Signify Quotes

71 Signify quotes by 65 unique authors

The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for… — Otto Weininger
So important , indeed, is it (Light), and so much does it pervade with its influence the whole Masonic system, that Freemasonry itself anciently received,… — Albert Mackey
KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of… — Ambrose Bierce
Let us take some event in the life of humanity. For instance, war. There is a war going on at the present moment. What does… — G I Gurdjieff
It is intended to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with… — Raphael Lemkin
The crucifix does not signify defeat or failure. It reveals to us the Love that overcomes evil and sin. — Pope Francis
Sex is mathematics. Individuality no longer an issue. What does intelligence signify? Define reason. Desire - meaningless. Intellect is not a cure. Justice is dead. — Bret Easton Ellis
For you who came so far; for you who held out, wearing a black scarf to signify grief; for you who believe true love can… — Naomi Shihab Nye
I cannot but regard it as a kindness in those who have the steering of me that, by the want of pecuniary wealth, I have… — Henry David Thoreau
I dunno what my 23 infantile years in America signify. I left as soon as motion was autarchic -- I mean my motion. — Ezra Pound
We call infinite that thing whose limits we have not perceived, and so by that word we do not signify what we understand about a… — Rene Descartes
Solitude, as I understand it, does not signify an unhappy state, but rather secret royalty, profound incommunicability yet a more or less obscure knowledge of… — Jean Genet
Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler afore her eyes, to signify to you that Fortune is blind. — William Shakespeare
Amazement and wonder signify that one's concepts of self and of the world and of other people are ready to be re-formed. — Sidney Jourard
Clouds signify the veil of the Most High. — Honore de Balzac
WHATEVER Life may really be, it is to us an abstraction: for the word is a generalised term to signify that which is common to… — Bill Vaughan
A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life. It… — Saul Bellow
Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased… — Quentin Crisp
The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through. — Sydney J. Harris
Words are intermediary between thought and things. We express ourselves really not through words, which are only signs, but through what they signify - through… — George Edward Woodberry

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