Quotes with name-calling

Quotes 321 till 340 of 368.

  • Barack Obama We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
    New Hampshire Primary Night (8 Jan. 2008)
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • David Mamet We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder ''censorship,'' we call it ''concern for commercial viability.''
    David Mamet
    American Playwright (1947 - )
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  • Bruce Sterling We may yet work up to some serious shooting war, or maybe some acts of urban genocide committed with rogue nuclear weapons. But if that were the case, why would we call that "9/11"? If Washington disappeared in a mushroom cloud, we'd give that huge event a different name.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • Bruce Sterling We may yet work up to some serious shooting war, or maybe some acts of urban genocide committed with rogue nuclear weapons. But if that were the case, why would we call that '9/11'? If Washington disappeared in a mushroom cloud, we'd give that huge event a different name.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • Victor Hugo We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Burgess Owens We understood, growing up - 'cause it was taught in our family home, my mom and dad - to respect women, for instance. To respect yourself. That you respect your name. Those are the kind of things we were taught.
    Burgess Owens
    American football player (1951 - )
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  • Lord Melbourne Wealth is so much the greatest good that Fortune has to bestow that in the Latin and English languages it has usurped her name.
    Lord Melbourne
    British Statesman, Prime Minister (1779 - 1848)
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  • Brandon DiCamillo Well that wraps up another episode, let me tell ya, balls are good and eels are delicious and I'm sitting here with two hot ass bitches, I'll see ya next week if my name is Norm.
    From Brand Icelandic Gameshow
    Brandon DiCamillo
    American actor, stunt performer, filmmaker and musician (1976 - )
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  • Anita Hill Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped.
    Anita Hill
    American lawyer and academic (1956 - )
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  • Voltaire What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • John Stuart Mill What ever crushes individuality is despotism, no matter what name it is called.
    John Stuart Mill
    English economist (1806 - 1873)
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  • Bennet Omalu What I did when I identified Mike Webster's thing, I showed it to other doctors. We all agreed that this was something new, but we had to give it a name. This was not dementia pugilistica. Maybe we could have called it dementia footballitica!
    Bennet Omalu
    Nigerian-American physician and neuropathologist (1968 - )
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  • Desiderius Erasmus What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Bela Karolyi What is the cruelest thing you can do to someone who is trying to concentrate? Call their name.
    Bela Karolyi
    American gymnastics coach (1942 - )
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  • Cab Calloway What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't.
    Cab Calloway
    American jazz singer, dancer, bandleader and actor (1907 - 1994)
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  • William Shakespeare What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Nicolas Chamfort When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler When Castro was put on trial in 1953 by Batista's government and asked who was intellectually responsible for his first attempt at insurrection, he dropped the name of the poet Jose Marti.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • C. S. Forester When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for a space at the head of a long list of books for which no one will ever ask.
    C. S. Forester
    English novelist (1899 - 1966)
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  • Bill Engvall When I drove up on the set one day, and they'd put up a sign that says 'The Bill Engvall Show,' I stood there for 20 minutes just staring at it. The director, James Widdoes, came up and said, 'What are you doing?' And I said, 'Look at this! There's my name on a stage door in Hollywood!'
    Bill Engvall
    American comedian and actor (1957 - )
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