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Some day I'll write a book and call it 'How I Got the Nickname Pumpsie' and sell it for one dollar, and if everybody who ever asked me that question buys the book, I'll be a millionaire. -- Pumpsie Green
I've never given myself a nickname. -- Genesis Rodriguez
Almost everybody that's well-known gets tagged with a nickname. -- Alan Alda
Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title. -- Thomas Paine
My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs. -- Richard Simmons
I got the nickname Spitfire for a reason - I burned inside to play volleyball. -- Summer Altice
Carrot Top is a nickname that people call me and I thought that it was more marketable. -- Carrot Top
You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker. -- Richard Roeper
I was never top of the class at school, but my classmates must have seen potential in me, because my nickname was Einstein. -- Lucy Hawking
I was never top of the class at school, but my classmates must have seen potential in me, because my nickname was 'Einstein.' -- Stephen Hawking
Dummy Dum Dum was my nickname for years at school. I was the strange one of the family, the one who couldn't remember his name. -- John Lydon
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When I go out with the ladies, I don't force them to pronounce my name. I tell them I like to go by the nickname of Kitten. -- Joaquin Phoenix
John legend is a nickname that somebody started calling me a while ago and part of it is 'cos I sound like an old man when I sing. -- John Legend
I was born William. My father was William. I came from a big family, I hated being called Billy. Willem's a nickname; it's a Dutch name, very common in the Netherlands. -- Willem Dafoe
I was overweight when I went to school. In fact, I was overweight when I left, just taller. Fatty Cavill was the nickname. I mean, no one wants to be Fatty Cavill. -- Henry Cavill
I have to admit I was dismayed when I found out 'type A' refers to a category of risk for heart disease - I thought it was just a nickname my mom gave me! -- Reese Witherspoon
A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions. -- William Hazlitt
OK, I have a nickname. My family calls me 'Trey' because I'm William the third. My dad has the same name, which is always confusing because my dad is well known, and I'm also known. -- Bill Gates
Now that I have kids, I'm probably more overprotective than I've ever been. My wife's nickname for me is 'red alert.' I sometimes check just to see if the kids are breathing. But I try not to be a helicopter parent. -- Matt Damon
I do have a nickname with my family; I'm called Snappy, because I do get to be a bit snippy at times. They call me Snappy Bear. That's from New Hampshire. My dad's called Crazy, my mother's Happy - it's a whole thing. -- Eliza Coupe
I got that nickname my first spring training camp with the Expos in 1974. Tim Foli, Ken Singleton and Mike Jorgensen started calling me 'Kid' because I was trying to win every sprint. I was trying to hit every pitch out of the park. -- Gary Carter
There's nothing more frustrating than when fans use a nickname. That's like people you don't know using names from people that you're intimate with. Like if my mom has a nickname and a fan finds it out and starts using it, that's creepy. -- Evangeline Lilly
You know what's funny is that I have this ongoing relationship with the city of Washington D.C. I went to George Washington University, and my nickname was K-Dub - based on G-Dub - and I'm now on the board of trustees at George Washington University. -- Kerry Washington
My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her. -- James Franco
The modern Middle East was largely created by the British. It was they who carried the Allied war effort in the region during World War I and who, at its close, principally fashioned its peace. It was a peace presaged by the nickname given the region by covetous British leaders in wartime: 'The Great Loot.' -- Scott Anderson
One day, the infielders were having a pretty bad time and were making some bad throws to me at first base. After digging a few out of the dirt, Joe Orengo called over to me, 'Atta boy, John, you look like a big cat.' Some of the writers overheard the remark and asked Joe about it later. The nickname has stuck with me ever since. -- Johnny Mize
My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. -- Richard Simmons
Dude. Hot Bozo. Best nickname ever. -- Cynthia Hand
Chance is a nickname for Providence. -- Nicolas Chamfort
My nickname was Skinabo - skin and bones. -- Ellen Barkin
Only assholes put a nickname on their business card. -- Michael Crichton
My nickname for my mom was 'The Compass.' -- Dane Cook
Coining "Dismal Science" as a nickname for Political Economy -- Thomas Carlyle
My nickname was Skinabo - 'skin and bones.' -- Ellen Barkin
At school my nickname is the National Anthem girl. -- Diana DeGarmo
If you don't want the nickname, don't live up to it. -- Jennifer Lee
I used to have hair so long, my nickname was Pocahontas. -- Jessica Sanchez
With Jace, you don't really get to choose your insulting nickname. -- Cassandra Clare
Ain't nothing greater than an x-rater with a nickname like Vibrator. -- Snoop Dogg
My nickname in high school was jack-o-lantern because I'm missing 9 teeth -- Thom Yorke
She hated their new nickname. It made them sound like deranged Barbie dolls. -- Sara Shepard
My nickname in grade school was salamander because I have a lazy eye -- Thom Yorke
A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man. -- William Hazlitt
When I was a kid, my nickname was Mr. Baseball. Because of the stitches. -- Emo Philips
Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable. -- William Hazlitt
A nickname is not supposed to be your only name. I miss Jennifer a bit. -- Jennifer Lopez
My nickname when I was young was Teddy, so people would call me Teddy Bear. -- Mila Kunis
I had a nickname in junior high, and I'm loathe to say this: 'potato lady.' -- Rashida Jones
A good name will wear out; a bad one may be turned; a nickname lasts forever. -- Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
I've been very fortunate to dodge a nickname throughout my entire career. I've never had one. -- Jimmie Johnson
My mother's nickname for me is Positive Patrick. I like to live up to that title. -- Patrick Schwarzenegger
Cottonballs are an example of something I'd want to buy, but not have as a nickname. -- Demetri Martin
I went to Boston College. It's a Catholic college, yeah I had a nickname there: Jew. -- Gary Gulman
Ronnie's new nickname is IFF. The I'm F*%ked Foundation. He's a client and the president! -- Pauly D
Everyone at school seems to go by a nickname. Kat, Frosty, Bronx, Boo Bear, Jelly Bean, Freckles. -- Gena Showalter
It's a badge of honor to have your name called by Trump and be made a nickname. -- Rush Limbaugh
Alexander the Great, who said on his wedding night, It's only a nickname. Never got a dinner! -- Red Buttons
I've got a friend whose nickname is "Shagger". You might think that's pretty cool. She doesn't like it. -- Jimmy Carr
My nickname is The Fonz. My sister Lori nicknamed me it when I was younger and it stuck. -- Nicole Appleton
I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname. -- Jack Kent Cooke
I don't mind being called 'Supernova.' If one nickname is going to stick, that's not a bad one! -- Natalia Vodianova
Artists take on an alias that's suitable for their style of music. Everyone had a nickname when they were younger. -- Tinie Tempah
John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name. -- John Legend
My real name is Nils and Booboo is a childhood nickname. It's not two words or two capital B's, it's B-o-o-b-o-o. -- Booboo Stewart
In Australia, everyone gets a nickname and people started calling me "Izzy" and I hated it so I just adopted Bella. -- Bella Heathcote
Hocus was an old cunning attorney. The words of consecration, "Hoc est corpus," were travestied into a nickname for jugglery, as "Hocus-pocus." -- John Richard Green
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My nickname is Bondy. But not because of the Bond films - it was my surname a long time before I did those. -- Samantha Bond
None of my friends call me L.C. That was just a high school nickname, and nobody refers to me like that anymore. -- Lauren Conrad
I grew up as the ugly duckling, they called me 'la prieta fea', which means ugly dark one - that was my nickname. -- Eva Longoria
I keep busy. That was my nickname in college, 'Iron to the Fire.' I like to keep several things going at once. -- Creed Bratton
Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence. -- Nicolas Chamfort
The nickname (Ice Princess) is just based on my looks on the outside , once you get to know me , you'll get to like me. -- Jessica Jung
Why do I get the feeling that if you give me a hard time, I'll tell all of our year-mates your family nickname is Meathead? -- Tamora Pierce
Does he have a nickname?' Diana went on remorselessly. 'I mean, 'gaiphage' is so long. Can we call him phage? Or maybe just 'G'? -- Michael Grant
A nickname may be the best record of a success. That's what I call putting the face of a joke upon the body of a truth. -- Joseph Conrad
[I] never thought too highly of anyone foolish enough to take on the nickname of a life-destroying dope product and promote such family-destroying conduct on stage. -- Ted Nugent
A cousin of mine who was a casualty surgeon in Manhattan tells me that he and his colleagues had a one-word nickname for bikers: Donors. Rather chilling. -- Stephen Fry
I abhor television. Notice how i said "?television' and not "?TV' because TV is a nickname and nicknames are for friends and television is no friend of mine. -- Nick Valensi
Playing halfback in high school and college was marvelous! It taught me how to get to the end zone. I wanted to make my nickname "End Zone Tommy!" -- Tommy McDonald
When I was born, my father named me Melissa, and I am still Melissa, but I got the nickname Lizzo around the time I was in the Cornrow Clique. -- Lizzo
I'm wondering if the crew [from'The Hateful Eight'] had some sort of nickname for me. I am blanking at anything truly funny, so I'll just say, 'No Phone Quentin'. -- Quentin Tarantino
Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen people, of the children of the light. -- Matthew Arnold
My feet ain't got nothing to do with my nickname, but when folks get it in their heads that a feller's got big feet, soon the feet start looking big. -- Satchel Paige
persons, with big wigs many of them and austere aspect, whom I take to be Professors of the Dismal Scienceâ?¦ Coining "Dismal Science" as a nickname for Political Economy -- Thomas Carlyle
My real name is Alfonso. My grandfather and dad are also Alfonso, so I was the third. So my mom just gave me the nickname Trey because I was the third. -- Trey Burke
Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title. The thing is perfectly harmless in itself, but it marks a sort of foppery in the human character, which degrades it. -- Thomas Paine
Actually, Keke is my nickname. When I was little, my sister was about four years old, and she had an imaginary friend named Keke. And she wanted my name to be Keke. -- Keke Palmer
People tried to test me (in 1999) and I came up with some pretty good throws. Everybody on the team calls me 'Bazooka' now. That's kind of like a nickname I gave myself. -- Albert Belle
Back in the day I took a lot of supplements and tons of amino acids. Still do. But back then it was pretty unusual. That's how I got the nickname The Chemist. -- Frank Zane
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Different people call me different things. In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had Sharlito, Sheldon, Charldo, really interesting variations on the name. -- Sharlto Copley
I was so skinny, they gave me the nickname stechetto - the stick. I was tall, thin, ugly and dark like an Arab girl. I looked strange. All eyes. No flesh on my bones. -- Sophia Loren
I made the first Feist album in '98. So at that point, it was my nickname. It was as far as with my circle of friends, and just felt more accurate than two names. -- Feist
... when your name is really and truly Percy Blakeney, pronounced 'Black-knee', and you still have bad acne in your twenties, you accept Pimple as a nickname and are grateful that it wasn't anything worse. -- Terry Pratchett
They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines. -- Thomas Holcomb
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Hoodie was just a nickname I had growing up and I just wanted to have a name that would stick in peoples' minds and be a little bit funny and representative of who I am. -- Hoodie Allen

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