Famous Quotes & Sayings

Henry Clay

In all cases where incidental powers are acted upon, the principal and incidental ought to be congenial with each other, and partake of a common nature. The incidental power ought to be strictly subordinate and limited to the end proposed to be obtained by the specified power. In other words, under the name of accomplishing one object which is specified, the power implied ought not to be made to embrace other objects, which are not specified in the constitution.

Helen Vendler

I do not give the honorific name of 'poetry' to the primitive and the unaccomplished.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Names are but noise and smoke, Obscuring heavenly light.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I have often reaped what others have sowed. My work is the work of a collective being that bears the name Goethe.

Haruki Murakami

But this thing, whatever it was, this mistlike something, hung there inside my body like a certain kind of potential. I wanted to give it a name, but the word refused to come to mind. I’m terrible at finding the right words for things. I’m sure Tolstoy would have been able to come up with exactly the right word

Hans Rosling

I have a suggestion for a new name for the developing world. Let's call it the world.

Gustave Flaubert

To see one's name in print! Some people commit a crime for no other reason.

Gray Davis

There is only one governor, and his name is Gray Davis.

Greg Behrendt

A good indication that it's not is if you're only staying with What's His Name because you're scared.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

And we were angry and poor and happy, And proud of seeing our names in print.

John Legend

John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name.

John Leguizamo

In Moulin Rouge I could not change the name of Toulouse-Lautrec obviously to Toulouse-Lautrec- Martinez. But in ER I did that, my name is Dr Victor Clemente, so sometimes it is possible.

John Lawson

The Allegator is the same, as the Crocodile, and differs only in Name.

John le Carre

The things that are done in the name of the shareholder are, to me, as terrifying as the things that are done - dare I say it - in the name of God,

Jimmy Choo

I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. There's where I made my name - in design - and there's where I'd like to stay.

Jim Ross

Just like Brad Pitt and what's her name!

Jim Lehrer

I have been accused of something I'm not guilty of. How do you prove a negative? No matter what we discuss here today, I'm never going to have my name restored. But I've got to try and set the record straight.

Joan Van Ark

So I had all the names, three names, and that's good to have on a soap.

Jim Rohn

Results, are the name of the game...

George M. Cohan

I don't care what they call me as long as they mention my name.

George M. Cohan

I don't care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right.

It's kind of embarrassing that we didn't give names to all of the cheetahs, we being the FONZ.

All of a sudden, you turn your back and the old names are going up.

Kate Warne

There's a lot of strength in technology names that are high-quality companies, particularly those related to optical networking,

Dave Gahan

I often find myself on my knees praying to something or someone to not be in control...My hotel check-in name used to be Mr BL Zebub.

Cab Calloway

Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences from, Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club.

Al Ries

Only brand names register in the mind... What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand.

David Horowitz

You could mention my name in any hallway in any academic institution and you would have people foaming at the mouth.

Dee Snider

I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody

Kurt Vonnegut

It was very exciting for her, taking his dignity away in the name of love.

Bertolt Brecht

When you name yourself, you always name another.

Cat Deeley

I don't even own my own name on the internet - somebody else bought it.

Carlos Mencia

If you're Filipino, you're the beaner of the Asian community 'cause you're just like us. You're indigenous people that got banged by some Spaniards. That's why you have names like Kwan Ping Del Toro.