ALGEBRA is a general Method of Computation by certain…

“Words and laws in this world made place for signs and symbols.”

— Ben Midland

Grandad taught me that the alien signs and symbols of algebraic equations were not just marks on paper. They were not flat. They were…

— Mal Peet

Simplicity is the outward sign and symbol of depth of thought.

— Lin Yutang

“We learned a lot about cults in seminary,” he said, “but to be honest, I haven’t given it much thought since it doesn’t seem…

— Glenda C. Manus

So, cutting the lashing of the waterproof match keg, after many failures Starbuck contrived to ignite the lamp in the lantern; then stretching it…

— Herman Melville

“The first thing you notice about New Orleans are the burying grounds - the cemeteries - and they're a cold proposition, one of the…

— Bob Dylan

“Aunt Rosa, a fussy, angular, wild-eyed old lady, who had lived in a tremulous world of bad news, bankruptcies, train accidents, cancerous growths—until the…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“He read me another poem, and another one - and he explained the true history of poetry, which is a kind of secret, a…

— Aravind Adiga

“The Neanderthals lived in Europe for more than a hundred thousand years and during that period they had no more impact on their surroundings…

— Elizabeth Kolbert

Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.

— Confucius

“The more I consider this mighty tail, the more do I deplore my inability to express it. At times there are gestures in it,…

— Herman Melville

“Spirit channels through everything!”

— Paula Marucci

I saw through to the last sign and symbol, but I could not read her face. I could see only the eyes shining through,…

— Henry Miller

Symbols have one characteristic in common with signs; they point beyond themselves to something else. The red sign at the street corner points to…

— Paul Tillich

Rags, wretchedness, poverty and dirt, those signs and symbols that indicate the presence of [Muslim] rule more surely than the crescent-flag itself, abound.

— Mark Twain