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He left a Corsair's name to other times, Linked with one virtue, and a thousand crimes. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit. (Quote by - Salman Rushdie)

The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for love. (Quote by - Margaret Atwood)

Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. (Quote by - Mary Daly)

Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior. (Quote by - Logan Pearsall Smith)

On, Amos Cottle!--Phoebus! what a name! (Quote by - George Gordon Noel Byron)

Known by the sobriquet of "The Artful Dodger." (Quote by - Charles Dickens)

But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

Some to the fascination of a name, Surrender judgment hoodwinked. (Quote by - William Cowper)

The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you. (Quote by - Edward F. Halifax)

In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all. (Quote by - Krzysztof Kieslowski)

Call a spade a spade. (Quote by - Robert Burton)

Great names degrade instead of elevating those who know not how to sustain them. (Quote by - Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld)

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing. (Quote by - John Dalberg Acton)

And, lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. (Quote by - Leigh Hunt)

The dodgerest of all the dodgers. (Quote by - Charles Dickens)

I know there's a Derby out there with my name on it. (Quote by - Pat Day)

I have a passion for the name of "Mary," For once it was a magic sound to me, And still it half calls up the realms of fairy, Where I beheld what never was to be. (Quote by - George Gordon Noel Byron)

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. (Quote by - Bible)

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. (Quote by - John Fitzgerald Kennedy)

I cannot tell what the dickens his name is. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

A good name is better than precious ointment. (Quote by - Bible)

My name may have buoyancy enough to float upon the sea of time. (Quote by - Richard Watson Gilder)

You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic. (Quote by - Elias Canetti)

I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning. (Quote by - Ian Williams)

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