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I think we've seen a lot of examples of giving a name its own definition in the dot-com world. Amazon, Google, Yahoo - these are names we never would have dreamed major corporations would choose. -- David Carson
I'd like to give divorce a good name. -- Geraldo Rivera
I hope I don't give music a bad name. -- Tiny Tim
I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger. -- Jean Genet
When people are nasty, it gets everybody's attention, and it gives them a name. -- Steve Guttenberg
I would like to give it a name: it is the great fortress of Europe. -- Heinrich Himmler
What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on. -- Emile M. Cioran
Election' is a movie I'd give a leg to cross the director's name out and put mine in. -- Jason Reitman
A name, of course is like a piece of clothing, isn't it? It gives you an impression right away. -- James Salter
I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning. -- Ian Williams
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name. -- Emily Dickinson
I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad name. -- Geraldine Ferraro
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank. -- Woody Allen
I'm a very hands-on person; I don't just want to give my name to something and not be a big part of it. -- Cheryl Cole
I could take you for a walk on the beach and I could point out just about any creature and give you their Latin names. -- Paul Walker
We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling. -- Neil LaBute
I think it's pretty cruel to give a kid a name that others are going to have. I think it's very important to have a unique name within any group you're likely to be in. -- Penn Jillette
In both 'Tigerman' and my first book, 'The Gone-Away World,' there are characters who never really get names. They're too fundamentally who they are to be bound by a name, so I couldn't give them one. -- Nick Harkaway
You see, to me, it doesn't really matter if an elected official has a D or an R behind her name, or his name. I honestly don't give a damn about who belongs to either political party. -- Richard Trumka
I do this a lot with names. I'll start with a name, and then for some reason he won't talk much, or he's older than I pictured him just because of a name I give him. So then I finally get the right name, and I can't shut the guy up. This always happens. There's always a character who gives me trouble that way. -- Elmore Leonard
A good name is seldom got by giving it oneself. -- William Wycherley
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. -- Henri Poincare
Stop crying. You're giving archangels everywhere a bad name." Patch to Pepper -- Becca Fitzpatrick
Charisma is a fancy name given to the knack of giving people your full attention. -- Robert Breault
Welcome to the program. My name is Dave Letterman, and tonight I'm giving my two-week notice. -- David Letterman
THE LAW OF THE GENERIC: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name. -- Al Ries
If you compare charitable donations, you name it, religious tithing, giving, Americans trump citizens of the world hands down. -- Rush Limbaugh
The name 'Reflect It Back' comes from the idea of not only giving back but also seeing yourself in someone else. -- Max Carver
We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The name Reflect It Back comes from the idea of not only giving back but also seeing yourself in someone else. -- Max Carver
I do sometimes feel like the paparazzi are really what ran me out of L.A. They're just giving everyone a bad name. -- Michelle Pfeiffer
President Obama met with leaders of the American Indian tribes and they honored the president by giving him his own Indian name: Running Deficits. -- Jay Leno
Philadelphians are every whit as mediocre as their neighbors, but they seldom encourage each other in mediocrity by giving it a more agreeable name. -- Agnes Repplier
And that's when he finally tells me his name is Ernest. I'm thinking of giving it away, though. Ernest is so dull, and Hemingway? Who wants a Hemingway? -- Paula McLain
I was not being mean. Mean was her mother giving her the name Bernice Woodward.Ryals, R.K.. Cursed (The Thorne Trilogy Book 1) (Kindle Locations 66-67). . Kindle Edition. -- R.K. Ryals
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. [As opposed to the quotation: Poetry is the art of giving different names to the same thing]. -- Henri Poincare

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