Call Me Quotes - Page 24

• All the guys in the locker room will give me a hard time and call me Robin Thicke or call me Justin Bieber.

  Chandler Parsons

  Hard Times, Nba, Giving

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• My name is Louie, but they call me Tony!

  King Louie

  Names

  Song: Live And Die In Chicago

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• So, you could call me optimistic and hopeful and probably just a little bit naïve, but I'm coming from the space that the best way to predict the future is to get out there and just do it yourself.

  John Elkington

  Optimistic, Space, Hopeful

  "John Elkington, the 'Breakthrough Challenge' and tomorrow's bottom line". Interview with Joel Makower, www.greenbiz.com. September 3, 2014.

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• The frivolous can call me frivolous. I've always been most punctilious about important things. And I insist that no one knows better than I do the Holy Fathers, or the Scriptures, or the Canons of the Councils.

  C.P. Cavafy

  Father, Important, Scripture

  Constantine P. Cavafy, “A Byzantine Nobleman In Exile Composing Verses”

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• It's what I call "mental masturbation", when you engage is some pointless intellectual exercise that has no possible meaning.

  Linus Torvalds

  Exercise, Intellectual, Masturbation

  "Linus Torvalds: Geek of the Week" by Richard Morris, www.red-gate.com. July 17, 2008.

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• My mother phones daily to ask, "Did you just try to reach me?" When I reply no, she adds, "So, if you're not too busy, call me while I'm still alive," . . . and hangs up.

  Erma Bombeck

  Mother, Phones, Trying

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• Call me paranoid. I´m frequently right.

  Mira Grant

  Paranoid

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• I'll give you my phone number. When you worry, call me. I'll make you happy.

  Bob Marley

  Phones, Numbers, Giving

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• Don't call me 'gentleman'. I work for a livin'.

  Tamora Pierce

  Gentleman

  Tamora Pierce (2015). “Wild Magic”, p.234, Simon and Schuster

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• Dear White Fella When I am born I’m black When I grow up I’m black When I am sick I’m black When I go out ina sun I’m black When I git cold I’m black When I git scared I’m black And when I die I’m still black. But you white fella When you’re born you’re pink When you grow up you’re white When you git sick you’re green When you go out ina sun you go red When you git cold you go blue When you git scared you’re yellow And when you die you’re grey And you got the cheek to call me coloured?

  Steven Pinker

  Growing Up, Yellow, White

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• Call me old-fashioned, but I believe that morality is not just a matter of opinion.

  Brian Dennehy

  Believe, Matter, Morality

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• You can call me Joker. And as you can see, I'm a lot happier.

  Jack Nicholson

  Batman Movie

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• I cast a glance in my new admirer's direction. "You may call me Your Highness," I said. "Or Empress Beauty." He chuckled. I wasn't kidding.

  Gena Showalter

  May, Admirer, Empresses

  Gena Showalter (2012). “Animal Instincts”, p.283, Harlequin

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• I suppose you could call me...Soot," said the thing. "Yes...Soot. I have breathed it, lived in it, and eaten it for so long that it is a fitting name." "Eaten it?" asked Suzy. "Why eat soot?" "Boredom," said Soot.

  Garth Nix

  Names, Long, Boredom

  Garth Nix (2010). “The Keys to the Kingdom #2: Grim Tuesday”, p.170, Scholastic Inc.

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• You can call me mercenary, or call me madam, but, as I always tell my customers - just call me anytime!

  Xaviera Hollander

  Prostitution, Mercenary, Customers

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• And this is Nymphadora-" "Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus," said the young witch with a shudder. "It's Tonks." "-Nymphadora Tonks, who prefers to be known by her surname only," finished Lupin. "So would you if your fool of a mother had called you 'Nymphadora,' " muttered Tonks.

  J. K. Rowling

  Mother, Fool, Witch

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• I call him Alshon. He calls me Demaryius Thomas.

  Brandon Marshall

  Silly, Nfl

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• The focus should be on the players. I'm here a long time. You can call me in the summer. Our seniors will be gone.

  Dean Smith

  Senior, Summer, Player

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• Call me anything you like, but don't call me a lady.

  Charlotte Whitton

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• I do not stand on protocol. If you just call me Excellency, it will be okay.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Okay, Protocol, Ifs

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• I've been described as a tough and noisy woman, a prize fighter, a man-hater, you name it. They call me Battling Bella, Mother Courage, and a Jewish mother with more complaints than Portnoy. There are those who say I'm impatient, impetuous, uppity, rude, profane, brash, and overbearing. Whether I'm any of those things, or all of them, you can decide for yourself. But whatever I am -- and this ought to be made very clear -- I am a very serious woman.

  Bella Abzug

  Mother, Men, Names

  Bella S. Abzug (1972). “Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington”, Saturday Review Press

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• Call me a troglodyte; I'd rather peruse those photos alongside my sweetheart, catch the newspaper on the way to work, and page thorough a real book.

  Clifford Stoll

  Real, Book, Pages

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• Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.

  George Herbert

  Olives

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.301

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• Lots of people call me Dave, my mum calls me David, my wife calls me Dave, I don't really notice what people call me.

  David Cameron

  Wife, People, Dave

  Interview with Richard Bacon on XFM, September 28, 2006.

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• You may only call me "Mrs. Darcy"... when you are completely, and perfectly, and incandescently happy.

  Jane Austen

  Prejudice, May, Darcy

  "Fictional character: Elizabeth Bennet". "Pride & Prejudice", www.imdb.com. 2005.

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