Nicknames Quotes

Because I’ve got a lot more terms of endearment to use. Honey pie. Sugarplum. Bread pudding.“Why are they all high-calorie foods?

~ Richelle Mead

Could you just call me Pigeon?” he asked the teacher when she read his name.“Does your mother call you Pigeon?”“No.”“Then to me you are Paul.”...“Nathan Sutter,” the teacher read.“My mother never calls me Nathan.”“Is it Nate?”“She calls me Honeylips.

~ Brandon Mull

Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing.But what about your true name? to respond when called.Ever wonder why?

~ Vera Nazarian

They call me, The Sharkalator

~ James Patterson

By now the crusaders had christened the most powerful French catapult 'Mal Voisine', or 'Bad Neighbour', while nicknaming the Muslim stone-thrower that targeted it for conter-bombardment 'Mal Cousine', or 'Bad Relation'.

~ Thomas Asbridge

Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing.But what about your true

~ Vera Nazarian

Sooo, I'm tired of people thinking I'm a freak. I know you can't relate to that but -Get over it already, will ya? Candace stood. You're not Smellody anymore. You're pretty. You can get hot guys now. Tanned ones with good vision. Not geeky hose jousters. She shut the window. Don't you ever want to use your lips as something other than veneer protectors?Melody felt a familiar pinch behind her eyes. Her throat dried. Her eyes burned. And then they came. Like salty little paratroopers, tears descended en masse. She hated Candace thought she had never made out with a boy. But how could she convince a seventeen-year-old with more dates than a fruitcake that Randy the Starbucks cashier (aka Scarbucks, because of his acne scars) was a great kisser? She couldn't.

~ Lisi Harrison

Mocho was a Spanish word that meant maimed or referred to something that had been lopped off like a stump. To call Homer el mocho was, essentially, to call him Stumpy or the maimed one. It doesn't sound particularly flattering, but among Spanish speakers the giving of nicknames is tantamount to a declaration of love. Things that would sound insulting outright in English were tokens of deep affection when said in Spanish.

~ Gwen Cooper

Majority of people prefer a good name to a bad name, but to me, anyone can call me anything, as long as it is not written on my face.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

...you definitely are deep water Dr. Fisher. Fathoms deep.

~ J.m. Richards

Will had been taken aback in his confrontation with Arisaka to discover that his name- Chocho- meant Butterfly... He was puzzled to know why they had selected it. His friends, of course, delighted in helping him guess the reason.'I assume it's because you're such a snazzy dresser,' Evanlyn said. 'You Rangers are a riot of color, after all.'...'I think it might be more to do with the way he raced around the training ground, darting here and there to correct the way a man might be holding his shield, then dashing off to show someone how to put their body weight into their javelin cast,' said Horace, a little more sympathetically. Then he ruined the effect by adding thoughtlessly, 'I must say, your cloak did flutter around like a butterfly's wings.

~ John Flanagan

Who are you, gaijin? What do you know about honor?''I'm called Chocho,' Will said...'Chocho?' Arisaka shouted, goaded beyond control. 'Butterfly? Then die, Butterfly!

~ John Flanagan