Quotes About Symbolism

The fact that the prohibited tree was placed in the center of the garden, right next to the Tree of Life (Gen. 2:9), symbolizes that the life that God intends for us revolves around our honoring God's prohibition as much as trusting God for his provision.The

The world rarely shrieks its meaning at you. It whispers, in private languages and obscure modalities, in arcane and quixotic imagery, through symbol systems in which every element has multiple meanings determined by juxtaposition.

I only wear two rings: a wedding ring and my World Series ring.

Personally, I find it odd that they would name it One World Trade Center. Frankly, I think if they named it any company name, I would think it was - you know, the memorial is beautiful, but I don't know why they don't change the name. That just seems so odd to me.

Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.

Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn.

While at Sunderland, I was No. 13, which I'd worn since I was 18, so it proved to be a decent number for me.

Kneeling for the anthem does nothing to advance solutions to racial injustice, police brutality, or any other social plight. It is a slap in the face to patriotism itself. It is a statement that America as a country is no longer worth standing for.

Diamonds are intrinsically worthless, except for the deep psychological need they fill.

On my left forearm, I've got a gothic cross with a tombstone in the center with the initials 'E' and 'G' for my friend, the late Eddie Guerrero.

I take a ton of pride in what our flag and our anthem stands for.

Don't take anything too literally. When throwing a coastal theme dinner, don't just put seashells on the table. Instead, think about the colors and tones of seashells, what they remind you of and go from there.

So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth.

Monsters are a storytelling tool, like domestic realism and close third.

What's the big deal in doing a topless shoot provided it's done in good taste? Our temples too have topless figures carved on them.

I've actually carried the Olympic torch through Stoke-on-Trent.

A true flag is not something you can really design. A true flag is torn from the soul of the people. A flag is something that everyone owns, and that's why they work. The Rainbow Flag is like other flags in that sense: it belongs to the people.

With 10 per cent of Nigeria's total land mass, 80 per cent of which is arable, Niger state symbolises the hope and greatness of Nigeria and has potential to feed the continent.

Remember—there's only one God, everything else is metaphor.

Clinton and his cigar was so much greater a man than Bush and his rifle.

Is it like a rust, a rheum about the heart?

The pail containing the fish was part of the vertical axis of the painting and rested on a round table held up by a single foot.

The familiar shape of the cross still gleamed above the distant forest, but now that I had found companions it no longer made any impression on me.

The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.