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79 Symbolism quotes by 74 unique authors

The opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics are mass satanic rituals disguised as a celebration of Britain and sport. Their medium is the… — David Icke
When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists. — Gene Tierney
I seldom deal in symbolisms; if there be hidden meanings in my verse, they are there without my knowledge. — George Edward Woodberry
This boy thinks I am not of his species, that I am some other kind of creature, one that can be crushed under the weight… — Dave Eggers
It's Nathaniel Hawthorne Month in English. Poor Nathaniel. Does he know what they've done to him? We're reading The Scarlet Letter one sentence at a… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Who cares what the color means? How do you know what he meant to say? I mean, did he leave another book called "Symbolism in… — Laurie Halse Anderson
We got through all of Genesis and part of Exodus before I left. One of the main things I was taught from this was not… — Stephen Hawking
Symbolism and meaning are two separate things. I think she found the right words by bypassing procedures like meaning and logic. She captured words in… — Haruki Murakami
The symbolism of meat-eating is never neutral. To himself, the meat-eater seems to be eating life. To the vegetarian, he seems to be eating death.… — Mary Midgley
Americans have a taste for…rocking-chairs. A flippant critic might suggest that they select rocking-chairs so that, even when they are sitting down, they need not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Nobody believes that the man who says, 'Look, lady, you wanted equality,' to explain why he won't give up his seat to a pregnant woman… — Judith Martin
Halt regarded him. He loved Horace like a younger brother. Even like a second son, after Will. He admired his skill with a sword and… — John Flanagan
Symbols and emblems were everywhere. Buildings and pictures were designed to be read like books. Everything stood for something else; if you had the right… — Philip Pullman
Scapegoating worked in practice while it still had religious powers behind it. You loaded the sins of the city on to the goat’s back and… — J M Coetzee
Why will people persist in reading strange meanings into the simplest of story? Is it not enough that a writer can entertain for a few… — Margaret Mitchell
I suppose even Dictators have their chummy moments, when they put their feet up and relax with the boys, but it was plain from the… — P.G. Wodehouse
Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity. — Stephen King
In a painful time of my life I went often to a wooded hillside where May apples grew by the hundreds, and I thought the… — Hal Borland
It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of… — Albert Pike
The language of clothing is high symbolism and we all, in moments where we need to know this, realize it. — Judith Martin
Playing with different genres and perspectives and ways of telling stories is one of the perks of being a novelist, but at the same time,… — Linn Ullmann
I have been talking nonstop about the symbolism of an edible landscape at the White House. I think it says everything about stewardship of the… — Alice Waters
I think a lot of bands are influenced by religious symbolism and not even necessarily Christianity or Catholicism. — Chino Moreno
I hate dream sequences in movies and T.V. shows generally for their heavy-handed symbolism and storytelling tediousness. — Ira Glass
I support mosques, obviously. We need churches, temples, mosques. Whatever people use to speak with their god or to receive spiritual inspiration is good for… — Peter T. King

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