The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household. - William Christopher Handy
I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime. - Mike Rutherford
Marilyn Monroe wasn't even her real name, Charles Manson isn't his real name, and now, I'm taking that to be my real name. But what's real? You can't find the truth, you just pick the lie you like the best. - Marilyn Manson
The name of my condition is Cartilage Hair Syndrome Hypoplasia, but you can just call me Billy. - Billy Barty
No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service. - Christopher Columbus
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives. - Friedrich Schiller
Allowing children to spew forth whatever is on their minds in the name of openness only creates an illusion of family closeness. - Neil Kurshan
I don't say what God is, but a name That somehow answers us when we are driven To feel and think how little we have to do With what we are. - Edwin A. Robinson
Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves. - Christian Nestell Bovee
Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home. - Zelda Fitzgerald
I'm following my dreams and doing what I love as a designer. I did not want to be one of those kids with a famous last name that doesn't do anything. That is very unfulfilling to me and I'm very happy. - Nicky Hilton
I don't know whether John Roberts has a twin, perhaps a sister or, uh, someone with a Hispanic last name. - John Cornyn
These are some of the things for which we believe the American people owe no little gratitude to the Dutch; and these are the things for which today, speaking in the name of the American people, we venture to express their heartfelt thanks. - Seth Low
Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him. - Carson Daly
And we just went with Julie because that name hadn't been used in any other popular songs at the time. - Bobby Sherman
It's so funny how my name has always been such a big deal. When I was growing up, my family was always moving. I had to meet new people all the time. And they'd laugh. - Calista Flockhart
Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation. - Laurence Sterne
You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. - Meister Eckhart
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' - Edgar Allan Poe
They consistently hobble artists' in the name of selling more units then are surprised when the fans don't buy the lukewarm music this produces. So they then drop the artist. - Malcolm Wilson
My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe. - Claude Nicollier
You could mention my name in any hallway in any academic institution and you would have people foaming at the mouth. - David Horowitz
In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it. - Robert Fripp
I do a lot of curiosity buying; I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination. I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention. - Bruce Springsteen
Now the Tombs, like the name says, are so horrible that they had to close it down. Today it doesn't exist and people go in the electric chair and all that. - Gregory Corso
I can name to you 5,000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. - Gordon Sinclair