Whatever its symbol - cross or crescent or whatever - that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Symbolism is the language of the Mysteries. By symbols men have ever sought to communicate to each other those thoughts which transcend… — Manly Hall Copy Share Image
I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol. — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
Man's achievements rest upon the use of symbols… we must consider ourselves as a symbolic, semantic class of life, and those who… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist. — Carl Andre Copy Share Image
Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel. — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Marriage for love is the most beautiful external symbol of the union of souls; marriage without it is the least clean traffic… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
The computer can help us find what we know is there. But the book remains our symbol and our resource for the… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
[Pope Francis] has done this not through angry speeches, but through the powerful symbols and examples of embracing a badly deformed man,… — John I. Jenkins Copy Share Image
A knife can be a symbol, but it also better be able to cut string. And if it represent cutting free, cutting… — Ansen Dibell Copy Share Image
The myth holds us, therefore, not through its romantic flavor, not the remembrance of beauty of some bygone age, not through the… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
The position of the planetary bodies at the moment of birth is a musical score done in planetary symbols of the heavenly… — Corinne Heline Copy Share Image
The US Constitution serves the same function as the British royal family: it offers a comforting symbol of tradition and continuity, thereby… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
The language of images [of inner-oriented artists] does not follow a code structure that is evident and widely accepted, but is more… — Kenneth Coutts-Smith Copy Share Image
I think and hope I have changed the way we look at hats. They are no longer symbols of conformity but highly… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
Given the nature of spiders, webs are inevitable. And given the nature of human beings, so are religions. Spiders can't help making… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
A person is either himself or not himself; is either rooted in his existence or is a fabrication; has either found his… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
To me there is nothing more sacred than love and laughter, and there is nothing more prayerful than playfulness. When you are… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
While patriotism is often lauded as an unquestionable value, the status of patriotism is a problem for many thoughtful people. It is… — Stephen Nathanson Copy Share Image
The glance is natural magic. The mysterious communication established across a house between two entire strangers, moves all the springs of wonder.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Fling yourself at life and let yourself feel what you do feel upon the very tick of the second; snatch the images… — Mina Loy Copy Share Image
In many Muslim countries, witchcraft is not only on the books as a crime, but is commonly prosecuted. In 2009, for example,… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
To our way of thinking the Indians' symbol is the circle, the hoop. Nature wants to be round. The bodies of human… — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share Image
A cross could be a shape for expressing something spacious; such as the coordinators of space. That could be called its first… — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
As a sex symbol, I don't know what is appealing to women. I think it's the way you treat women that makes… — Ray Winstone Copy Share Image
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
A good trademark, whether a word mark or a symbol, is devoid of fashion or trend, which makes it potentially iconic if… — Ivan Chermayeff Copy Share Image
If the flag needs protection at all, it needs protection from members of Congress who value the symbol more than the freedoms… — Jerrold Nadler Copy Share Image
To me, there's no better symbol for the world than a grasshopper lying dead on a gravel road, and maybe there's a… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
The reality comes first, and the symbol comes after. I see these things, and suddenly they become symbolic of life. — Mary Pratt Copy Share Image
We feel that this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be… — Francesca Annis Copy Share Image
Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton was not a symbol. People did not invest in him their idea of what America should be or, worse, their… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
Everything that these folks are saying that they're trying to move away from, like comparison, perfectionism, judgement, and exhaustion as a status… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I've been in football all my life, gentlemen, and I don't know whether I'm particularly qualified to be a part of anything… — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
I think any writer coming on to 'Batman' should at least attempt to do their own definitive version. What it means to… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
He whose birth we commemorate this season is more than the symbol of a holiday. He is the Son of God, the… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image