“The motives that lead us to do anything might be arranged like the thirty-two winds and might be given names on the same pattern: for instance, "bread-bread-fame" or "fame-fame-bread."” TwoMightNamesGivenWindFamePatternsBreadInstanceThirtyMotiveGiven Names Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg
“And then came a time when I could no longer say 'We,' and I found myself in a lonesome land where no one remembered that I had ever been young, or called me by my given name.” YoungFoundNamesGivenLossGriefLandRememberedLonesomeGiven Names Book:Yesterdays in a Busy Life Source: Yesterdays in a Busy Life
“Most of us have nicknames-annoying, endearing, embarrassing.But what about your true name?It is not necessarily your given name. But it is the one to which you are most eager to respond when called.Ever wonder why?Your true name has the secret power to call you.” NamesGivenSecretWonderAnnoyingEmbarrassingNicknamesEndearingGiven Names Author:Vera Nazarian
“We are all born into families and cultures we didn't choose, given names we didn't pick, instructed in behaviour and values we might not have freely chosen, and too often we end up expected to live lives designed by others.” EndsMightValuesCultureNamesGivenBornPicksExpectedChosenLive LifeBehaviourGiven Names Author:Sheldon B. Kopp
“A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?” ImportantPastNamesGivenParentParticularPicksOur FamilyOur PastYour PastSurnamesGiven Names Author:Kelley Armstrong
“I do believe that his given name is something odd. Peregrine, Penrose- Piers, that's it." "He sounds like a dock." Lord Sundron put in. "Mrs. Hutchins called me a light frigate this morning," Linnet said "a dock might be just the thing for me.” BelieveSaidLightMightNamesGivenSoundLordMorningOddDocksPiersGiven Names Author:Eloisa James
“When I was younger, I thought LisaRaye sounded so country, but I've come to really appreciate my family-given name. I was named after my father, David Ray McCoy, and I'm totally a daddy's girl.” CountryGirlFatherNamesGivenAppreciateMy FamilyRaysDaddyGiven Names Author:LisaRaye McCoy-Misick
“If it is a joint return, we are instructed to print the given names of both husband and wife. But since some of the names that husband and wife give each other are hardly suited to print, we must proceed cautiously.” IfsGivingFunnyNamesGivenWifeReturnHusbandHumorousPrintJointsHusband And WifeGiven Names Book:Fields for President Source: Fields for President