at all. View quote
Glenn Close
Emmeline didn't call me anything. She didn't need, for I was always there. You only need names for the absent. View quote
Diane Setterfield
you ask me what I'm looking for, and I outline you. you don't recognize the shape, offer other names. you say my time will come, and I hope. View quote
David Levithan
College wasn't like the real world. In the real world people dropped names based on their renown. In college, people dropped names based on their obscurity. View quote
Jeffrey Eugenides
The best legacy you could leave is not some building that is names after you or a piece of jewelry but rather a world that has been impacted and touched by your presence, your joy, and your positive actions. View quote
Jon Gordon
I don't know the names of any pop musicians. Pop music is standardised; it's made to please the largest audience possible. I also compose to please a large audience, but when you listen to my music, you understand that I have studied and applied the whole history of composition. View quote
Ennio Morricone
The days were heavy and sticky. All identical, one the same as the other. Soon they would even get rid of their one remaining distinction, the shell of their names: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. View quote
Ismail Kadaré
Garbage can provide important details for hackers: names, telephone numbers, a company's internal jargon. View quote
Kevin Mitnick
George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech. (Christopher Lasch)
Foolish names and foolish faces often appear in public places. View quote
Curtis Sittenfeld
The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business. View quote
Larry King
I do not want to name any individual names, but I felt like when I was working in Hollywood, there were some fellow colleagues of mine who didn't even look me in the eyes because I was Asian. View quote
Lee Byung-hun
I love these pet names," she said, gazing soulfully up into his eyes, "Nitwit. Sap skull. Termagant. How they make my heart flutter! View quote
Loretta Chase