1 The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Fame, Judgment, Names, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France Copy
2 The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Harrison Birtwistle, Influence, Names, 0 Harrison Birtwistle Copy
3 All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gordon Lightfoot, Faces, Family, Names, 0 Gordon Lightfoot Copy
4 My dad liked how January went with Jones. My sisters’ names are Jina and Jacey Jones. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, January Jones, Connection, Family, Names, 0 January Jones Author Copy
5 My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Larry Niven, Memory, Names, Struggle, 0 Larry Niven Science fiction writer Copy
6 One advantage of static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they have names. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Joshua Bloch, Advantages, Names, 0 Joshua Bloch Software engineer Copy
7 I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp, gaunt names that never get fat. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Vincent Benet, Beauty, Identity, Names, 0 Stephen Vincent Benet Writer · USA Copy
8 All of the full moons for the entire year are special in that they have particular names. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Names, Significance, Tradition, 0 Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist Copy
9 All British people have plain names, and that works pretty well over there. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Paris Hilton, Names, Stereotypes, 0 Paris Hilton Socialite · USA Copy
10 What signifies knowing the Names, if you know not the Natures of things. Read explanation Author, December 27, 2023January 1, 2025, Benjamin Franklin, Knowledge, Names, 0 Benjamin Franklin Founding Father of the United States · USA Copy
11 Many errors, of a truth, consist merely in the application of the wrong names of things. Read explanation Author, December 27, 2023January 1, 2025, Baruch Spinoza, Errors, Names, Truth, 0 Baruch Spinoza Philosopher · Netherlands Copy
12 Names are changed more readily than doctrines, and doctrines more readily than ceremonies. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Love Peacock, Names, 0 Thomas Love Peacock Author · England Copy
13 You need names to get the movie made. Author, July 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Laverne Cox, Influence, Names, 0 Laverne Cox Actress Copy
14 Biblical names are hot again. Author, August 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Anita Diament, Names, Religion, Trend, 0 Anita Diament Author Copy
15 God has many names, though He is only one Being. Author, September 28, 2023January 2, 2025, Aristotle, God, Names, Unity, 0 Aristotle Philosopher · Greece Copy
16 The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them. Author, September 25, 2023January 2, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Beauty, Ideal, Names, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom Copy
The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. Richard Hamming Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it. Read explanation Sigmund Freud Psychiatrist · Austria
