“I think a title is like a magnet. It begins to draw these scraps of experience or conversation or memory to it. Eventually, it collects a book.”

Louise Erdrich, American Author

“You should never name an animal which is not yours to keep, or which you intend to eat.”

Deborah Boliver Boehm, American Author

“Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?”

Lily Tomlin, American Comedienne

“My name can’t be THAT tough to pronounce.”

Keaunu Reeves, American Actor

“I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.”

Madonna, American Entertainer

“I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a character.”

Spike Lee, American Director

“Dulce enim etiam nomen est pacis.” | “The name ‘peace’ is sweet itself.”

Cicero, Roman Orator

“Restaurants are culture as sure as music or paintings. They say something about who we are.”

Sam Sifton, American Journalist

“I got the nickname for a reason, and I have to get it back.”

Sasha Vujacic, Slovenian Basketball Player and Los Angeles Laker, on his nickname (The Machine)

“There is, you know, commercial value in having a peculiar name; it cannot be imitated or counterfeited.”

George Eastman, American Inventor