This is unfortunately a world in which things find it difficult, frequently impossible, to live up to their names.
Names Quotes
Let us make distinctions, call things by the right names.
I have no name: I am but two days old.” What shall I call thee? “I happy am, Joy is my name.” Sweet joy befall thee! Pretty Joy! Sweet Joy, but two days old. Sweet Joy I call thee: Thou dost smile, I sing the while, Sweet joy befall thee!
I don’t remember anybody’s name. How do you think the “dahling” thing got started?
The glory and the nothing of a name.
(On being told that a friend had named his son Sam, after him) – Why did you do that? Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Sam!
If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren’t people from Holland called Holes?
Anonymity is a stern test of character. When we feel faceless and unidentified, it is temptingly easy to do things we otherwise wouldn’t. Elbowing our way out of elevators without saying “Excuse me.” Scooting into parking places that someone has staked out. Hanging up the phone instead of explaining that we dialed the wrong number. […]
“Don’t stand there chattering to yourself like that,’ Humpty Dumpty said, looking at her for the first time,’ but tell me your name and your business.’ “My name is Alice, but – ‘ ‘It’s a stupid name enough!’ Humpty Dumpty interrupted impatiently. “What does it mean?’ “must a name mean something?’ Alice asked doubtfully. “Of […]
No, I know her by her other name. A name our well-meaning woman sisters have tried to wipe out – bitch.
