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“Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh name BZJXXLLWCP is pronounced Jackson.”
Mark Twain
“Who steals my purse, steals trash, but he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed.”
William Shakespeare
“Frailty, thy name is woman!”
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”
Proverb
“If you saw two guys named Hambone and Flippy, which one would you think liked dolphins most? I'd say Flippy, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong though. It's Hambone.”
Jack Handy
“The name of the game is taking care of yourself, because you're going to live long enough to wish you had.”
Grace Mirabella
“If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.”
Dale Carnegie
“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names”
Chinese Proverbs
“Mr. Meant-to has a friend, his name is Didn't-Do. Have you met them? They live together in a house called Never-Win. And I am told that it is haunted by the Ghost of Might-have-Been.”
Marva Collins