Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable. – W.H. Auden Category: Names
If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things. – Confucius Category: Names
A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man. – Author unknown, quoted by William Hazlitt Category: Names
Middle age is when youre sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isnt for you. – Ogden Nash Category: Age
But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful. – Jupiter Hammon Category: God
Im a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative. – Betty White Category: positive