The Bible (Authorized Version)
New Testament: St Matthew ch.18 v.20
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Boorstin Daniel J. 1914-
A sign of a celebrity is often that his name is worth more than his services.

Byron Lord 1788-1824
„Churchill's Grave"
The glory and the nothing of a name.

Dickens Charles 1812-1870
Pickwick Papers
Never sign a walentine with your own name.

Hand Learned 1872-1961
(of Samuel Goldwyn)
A self-made man may prefer a self-made name.

Lucan 39-65 AD
Pharsalia (of Pompey)
There stands the ghost of a great name.

McLuthan Marshall 1911-1980
Understanding Media
The name of a man is a numbing blow
from which he never recovers.

Milton John 1608-1674
Paradise Lost
Satan, so call him now, his former name
Is heard no more in heaven.

Moore Thomas 1779-1852
‘Oh! breathe not his name'
Oh! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade,
Where cold and unhonoured his relics are laid.

Mordaunt Thomas Osbert 1730-1809
Sound,sound the clarion,fill the fife,
Throughout the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.

Ovid 43 BC-AD c.17
Ars Amatoria
Perhaps my name too will be linked with theirs.

Perronet Edward 1726-1792
‘All hail the power of Jesus' Name'
All hail the power of Jesus' Name;
Let Angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem
To crown Him Lord of all.

Rilke Rainer Maria 1875-1926
Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding
that gathers about a new name.

Shakespeare William 1564-1616
A Midsummer Night's Dream
And, as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.

Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Othello
Who steals my purse steals trash; ‘tis something nothing;
‘Twas mine, ‘tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Richard II
What must the king do now? Must he submit?
The king shall do it; must he be deposed?
The king shall be contented: must he lose
The name of king? o' God's name, let it go.

Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Romeo and Juliet
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.

Southey Robert 1774-1843
‘The March to Moscow'
And last of all an Admiral came,
A terrible man with a terrible name -
A name which you all know by sight very well,
But which no one can speak, and no one can spell.

Spooner Rev. W.A. 1844-1930
(attributed)
I remember your name perfectly, but I just can't think of your face.

Stubbs John Heath 1918-
Its always good to remember that people find it easier to name 10 artists from any century than 10 politicians.

Surtees R.S. 1805-1864
Hillingdon Hall
Three things I never lends - my ‘oss, my wife, and my name.

Swinburne Algernon Charles 1837-1909
‘An Interlude'
And the best and the worst of this is
That heither is most to blame,
If you have forgotten my kisses
And I have forgotten your name.

Traill Henry Duff 1842-1900
‘After Dilettante Concetti'
Look in my face. My name is Used-to-was;
I am also called Played-out and Done-to-death,
And It-will-wash-no-more.

Voltaire 1694-1778
What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

Rosenberg Leo
First you forget names, then you forget faces, then you forget to pull your zipper up, then you forget to pull your zipper down.

Sartre Jean-Paul 1905-1980
Words
I confused things with their names: that is belief.

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