Quotes About Symbolism

LCrows are our buddies.

Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality.

Celtic Tiger portrays the oppression of a people and the tiger symbolises the awakening of their Spirit and their struggle for freedom.

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!'

If an eagle be imprisonedon the back of a coin, and the coin tossedinto the sky, the coin will spin, the coin will flutter, but the eagle will never fly.

I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.

America symbolizes FREEDOM. Freedom of speech and Freedom to protest. Today we honor those that fought for our FREEDOM. Happy Veterans Day.

Indians love to reduce the prosaic to the mystic

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption

If I were a bird, you'd be the first person I'd sh.. on.

With soap, baptism is a good thing.

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

Mi mano derecha es una golondrina Mi mano izquierda es un ciprés Mi cabeza por delante es un señor vivo

Our mathematics is the symbolic counterpart of the universe we perceive, and its power has been continuously enhanced by human exploration.

On Satan the color red is one thing; on women, it is altogether another

Sometimes an owl is just an owl.

whatever is not thus explained is to be taken as literal.

So where does the name Adam's apple come from? Most people say that it is from the notion that this bump was caused by the forbidden fruit getting stuck in the throat of Adam in the Garden of Eden. There is a problem with this theory because some Hebrew scholars believe that the forbidden fruit was the pomegranate. The Koran claims that the forbidden fruit was a banana. So take your pick---Adam's apple, Adam's pomegranate, Adam's banana. Eve clearly chewed before swallowing.

I particularly dislike the high-profile switch-off campaigns where whole cities are plunged into darkness for an hour as a supposedly symbolic gesture about energy use. So is the implication that we all need to live in constant gloom to reduce CO2 emissions?

The world is running out of good places for ashes. The Jade Rabbit

Stupid National Anthem... Look at this flag; Two bears fighting over a pineapple. What kind of message does that send to the world? "Come to Belarus, where wild animals will steal your fruit."

Because their bones are growing, they can only sleep in certain positions, obviously. The crucifix and the swastika tend to be the most popular. Sometimes a combination of the two.

The other day, I got a henna tattoo that says "Forever."

I think guns are just a symbolic substitute for male genitalia, and I'm okay in that respect." "Fine. If they get in the house, you can whack them with your genitals.