Signified Quotes

21 quotes by 21 authors

OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant "own," and in the minds of… — Ambrose Bierce
The present age ... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence ...… — Ludwig Feuerbach
The connection between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary. — Ferdinand de Saussure
In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort… — Roman Jakobson
All was predicted by the mathematical cycles of the Mayan calendars. -- It will change --everything will change. Mayan Day-keepers view the Dec. 21, 2012… — Carlos Barrios
What was it called, that symbol of the serpent eating its own tail? It probably signified infinity, endlessness, timelessness. But for me it would mean… — Patricia Gaffney
Religious War has signified the greatest advance of the masses so far, for it proves that the masses have begun to treat concepts with respect. — Friedrich Nietzsche
At long last, we may be returning to the original two-sided sense of the word virus, which originally signified either a life-giving substance or a… — Carl Zimmer
It signified nothing that the raw, male magnetism that emanated from him probably made compasses malfunction in his presence. — Gaelen Foley
I've often said in the past that I thought MTV was sort of evil incarnate and signified the beginning of the end. And I don't… — Martha Plimpton
We were the children of white flight, the first generation to grow up in postwar American suburbs. By the time the â€™60s rolled around, many… — Herbert Muschamp
Literature is that which denounces and slashes apart the repressing machine at the level of the signified. — Kathy Acker
To Yossarian, the idea of pennants as prizes was absurd. No money went with them, no class privileges. Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all… — Joseph Heller
A purely mental life may be destructive if it leads us to substitute thought for life and ideas for actions. The activity proper to man… — Thomas Merton
A witch who is bored might do ANYTHING. People said things like 'we had to make our own amusements in those days' as if this… — Terry Pratchett
Meaning is produced not only by the relationship between the signifier and the signified but also, crucially, by the position of the signifiers in relation… — Jacques Lacan
My parents always liked it when I cursed in front of them. I could see the pleasure of it in their faces. It signified that… — John Green
George Bush ran a campaign where he bragged about being an anti-intellectual, dismissing his Harvard and Yale pedigree, pretending he was an American every day,… — Michael Eric Dyson
The idea that skiing might not be fun, might not be for everyone, had never occurred to me. Where I come from, the sport signified… — Siri Hustvedt
Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone… — Robert Graves

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