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Quotations — Naming and Names
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Susan Brind Morrow, American Egyptologist
“A name is a mirror to capture the soul of a thing [...]”
W. H. Auden, Anglo-American Poet
“Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are
untranslatable.”
Dr. David S. Slawson, American Landscape Garden Artist
“Names are an important key to what a society values. Anthropologists
recognize naming as ‘one of the chief methods for imposing order
on perception.’”
Claude C. Hopkins, British Advertising Pioneer
“The right name is an advertisement in itself.”
Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian
“I want to get a job as someone who names kitchen appliances.
Toaster, refrigerator, blender ... all you do is say what the shit
does, and add "er". I wanna work for the Kitchen Appliance
Naming Institute. Hey, what does that do? It keeps shit fresh. Well,
that's a fresher ... I'm going on break.” |
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