If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
If you’re looking for a spiritual allegory in the style of C.S. Lewis, I guess you could piece something together with Lorne… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“...all religions seek to approach the reality of God through symbols, and these symbols point to the mystery of human life, pushing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We don't have too much ritual in our life anymore. And these life symbols which people rely on to keep their feeling… — John Hench Copy Share Image
I'm convinced, that when you are a footballer you are a symbol. You have to be a superman in some ways, to… — Emmanuel Petit Copy Share Image
“Symbols shmimbols. Sure they're important but... Well look at Ahab's whale. Now there's a great symbol. Some say it stands for god,… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
What are the symbols of American strength, wealth, power and modernity? Certainly not jazz and rock and roll, not chewing-gum or hamburgers,… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
The triangle pointing downward is a female symbol corresponding to the yoni and the upward pointing triangle is the male, the lingam… — Albert Mackey Copy Share Image
It is easy to see things in retrospect. But I was ignorant then of everything but my own happiness, and I don’t… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
But whether I become a believer or remain an agnostic, my belief or disbelief must derive its source from within, not from… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I think America the symbol and America the notion are still very different from America the nation. What's touching and almost regenerative… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
If you want a symbol of Roman power and strength look no further than the Praetorian or Imperial Guard. We could take… — Stephen Nichols Copy Share Image
Leibniz endeavored to provide an account of inference and judgment involving the mechanical play of symbols and very little else. The checklists… — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
A woman's long hair symbolizes that she submits to God's plan and to the family leadership of her husband. It is her… — David K. Bernard Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes — I mean the universe — but we cannot… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express. Let them make… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
Unvisited tombstones, unread diaries, and erased video game high-score rankings are three of the most potent symbols of mankind's pathetic and fruitless… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
It would seem as if the very language of our parlors would lose all its nerve and degenerate into palaver wholly, our… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I perceived that the 'thing' and the 'idea' were taken to be equivalents of feeling, and understood the lie of the world… — Kazimir Malevich Copy Share Image
I'm excited about how books work in a digital age. When you read a book, unlike a film, you are decoding symbols… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
“It has been said that the first black presidency was mostly “symbolic,” a dismissal that deeply underestimates the power of symbols. Symbols… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
What was it called, that symbol of the serpent eating its own tail? It probably signified infinity, endlessness, timelessness. But for me… — Patricia Gaffney Copy Share Image
The assumption of the word reunion is that, once you're together again, you are united. Two as one. Pulling close to someone… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
When you cut down to the micro-level in the West, I think we have a great deal to be worried about. And… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Symbols give us our identity, our self image, our way of explaining ourselves to ourselves and to others. Symbols in turn determine… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Countries under foreign command quickly forget their history, their past, their tradition, their national symbols, their way of living, often their own… — Slobodan Milosević Copy Share Image
But then you hear that he can't hear you, you see that he can't see you. You are not here--and you haven't… — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
It's the circumstances of popular monarchy, the manner in which it's developed, and it is also the fault of the people who… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
“It was held that the six great arts – visual art (including architecture and photography), drama, dance, music, film and literature –… — Peter Abbs Copy Share Image
Mitterrand had a sense for symbols, and he was the first Socialist president since 1958. He wanted to show that there is… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
Israel's international position is very badly damaged. A country which started off as a symbol of recovery of a people who were… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
I got out my jar of ointment. I knew animators who had special containers for the ointment. Crockery, hand-blown glass, mystical symbols… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Every corner in a house, every angle in a room, every inch of secluded space in which we like to hide, or… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
In a way, the sense of quality has improved, the status symbol of the small things is gone, and it is acceptable… — Arne Jacobsen Copy Share Image
A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
As we learned from the Clinton administration and much of the media, a machine gun in the hands of a federal agent… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
For our people, butterflies are a symbol of hope. It's said that if you capture one in your hands and whisper your… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they've made of me and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If a symbol should be discovered in a painting of mine, it was not my intention. It is a result I did… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
The Open Hearts design was inspired by my Mom's advice that only when you keep your heart open can you best give… — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
