Nickname Quotes - page 2

I won a nickname, "The Great Communicator." But I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference: It was the content. I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full bloom from my brow, they came from the heart of a great nation - from our experience, our wisdom, and our belief in principles that have guided us for two centuries. They called it the Reagan revolution. Well, I'll accept that, but for me it always seemed more like the great rediscovery, a rediscovery of our values and our common sense. (Ronald Reagan)
She hated their new nickname. It made them sound like deranged Barbie dolls. View quote
Sara Shepard
The modern Middle East was largely created by the British. It was they who carried the Allied war effort in the region during World War I and who, at its close, principally fashioned its peace. It was a peace presaged by the nickname given the region by covetous British leaders in wartime: 'The Great Loot.' View quote
Scott Anderson
Everyone at school seems to go by a nickname. Kat, Frosty, Bronx, Boo Bear, Jelly Bean, Freckles. View quote
Gena Showalter
None of my friends call me L.C. That was just a high school nickname, and nobody refers to me like that anymore. View quote
Lauren Conrad
Qutbuddin Aibak's conquests (c. 1200-10) included Gwalior, parts of Bundelkhand, Ajmer, Ranthambhor, Anhilwara as well as parts of U. P. and Malwa. In Naharwala alone 50,000 persons were killed during Aibak's campaign. No wonder that besides earning the honorific of lakhbakhsh (giver of Lakhs) he also earned the nickname of killer of lakhs. View quote
Qutb al-Din Aibak
I had a good time there. Moby Dick was my nickname. I struck out four times one night, and in the papers they said Ahab got his whale. View quote
Dick Stuart
I keep busy. That was my nickname in college, 'Iron to the Fire.' I like to keep several things going at once. View quote
Creed Bratton
My nickname was Skinabo - 'skin and bones.' View quote
Ellen Barkin
I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname. View quote
Jack Kent Cooke
I used to have hair so long, my nickname was Pocahontas. (Jessica Sanchez)
I've been very fortunate to dodge a nickname throughout my entire career. I've never had one. View quote
Jimmie Johnson
John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name. View quote
John Legend
John legend is a nickname that somebody started calling me a while ago and part of it is 'cos I sound like an old man when I sing. View quote
John Legend
Actually, Keke is my nickname. When I was little, my sister was about four years old, and she had an imaginary friend named Keke. And she wanted my name to be Keke. View quote
Keke Palmer
Astronauts cannot pick their nicknames and can only get their nicknames from other astronauts. Any astronaut who tries to give himself a cool nickname will regret it by getting just the opposite from his astronaut friends. View quote
Michael J. Massimino
My nickname is The Fonz. My sister Lori nicknamed me it when I was younger and it stuck. View quote
Nicole Appleton
You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker. View quote
Richard Roeper
My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs. View quote
Richard Simmons
I had a nickname in junior high, and I'm loathe to say this: 'potato lady.' View quote
Rashida Jones
Different people call me different things. In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had Sharlito, Sheldon, Charldo, really interesting variations on the name. (Sharlto Copley)
I got the nickname Spitfire for a reason - I burned inside to play volleyball. View quote
Summer Altice
The only nickname I've ever had is Merlin, like the magician. I don't know why. View quote
Tim Duncan
Artists take on an alias that's suitable for their style of music. Everyone had a nickname when they were younger. View quote
Tinie Tempah
Dummy Dum Dum was my nickname for years at school. I was the strange one of the family, the one who couldn't remember his name. View quote
John Lydon