17 Nicknames Quotes for You to Enjoy

Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning. Charles Eastman

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One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves. Earl Monroe

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My mom, God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont, W.Va., and his name was Skip. They called him Big Skip, and I was Little Skip. Henry Louis Gates

Back in George W. Bush's second term, when diplomatic realism began to overtake foolish bellicosity, the president developed one of his patented nicknames for the two most powerful neoconservative journalists, William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer: he called them 'the Bomber Boys.' Joe Klein

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When the other kids started calling me nicknames, I knew everything was all right. I have a pretty big mouth, so they hit on that and began calling me Gatemouth or Satchelmouth, and that Satchelmouth has stuck to me all my life, except that now it's been made into 'Satchmo' - 'Satchmo' Armstrong. Louis Armstrong

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All the women that are first born daughters in my family are named Mary, but we've all been given nicknames. I don't know how or why that started, but I'm nicknamed after my great-grandmother, who was Mamie. No one ever calls me Mary, except only if my husband is very serious about something. Mamie Gummer

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In January 2012, Google Plus started to roll out support for nicknames and pseudonyms, but those registering with a name other than their real-life one must be able to prove that they have been using that alternative name elsewhere, either on the Web or in real life. Rebecca MacKinnon

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When I was at college, my nickname was Keds because I wore Keds. I guess it wasn't really a nickname, because nicknames are usually given to you by people who are your friends and who know you. But I didn't know the people who called me Keds. I think that they didn't like me because I didn't want to join a sorority. Rooney Mara

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I don't have any nicknames. Sally Ride

Any Nicknames

I always was fascinated by neat nicknames. Steve Sabol

Always Fascinated Neat Nicknames

Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. Thomas Chandler Haliburton

People Most Stick Ridiculous Nicknames

I don't need any nicknames. Victor Cruz

Any Nicknames Need

I like 'Stifle Tower,' I like 'Gobzilla.' There's a lot of nicknames that are pretty cool. Rudy Gobert

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