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Quotes About Signs

Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoe makers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers a monster watch, and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth; but up in the Mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that there He makes men.
~ Daniel Webster
How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst? I will smite them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they" (verses 11–12). That's when Moses pleaded with God not to wipe them out even for His own reputation. And God relented.
~ James MacDonald
I have keen insight and a clear understanding of God's Word. I am a discerner of the signs of the times and know exactly what to do as God's prophecies are fulfilled before me.
~ James Riddle
And the painting, above his head, was the still point where it all hinged: dreams and signs, past and future, luck and fate.
~ Donna Tartt
She learned her first two signs five weeks later, on—let's see here—June 4, 1967. They were hug and me. On June 6, she spontaneously signed Hug me Jennie to Mrs. Archibald, her surrogate mother. Mrs. Archibald was under the impression that Jennie's first sign had been directed at her. I didn't correct that misapprehension. Why? I should suppose the reason's obvious.
~ Douglas Preston
The 'economy of number' proposed by Peano is an economy of signs whose paradigm is algebraic, whose transparency is consensual, and whose operational effectiveness is therefore not in doubt. He thus participates forcefully in that movement of thought, victorious today, that wrests mathematics from its antique philosophical pedestal and represents it to us as a grammar of signs where all that matters is the making explicit of the code.
~ Alain Badiou
I always loved the signs on the outfield walls, and I'll never forget the one in Philadelphia. It said, 'The Phillies use Lifebuoy soap,' and underneath was scrawled, 'And they still stink.'
~ Joe Garagiola
As a DJ, I'm really focused on the crowd. I never play the same set. I always look at the crowd, try to read what they want, and always look at the signs, point at people.
~ Hardwell
I love the Warner Brothers lot. There is so much history there. They've done such a smart thing. They have signs outside of each stage which tell you what movies and TV shows were shot inside. So cool... you can almost feel the ghosts of actors past.
~ Valerie Azlynn
The euphoria around economic booms often obscures the possibility for a bust, which explains why leaders typically miss the warning signs.
~ Andrew Ross Sorkin
I'm frightened of my innate vanity. I mean: the suits lined with scarves? Even I know the warning signs. I could quite easily end up in a tiny Playboy mansion, all on my own.
~ A. A. Gill
The parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor are striking. In each instance there were warning signs before the attack, and in each instance our government failed to connect the dots.
~ Diane Watson
The surest signs of spiritual progress are a lack of concern about spiritual progress and an absence of anxiety about liberation.
~ Ramesh S. Balsekar
All day Ben had felt surrounded by signs too secret to interpret: the dance of decaying leaves in the air, the long shadows where the autumn chill lurked like winter biding its time, a sun which looked swollen with blood as the mist dragged it down beyond the unconvincing cut-out shapes the houses had become.
~ Ramsey Campbell
God moves in power, in signs and wonders—healing the sick, in deliverances, multiplying food for the hungry, raising the dead—primarily for this reason: He is good! And it is His desire to reveal His goodness—His glory—in all the earth.
~ Randy Clark
Faith is easy when you're standing in front of a miracle. The real test of faith is when there aren't any signs." ~Reilly, The Last Templar pg. 244
~ Raymond Khoury
I'm always looking for a sign - not in a spooky, supernatural way, but in a 'neurotic writer' kind of way.
~ Erik Larson
I have an awareness of a spiritual realm, and I see signs that I feel speak to me - I don't know if that falls into superstition.
~ Ken Leung
The resemblance of the signs of the zodiac to the animals after which they are named... is as unimpressive as the predictions of astrologers.
~ Richard Dawkins
One small revenge might be to die and show no signs of having died.
~ Julian Barnes
Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs
~ Karl Lagerfeld
These signs have marked me extraordinary, And all the courses of my life do show I am not in the roll of common men.
~ William Shakespeare
The biographies of the great men see their excesses as signs of their greatness.
~ Kate Zambreno
Never eat at a place called 'Moms', but if the only other place in town has a sign that says 'Eats', go back to Moms.
~ W. C. Fields