The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it. — Katherine Paterson
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. — Confucius
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. — Chinese Proverbs
What is necessary is to rectify names. — Confucius
Naming suffering, exalting it, dissecting it into its smallest components – that is doubtless a way to curb mourning. — Julia Kristeva
The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing. — Pierre Bonnard
This is what language does: organize the world into manageable, and in some sense artificial, units that can then be inhabited and manipulated. — Stanley Fish
The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things. — Lao Tzu
What is there in a name? It is merely an empty basket, until you put something into it. — Charles Babbage
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects. — Le Corbusier
The object . . . is to discover methods of condensing information concerning large groups of allied facts into brief and compendious expressions suitable for discussion. — Francis Galton
I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something. — Richard P. Feynman
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. — William Shakespeare
Short Naming Things Quotes
Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people. — Martina Navratilova
Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people. — Martina Navratilova
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. — Lao Tzu
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms. — Socrates
We define only out of despair, we must have a formula... to give a facade tot he void. — Emile M. Cioran
Top 10 Naming Things Quotes
Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are. — Saint Augustine
Lord, help me to do great things as though they were little, since I do them with your power; And little things as though they were great, since I do them in your name! — Blaise Pascal
There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes. — Edward George BulwerLytton
There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice. — Simone Weil
The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents whom I personally had known and handled and had a particular feeling for. — Aldrich Ames
I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money. — Joe Louis
Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day. — Ramakrishna
I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned — Patrick Rothfuss
If I had a kid, I'd give him a name that would make everyone would want to say his name. I'd call him, Pizza-Pussy-Santa. I would! Cause everybody likes one of those things. — Dave Attell
Naming Things Image Quotes
Some days I wish I could go back in life. Not to change anything, but to feel a few things twice.
Naming Things Quotes
What is your ambition in life today? Is it to get rich? Is it to make a name for yourself? Is it even to do some wonderful thing for God? Listen to me, beloved. The highest desire that can possess any human heart is a longing to see God. — J. Vernon McGee
Dear Lord, forgive me for all of the times I've compared myself to others. I know that You have hand-picked all of my qualities. Help me to see these things as beautiful reminders of Your great love in creating me as Your daughter. In Jesus' Name, Amen. — Lysa TerKeurst
I sometimes lie, especially about personal things, because what does it matter? I am a kind of minute commodity. My name is no longer my own. I try to lie as much as I can when I’m interviewed. It’s reverse psychology. I figure if you lie, they’ll print the truth. — River Phoenix
Before you heal someone, ask him if he's willing to give up the things that made him sick.
Being famous is such a gift for me because small things make people's lives brighter. You just shake somebody's hand. You just smile and write your name and people will talk about it for the rest of their lives. — Will Smith
Even someone who works with me, like this girl who works with me, her name is Sue. She lives with me and holds the fort; she takes care of all these little things. She takes care of the money situation, and I would not be able to live without someone like that. — Caprice Bourret
I am alone in the midst of these happy, reasonable voices. All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other. In Heaven's name, why is it so important to think the same things all together. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Well, I think first of all, probably the most fundamental thing is that we are a mixed-signal analog semiconductor company, which, along with some of the other well-known names in the industry, enjoys very good economics. — David Milne
Our lifestyle, language, attitudes, and manner of dress reflect on His name. He leads us in paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Unless you are honestly convinced that the thing in question will bring glory to God, then don't do it. — Curtis Hutson
Everything has changed for me since I've changed my name. It's one thing to be called Prince but it's better to actually be one. I have such a reverence for life. — Prince
A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they showed their true colors would be seen by rights to belong rather to old age. — Percy Wynham Lewis
Naming Quotes
When everyone recognizes Jehovah's name, then everyone will be happy because everyone will know what to do and how to do it. — Prince
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. — John F. Kennedy
Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion, your lives become hell. — Muammar al-Gaddafi
The greatest human attainment in all the world is for a life to be so surrendered to Him that the name of God Almighty will be glorified through that life. — Kathryn Kuhlman
If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name. — Kendrick Lamar
Love that does not know of suffering is not worthy of the name. — Clare of Assisi
I never thought of it as God. I didn't know what to call it. I don't believe in devils, but demons I do because everyone at one time or another has some kind of a demon, even if you call it by another name, that drives them. — Gene Wilder
Where most men work for degrees after their names, we work for one before our names: 'St.' It's a much more difficult degree to attain. It takes a lifetime, and you don't get your diploma until you're dead. — Mother Angelica
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. — Montesquieu
People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak. — Al-Ghazali
Naming Words Things Quotes
There is an art of seeing things as they are: without naming, without being caught in a network of words, without thinking interfering with perception. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
People say sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can never hurt you, but that's not true. Words can hurt. They hurt me. Things were said to me that I still haven't forgotten. — Demi Lovato
Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words. — Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for. — Oscar Wilde
My salvation does not hinge on my emotions. I have an official record. I have the Word of God: "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God: that ye may know that ye have eternal life." — Adrian Rogers
The boys had asked why, if it acted slowly, was it called quicksand. The Mollusks had replied that, as far as they were concerned, most English names for things were silly. The word that they used for quicksand was a deep grunt that translated roughly to "uh-oh. — Ridley Pearson
The Democrats are going to change the name of the Hoover Dam. That is the silliest thing I ever heard of in politics . . . Lord if they feel that way about it, I don't see why they don't just reverse the two words. — Will Rogers
I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done. — Mickey Gilley
And wow! Hey! What's this thing coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding word like... ow... ound... round... ground! That's it! That's a good name - ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me? — Douglas Adams
I won’t lie. Walking into a room and seeing your girlfriend reading a baby-name book can kind of make your heart stop. “I’m no expert,” I began, choosing my words carefully. “Well—actually, I am. And I’m pretty sure there are certain things we have to do before you need to be reading that. — Richelle Mead
Keep your opinions to yourself. I think it's important that I stay neutral on politics and remain hard to understand. I don't want to be pigeonholed as conservative, liberal, independent or anything. I back the man for the things the man believes in, not whether it says "R" or "D" down there beside his name. — Merle Haggard
The first thing I ask is that people should not make use of my name, and should not call themselves Lutherans but Christians. What is Luther? The teaching is not mine. Nor was I crucified for anyone...How did I, poor stinking bag of maggots that I am, come to the point where people call the children of Christ by my evil name? — Martin Luther
Yes, women should be free to cover their faces when walking down the street. But in our schools, hospitals, airports, banks, and civil institutions, it is not unreasonable - nor contrary to the teachings of Islam - to expect women to show the one thing that allows the rest of us to identify them... namely, their face. — Maajid Nawaz
The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves; this notion consists in having a true idea of the objects; objects are distinguished and known by classifying them methodically and giving them appropriate names. Therefore, classification and name-giving will be the foundation of our science. — Carl Linnaeus
A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they showed their true colors would be seen by rights to belong rather to old age. — Wyndham Lewis
And one more thing. About my name — Artemis — you were right. In London, it is generally a female name, after the Greek goddess of archery. But every now and then a male comes along with such a talent for hunting that he earns the right to use the name. I am that male. Artemis the hunter. I hunted you. — Eoin Colfer
The God who created, names, and numbers the stars in the heavens also numbers the hairs of my head..He pays attention to very big things and to very small ones. What matters to me matters to Him, and that changes my life. — Elisabeth Elliot
My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things can survive. — Waris Dirie
May God have mercy on my soul for the deaths on my name and for the treachery I committed. Betrayal of God and country, what a sad and horrible thing it is. — E. Howard Hunt
My real name's McGill. The Jew thing I just do for the homeboys. They all want a pipe-hitting member of the tribe, so to speak. — Saul
And now she was just Gabby, currently staying in a dreamy, magnificent castle in Scotland with a Fae prince who did all kinds of non-nasty, non-inhuman things like tearing up lists of names, and returning tadpoles to lakes, and saving people's lives. Not to mention kissing with all the otherwordly splendor of a horny angel. — Karen Marie Moning
For some are in the habit of carrying about the name in wicked guile, while they still practice things unworthy of God. You must flee these as you would wild beasts. For they are ravening dogs, who bite secretly, against whom you must be on your guard, since they are men who can scarcely be cured. — Ignatius of Antioch
I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me. I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more. — Dorothy Parker
The first step into the realm of giving is...not manward but Godward: an utter yielding of our best. So long as our idea of surrender is limited to the renouncing of unlawful things, we have never grasped its true meaning: that is not worthy of the name for 'no polluted thing' can be offered. — Lilias Trotter
Not to name drop, but I'm kind of best friends with Yanni. We barbecue together, we've walked on beaches together - it's kind of a thing. — James Murray
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
Do the things you believe in, in the name of love. And know that, you aren't alone. We all have doubts and fears. — Carole King
The Lord wants double edged artistry, praising God's name and setting things straight. — Calvin Seerveld
Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing. — Jerome K. Jerome
I would gladly chastise those who represent things as different from what they are. Those who steal property or make counterfeit money are punished, and those ought to be still more severely dealt with who steal away or falsify the good name of a prince. — Elizabeth I
As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple memory aid that you can use to determine whether it is the correct time to order chocolate dishes: any month whose name contains the letter A, E, or U is the proper time for chocolate. — Sandra Boynton
Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of "speculation"; but which ought to be called Gambling. — William Cobbett
There is a greater gift than the trust of others. That is to trust in oneself. Some might call it confidence, others name it faith. But if it makes us brave, the label doesn’t matter... for it’s the thing that frees us, to embrace life itself. — Jennifer Worth
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