A symbol is indeed the only possible expression of some invisible essence, a transparent lamp about a spiritual flame; while allegory is… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
It [9/11 event] was aimed at symbols: the World Trade Center, the heart of American capitalism, and the Pentagon, the headquarters of… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
Because for me, equations and symbols aren't just a thing. They're a voice that speaks out about the incredible richness of nature… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
There are indeed 'values' in the Harry Potter series, but they're confused with anti-values. Potterworld is a scrambled moral universe. There are… — Michael O'Brien Copy Share Image
Thus, words being symbols of ideas, we can collect ideas by collecting words. The fellow who said he tried reading the dictionary… — James Webb Young Copy Share Image
My intention was to grapple with the metaphysical meaning behind Scheherazade and present that meaning in its essence. Scheherazade is the symbol… — Alonzo King Copy Share Image
If it is unpatriotic to tear down the flag, which is a symbol of the country, why isn't it more unpatriotic to… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
If our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
Bracelets with white symbols?” Michael made the question casual; in fact, he bent his head and concentrated on tuning his guitar, not… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
Such displays of the Australian spirit engender pride, regardless of background, religion and political persuasion. They are unifying... This spirit of leadership… — Larissa Behrendt Copy Share Image
What we argue in the piece is that the headscarf has become a political symbol for an ideology of Islam that is… — Asra Nomani Copy Share Image
The creation of all those symbols and logotypes which are an ever more striking feature of the world in which we live… — Armin Hofmann Copy Share Image
The "brightness" of the 15 percent might or might not indicate a profound feeling for the causes of things; it is largely… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
We know there are states, like Alaska, where there are not a lot of providers. How do we work on issues like… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
What distinguished man from animals was the human capacity for symbolic thought, the capacity which was inseparable from the development of language… — John Berger Copy Share Image
To see ten thousand animals untamed and not branded with the symbols of human commerce is like scaling an unconquered mountain for… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
The symbol in Chinese for crisis is made up of two ideographs: one means danger, the other means opportunity. This symbol is… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
Mercy Watson is obsessed with toast. What was blocking me was the challenge of trying to understand what she loves, what motivates… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Nostalgia! I feel it even for someone who meant nothing to me, out of anxiety for the flight of time and a… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
By the time President Obama took office, Guantanamo was viewed internationally as a symbol of a counterterrorism approach that flouted our laws… — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
Just carrying a ruler with you in your pocket should be forbidden, at least on a moral basis. The ruler is the… — Friedensreich Hundertwasser Copy Share Image
The Resurrection of Jesus is...a symbol of hope...I don't see how you can show love...without being in solidarity with the victims of… — Jon Sobrino Copy Share Image
People say there's no trace of an accent anymore, and there isn't because I worked very hard to lose it. And the… — John Mahoney Copy Share Image
Nearly 60% of Americans who regularly attend Christian church say there is no such thing as the Holy Spirit—they say the Holy… — George Barna Copy Share Image
It's Aslan, the lion from The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. It's a symbol of my hellish childhood. I struggled through… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
One of the deep mysteries to me is our logo, the symbol of lust and knowledge, bitten into, all crossed with the… — Jean-Louis Gassee Copy Share Image
A picture was once a rare sort of symbol, rare enough to call for attentive concentration. Now it is the actual experience… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more fatal to progress than a too confident reliance on mathematical symbols; for the student is only too apt… — Lord Kelvin Copy Share Image
How the horse dominated the mind of the early races especially of the Mediterranean! You were a lord if you had a… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The notion of representing a sound by a graphic symbol is itself so stupefying a leap of the imagination that what is… — Jack Goody Copy Share Image
It isn't up to the painter to define the symbols. Otherwise it would be better if he wrote them out in so… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
To understand is nothing, but to be understood-that is the problem and the source of anguish. The soul throbs and would have… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Medical training taught me the art of breaking down the complex maze of stories, symbols and rituals into clear systems. You could… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too… — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
HOLLY KING is a symbol of the waning forces of Nature... The Holly King is depicted as an old man in winter… — Raven Grimassi Copy Share Image
It felt as though they were the only people in the world, two young women about to bury the symbol of their… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Baseball is not a conventional industry. It belongs neither to the players nor management, but to all of us. It is our… — John Thorn Copy Share Image
Too large a proportion of recent "mathematical" economics are mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
To grasp life and meaning, we assume constancy where it does not exist. We name experiences, emotions, and subjective states and assume… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Yes, the essence of every love is a child, and it makes no difference at all whether it has ever actually been… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
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