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William Fowler On Nicknames

“It’s nice to have a nickname like Willy: one doesn’t have to grow up.” William A. Fowler, American Astrophysicist

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William Cowper On Naming

“Some to the fascination of a name, Surrender judgment hoodwink’d.” Williaim Cowper, English Poet

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William Cowper On Names

“A thousand names are toss’d into the crowd; Some whisper’d softly, and some twang’d aloud.” William Cowper, English Poet

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Count Basie On Stage Names

“I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, ‘Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.’” William James “Count” Basie, American Musician

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Bud Abbott On Baseball Player Names

“Oh, I’ll tell you their names, but you know it seems to me they give these ball players now-a-days very peculiar names.” William Alexander “Bud” Abbott, American Comedian

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James Joyce On Poet Names

“I shall write a book some day about the appropriateness of names. Geoffrey Chaucer has a ribald ring, as is proper and correct, and Alexander Pope was inevitably Alexander Pope. Colley Cibber was a silly little man without much elegance … Continue reading

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Hubert Humphrey On Names

“In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.” Hubert H. Humphrey, American Vice … Continue reading

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Unknown On Names

“Words have meaning, and names have power.” Unknown

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Mark Twain On Branding

“He goes by the brand, yet imagines he goes by the flavor.” Mark Twain, American Author

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William Shakespeare On Names

“What’s in a name?  That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” William Shakespeare, English Playwright

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