My gratitude to Ridley [Scott] isn't anything new. I named one of my kids after him. But he's a very important person to me.
It's totally crazy! I can't believe all the young kids doing it in competition now. It's pretty unbelievable to have an element variation named after me.
My middle name is actually Sigourney, I'm named after me Dad's favourite movie which is 'Alien,' named after the actress Sigourney Weaver who gives birth to an alien, I was born to believe in aliens really.
I was named after my paternal grandmother, my dadi. She died before I was born, which is why my parents named me Amy.
I was named after the great emperor Cyrus as my father, Farokh Broacha, was a great admirer of the Persian emperor. Continuing the tradition, I have named my son after Mikhail Gorbachev, someone whom I admire. He gave his people freedom.
My favorite Elton John song is "Daniel"; my son is named Daniel and he's partly named after my wife's father, but also partly named after that song.
I didn't want my kids having to pass through an airport named after their father.
People get burned out in big families, you can even see it in the naming of children. Like the first kid, "You were named after Grandma." The seventh kid, "You were named after a sandwich I had. Now get your brother, Reuben."
[One of my kids ]is not named after Aldous Huxley. I haven't even read Brave New World!
Institutes should be named after these legendary artistes. Some institute should be named after Lata Mangeshkar.
I've been to Reagan National Airport. I tell people it was named after me.
People are all the time telling me stories: they named their son after me, or more than likely their dog. Or they got a tattoo.
The BBC said I could stay on air until I was named. Well, I was named within the week. So I made no broadcasts after I'd been arrested, and the BBC stopped paying me at precisely the time when I needed the money most.
The president named Obama is probably not going to repeal the bill that's named after him.
I have a puppy purse, and it's named after my doggie named Sammie, who is at home. It's from Poochie and Company.
I'm actually named Matthew William Kearney: my middle name is named after my grandfather.