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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

Lao tzu

Sumner has had a lot of years on the District Court and Superior Court bench and was mentioned for a federal judgeship, so it wouldn't surprise me if he were named.

Albert Thomas

Luke : How did my father die? Obi-Wan : A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi knights. He betrayed and murdered your father.

Alec Guinness

This is not about character assassination, ... This is about questioning the ideology of a person who has continuously throughout her career made, really, a life's work of eroding and destroying the mission of the department she is now being named to lead.

Robert F. Kennedy

The woman said she arrived in Cancun on December 27 and that day met a man named Brad staying at a Cancun youth hostel. He later told her his name was Mike.

Charles Mathews

I was named after my grandfather, and he was always called Andy. I don't like it.

Andy Williams

We named this museum The Museum of Bad Art .

Scott Wilson

In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair.

Andy Gibb

I do not support the double naming of buildings because I feel it lessens the significance of the honor. He (Snyder) should instead get his own building named after him.

Sen. Brad Benson

PYRRHONISM, n. An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but Pyrrhonism. Its modern professors have added that.

Ambrose Bierce

Named must your fear be before banish it you can.

Yoda

Naturally it will be the smaller [named accounts] that are cut.

James Hanley

I don't know anyone named Morales.

Frank Therre

She's a great team leader. Being named the assistant captain shows that the teammates look up to her.

Jason Lesteberg

It isn't about individuals who were named. It's about exceptions to policy that may have been made by the Office of the President.

Liz Irwin

When your mom named you, she did not know how accurate she was.

Dave Thompson

Socrates had a student named Plato, Plato had a student named Aristotle, and Aristotle had a student named Alexander the Great.

Tom Morris

Being named best drum major is beyond my control. I could have the best performance I have ever had, and someone else could have a better one at the same competition. All I can control is how well I do, and I know I'll try my best.

Aaron Himes

America was discovered by Amerigo Vespucci and was named after him, until people got tired of living in a place called "Vespuccia" and changed its name to "America".

Mike Harding

The only time I was out of it in my pro career was after being clipped in the first round by a slow journeyman named Isagani Pumar early in my career.

Diego Corrales

Never tust a musician or a man named Roger.

Bill Balance

After we named the vendor, GTECH, they said that they could get it done earlier.

Pam Walker

I got to play in his home country, in the stadium that was named after him and I know he was one of the best, if not the best, Latin American ballplayers of all time.

Mike Sweeney

First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.

Steve Martin

They only named Custer. It is clear they will lay off two, but they only named her.

Donna Mengel

I would never do crack... I would never do a drug named after a part of my own ass, okay?

Denis Leary

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good.

John Milton

They named her Erika. That was hard, to say Erika.

Bernice Johnson

Military is named after the Old Fort Kearney Military Road.

Clark Boschult

They had just been named the worst organization in all the minor leagues by Baseball America . I was 23, and I figured I could turn things around and make a name for myself. I quickly discovered otherwise.

Doug Brei

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

I'm really annoyed at the Police Department, giving out his time of employment. There were other cops named Charles Burns.

Mary Burns

That means he defeated other Siberian huskies. He was named one of the top 10 Siberian huskies in the U.S. for 2004 and 2005.

Pat Tetrault

(Akers) didn't really score the first goal. It was a girl named Emily Pickering. She got the first goal on a free kick and put it right in the corner. The Danes were flabbergasted.

Mike Ryan

I would be tempted to recommend that the baby be named Wellesley, but that's up to the mother.

Howard Moscoe

Our witness was the judge's assistant, a woman named Mary Cherry. So we had Terry, Terry, and Mary Cherry.

Terry Tucker

As this case makes its way through the criminal justice system I would like everyone to remember that this is actually about a girl named Jill who went for a bike ride and never came home.

Marilyn Behrman

I spoke with a descendent named Jim Brace, who lives in St. Albans. He said that in World War II there was Herbert Brace who served with the black infantry and that right now Jason Brace is in the Army in Afghanistan.

John Nassivera

It is really difficult to track some of those down when all you have is a purported e-mail from somebody named Janet, and no other identifying information.

David P. Mikkelson

Any time you get named in a list like that, it's very humbling, ... To see the careers those guys have had and the career that Pujols is going to have ... it's nice to be part of that group.

Mark Teixeira

I don't know when a new archbishop will be named, but I am sure the process is well under way.

Joseph Zwilling

[New York Islanders: The Islanders named enigmatic center Alexei Yashin their 10th captain. When he was awarded the] C, ... It's always been my team since I came here.

Alexei Yashin

There have been no new developments. Many people have been talked to and interviewed but no one has been arrested and named as a suspect.

Jim Shires

I named the car Bobby, after Bob Barker.

Derrick Ferree

Re: Ian Bell becoming England captain I always thought it was customary for the England captain to lose form after he'd been named captain rather than before.

Ben Wilson

I even mentioned it would only be right if we had a school named after him and he said no.

Bill Barr

I had to overcome the name Rock. If I'd been as hip then as I am now, I would have never consented to be named Rock.

Rock Hudson

We knew they had a couple players, both named Moore. Jennifer Hinton did a good job on Andrea Moore in holding her her to four points.

Reggie Lee

I compare notes with my two sons, who are in their mid 20s. That keeps me abreast of the latest thing. For instance, my oldest son told me about a guy named John Mayer.

Gary Hailey

They've got a sports franchise named the Rays, and we've got an institution that features rays. It's a natural fit.

Thom Stork

Obviously it's a great honor to have the track named after me, but it's great to have a track which you can go out and use every day. It really is like Christmas.

Tony Magni

The guy who picked her up was named Rick, and it took her a couple of days to even remember that.

Theresa Campbell

There will be no character named Icicle.

Harry Potter

The baby climbs on my shoulder and pecks my cheek. I love that. I named her Colleen, because I always wanted a girl with that name.

Michelle Saltzman

St. Anthony is my patron saint. That's who my son was named after. We went into St. Anthony's Chapel and prayed for his help in finding Anthony.

Carmen Proviano

When I finished telling that story, the master of ceremonies said Howard Green enjoyed the story, but you named the wrong commissioner.

Bobby Bragan

I think my parents where high when they named me.

Jolene Blalock

[Small wonder, then, that it was named] Cookbook of the Year ... an important achievement in the field of culinary history.

James Beard

We named her Josephine after the character in 'La Femme Nikita,' ... That's the French version, directed by Luc Besson, not the American film with Bridget Fonda.

Scott Morgan

I think it is so interesting to have the park named after the two of them. They couldn't have been more different.

Sharon Rose

Does not wish to make a comment on it. He was not named in the investigation.

Sean O'keefe

There are 193 species of monkeys and apes, 192 of them are covered with hair. The exception is a naked ape self-named Homo sapiens.

Desmond Morris

It just melts my heart to have that, especially since our stadium is named after him. I have people come down here all the time and look at it.

Bud Sueppel

Bruno Rossi was a giant at MIT, and as an MIT professor, I am humbled to receive an award named in his honor.

Deepto Chakrabarty

We dropped Mack as a named defendant for the time being, subject to some understandings we reached with his counsel.

William Lerach

I went through baseball as "a player to be named later."

Joe Garagiola

It was just a boy's name. Even in the movie, (the name Madison is) a joke. She named herself after Madison Avenue. But that's where it comes from.

Cleveland Kent Evans

It's a bittersweet experience. It's great to have a Derby contender named after you -- it will definitely put you on a high -- but knowing I am standing in the shoes of my friend takes the edge off a bit.

Ron Bamberger

Rather than address the fundamental reasons Wal-Mart is hurting America, Wal-Mart has decided to launch a series of cleverly named initiatives to try and deceive the American public.

Paul Blank

They named it Madden Post Office because W.A. Madden, who lived across the road, gave them the bond money and he wanted it named after him.

Tom Yates

With the anticipation of the arrival of the Armor Center and Armor School, we decided to name this area after General Patton. It will be an 800-home complex with all the streets to be named after Armor units and famous Armor battles.

Phil Cowley

My brother, Rusty and and his wife, Sherry, named their child after him.

Mel Antonen

We named the company FunQuilts because it's fun for us—not necessarily because the quilts are fun.

Bill Kerr

It's the first time we've actually named one of our animals after a person.

Jill Isaacs

The boys named him because I ran out of names.

Rhonda Goddard

Ken told us there was a ghost there with us, a little boy named Christopher.

Lisa Rogers

You are the only ambassador in the world to race a horse named after your country's foreign policy.

David Lange

And now that park is named for him, and my boulevard takes you to it. The road also leads to a ballpark.

Viola Grant

I think I was under center for the Jets in that one. I was backing up a kid named Joe Namath, who is probably the only man in the world who makes me look fast.

Vinny Testaverde

A case for Red River's importance to our military could have never been made had it not been for all of those employees that will never be named in the papers or seen on TV.

Blanche Lincoln

It is a bird flu. It is aptly named. This is a rare human disease.

Dr. Ned Calonge

It took a long time for any places to be named. And when they were, there wasn't a lot behind it.

Brad Heavner

I have called some places, like Germantown, that have done something similar. It is hard to figure out how much to suggest as a donation for the named bricks. I've been told that about $25 may be what would be a good figure.

Charles Newman

It's not official yet, and the council hasn't voted yet, but it certainly should be named after him. It's going to happen. It's like the name of his foundation. He's the Best of the Batch.

Betty Esper

It's a big honor to be named to something like that. It brings the team some status so that's even better.

Jamal Durham

I once knew a man named Barry. I always thought his name was short for 'Barfly'.

Fred Lane

I'll pledge the amount you ask on one condition, ... It will have to be named for you as well, and I want your name ahead of mine.

Ann Powell

It was heartfelt that they named the school after my father. But there are certain principles that you have to guide your life with, and we just don't cross picket lines.

Paul Chavez

I have a half Lab and half golden retriever named Henry and then the other one, Lucy, is half Akita and half something else.

Christopher Guest

It's a symbolic gesture. Nobody actually, officially named a star.

Charles Chafer

That's not why we named the restaurant 17, ... but it seems to be a good omen.

Susan Ward

You never gamble with a man named Doc.

Mike Parsons

It was a kid named Kevin, and I signed a different ball for him and gave him a glove. He tried to give it back and asked for a right-handed glove, but I don't have one.

George Sherrill

It's great to be named at No.,1 but even without this list Cummins has a decades-long commitment to being environmentally friendly and making the company a diverse and welcoming workplace.

Janet Williams

The Bad Ass Coffee Company named its company in honor of these hard-working donkeys.

Amber Hawkins

We feel proud as Latinos to have the first Latino with a school named after him. Thank you and hopefully we can have another one in the future.

Carlos Sanchez

One of legendary architect Pete Dye's most celebrated courses, Teeth of the Dog is named for a local term describing the island's jagged-edged coral reefs.

Chris Santella

People always ask, is she named after the celebrity Paris Hilton?

Betsy Comperry

The other day we named four. Today, it has become six suspects.

Anton Bahrul Alam

You write your 'instruction,' say a multiply operation called XYZ, in RTL. The system recognizes a new instruction named XYZ, but we do not modify the compiler to implement it.

Bob Garrett

We're building a ranch plan based on a home we had previously done. We really liked this home plan, and when you build a house you are always thinking what if we did this or that differently. It appealed to us so much that we brought the plan, which we named the Encore, with our changes to the committee, and they agreed.

Sara Jones

Any time you get named in a list like that, it's very humbling. You see the careers those guys have had, and the career Pujols is going to have, it's nice to be a part of that group.

Mark Teixeira

Right now the county is one of many defendants to be named.

Will Phillips

A Man Named Dave.

Dave Pelzer

Why did we name it Big Bertha? I don't know. Because it's big. Everything big gets named Big Bertha.

Adam Zuleger

Dee had played Blanche for us in A Streetcar Named Desire back in 2001, ... When I heard she was doing this show, I jumped on the chance to import it to our theatre.

Mark Nash

EA is planning on adding in additional content so they can get some big-named talent involved.

Natasha Bedingfield

Being named the Caress Confidante has made my Hollywood dream a reality.

Lisa Murray

She actually named it Moses. So the little baby I'm holding in the opening part is actually Moses.

Padma Lakshmi

It means that we end up having to continue to fight for Betty's right to be named to the estate.

Stephen Hyland

[John Robinson also told him the baby's name was Tiffany, he said.] We named her Heather Tiffany Robinson, ... That was the name her mother had given her, so we wanted to keep that in some way.

Don Robinson

We have named our team based on our pre-season friendlies and feel that it is a strong line up to take on Gloucester.

John Brain

I got in contact with a guy named Jack Welch in Marshall, and he put us in the league.

Jerry Morgan

The aptly named Uncle Dick.

Gene Weingarten

I was a little bit upset not to be named in the original squad.

Jonny Lee Miller

XXL named it the jail issue, but every issue of a lot of magazines might as well be called the jail issue, ... It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.

Public Enemy

That King of Pop shit. I named him. I named him the King of Pop, Rock and Soul. He changed it just to the King of Pop.

Bob Jones

I named it Hand-In-Hand because when people work together, hand-in-hand we can all make a difference.

Austin Weinerman

We have experienced some injuries during pre-season, but the 22 named are an experienced side and we are looking forward to the match.

John Brain

Getting a standing ovation was kind of humbling that so many people are so happy that I have been named for this award. A lot of people say you're due - maybe you are, maybe you aren't - it's an accolade.

Morgan Freeman

I did pretty good. It feels good to be named a starter because I've waited a long time behind Dustin Almond.

Jeremy Young

For the first three weeks, I was their mom. If I named them, then I would definitely keep them.

Dr. Kimberlee Young

You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.

Gene Mauch

It was a great weekend to be a coach from Penn State named Joe.

Joe Battista

It's an honor to be named to any All America team, but this one is even better.

Duke Crews

A passerby named Larry, our angel, pulled the debris off and got Casey out and took him to safety and then came back and got me.

Debbie Anderson

[Jeanette] was one of the four great black boxers of the early 1900s, and he owned a boxing gym on 26th Street and Summit Avenue. Jeanette Street between Summit Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard is named for him.

Kathie Pontus

I think it's pretty well-confirmed that he was named, but that's not indicative of any wrongdoing. It's not clear what that means, yet.

Steve Parrott

I would love to see it filled with named bricks, but we can work with whatever happens. We could fill in with regular bricks and leave spaces for more named bricks.

Charles Newman

The first phone call every morning -- very early -- would be this guy named Roy. I thought this must be an ex-boyfriend. Who else calls at 6 in the morning? I didn't have friends who called at that hour unless they needed to be bailed out of jail.

Christopher Monger

A Streetcar Named Desire.

Karl Malden

So Iverson got to know the secretary of agriculture, who was a guy named Ezra Taft Benson.

Ezra Taft Benson

I think that it was fair that Michelle had all the opportunities to be named to the Olympic team.

Emily Hughes

I play a girl named Jordie in bed with my ex-boyfriend. We both have new partners, and the conversation is just like 'What am I doing here?' and why the relationship never worked out.

Emmanuelle Chriqui

[Addressing unspecified people he named as] Gebran, Avo and Rita, ... as Lebanon had been 15 years ago.

Emile Lahoud

In November 2003 we merged Galaxy Entertainment Inc., with the Canadian assets of Cineplex Odeon Corp and named the company Cineplex Galaxy.

Ellis Jacob

His fear of being named was indicative of how tense the country is growing these days.

Edward Wong