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Quotes About Signs

Cheerily to sea; the signs of war advance: No king of England, if not king of France
~ William Shakespeare
Icons speak icon language.
~ Riff Raff
I take 'signs' in my life as seriously as advice from family and friends or proven facts. The universe speaks through events, y'all!
~ Dove Cameron
I love surprises and coincidences. I love them even more when I don't pass them off as luck, but rather recognize them as a sign that my life's course is right on track.
~ Jason Mraz
To be entirely safe from the devil's snares the man of God must be completely obedient to the Word of the Lord. The driver on the highway is safe, not when he reads the signs but when he obeys them.
~ Aiden Wilson Tozer
There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip up. The third sign is that he forgets to zip down.
~ Paul Erdos
RESPECT THE PEDESTRIAN, say the street signs of Metro Manila. As soon as Randy saw those he knew that he was in trouble.
~ Neal Stephenson
You will know that you have found the path to God when you see these signs. For I promise that no one who truly seeks God shall any longer do these things. It would be impossible to continue such behaviors.
~ Neale Donald Walsch
Three weeks ago, he'd seen hail fall from the sky, only to be followed minutes later by a spectacular rainbow that seemed to frame the azalea bushes. The colors, so vivid they seemed almost alive, made him think that nature sometimes sends us signs, that it's important to remember that joy can always follow despair. But a moment later, the rainbow had vanished and the hail returned, and he realized that joy was sometimes only an illusion.
~ Nicholas Sparks
Per il dolore, la felicità, l'amore non ci sono segni. E questo mi sembra di rara infelicità.
~ Christa Wolf
New forms of the artistic register are one of the infallible signs of an authentic moment.
~ Christopher Hitchens
Semiotics is in principle the discipline studying everything which can be used in order to lie. If something cannot be used to tell a lie, conversely it cannot be used to tell the truth: it cannot in fact be used to tell at all.
~ Umberto Eco
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produces no concept; therefore, it is dumb.
~ Umberto Eco
The good of a book lies in it being read. A Book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in turn speak of things.
~ Umberto Eco
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb. This library was perhaps born to save the books it houses, but now it lives to bury them. This is why it has become a sink of iniquity.
~ Umberto Eco
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb. This
~ Umberto Eco
Empirical objects become signs (or they are looked at as signs) only from the point of view of a philosophical decision.
~ Umberto Eco
El bien de un libro consiste en ser leído. Un libro está hecho de signos que hablan de otros signos, que, a su vez, hablan de las cosas Sin unos ojos que lo lean, un libro contiene signos que no producen conceptos. Y por tanto, es mudo. Quizá la biblioteca haya nacido para salvar los libros que contiene, pero ahora vive para mantenerlos sepultados.
~ Umberto Eco
Literature says something and, at the same time, it denies what it has said; it doesn't destroy signs, it make them play and it plays them. If and whether literature is liberation from the power of the given language depends on the nature of this power.
~ Umberto Eco
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
~ Umberto Eco
Binele unei c?rÅ£i const? în a fi citit?. O carte este f?cut? din semne, care vorbesc de alte semne, carele, la rândul lor, vorbesc despre lucruri. F?r? un ochi care s? le citeasc?, o carte poart? semne care nu produc concepte, ÅŸi deci mut?.
~ Umberto Eco
Empires never do feel the touch of mortality. . .You might have individuals who see the writing on the wall, but the imperial power as such doesn't seem able to read the signs, it hangs on for dear life and always ends in a bloody mess.
~ Unsworth, Barry
I contrast the now common belief in an ever-faster pace of innovation with the many unmistakable signs of technical stagnation and slowing advances: there are limits to everything, and invention and innovation cannot be exceptions.
~ Vaclav Smil
Well, I guess this is it." "For this little bit time." She looked up. "Hunter, you mustn't--" He leaned toward her and crossed her lips with a finger. "You can read my trail, eh? You can walk in my footsteps and come to me. I will leave you signs.
~ Catherine Anderson