Quotes About Designation

Thus all apparent things that appear or exist are empty of any essence, and have only a conceptual or nominal identity. Not the slightest distinction exists between the designation and the nature of things that it symbolizes. For there is a constant coemergence, which cannot be realized by external means.

If we are recognizing the Bible as a sacred text, then we are violating the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Tennessee by designating it as the official state book.

Everyone recognizes reality (or recognizes what, in their experience, clearly pertains to reality) only because others designate it to them as such. Reality suffers from a species of inherent fragility, such that the reality of reality must incessantly be reinforced in order to endure.

And how do men call you?" "I have many names, but one nature. You may call me Mazda, or anything you please.

As First Ladies of the land, these women filled the most demanding volunteer job in America. They were not elected, they were legally responsible to no one except the man with whom they had exchanged marriage vows. They had no official title. First Lady was a term popularized by a newswoman many years ago, but it has remained the only designation given to the woman who is married to the man we call "Mr. President.

Technically, he was "Ranger-qualified" or "Ranger-tabbed" but was not "Ranger-Scrolled.

Before 1802, cirrus, cumulus, and altostratus clouds hadn't been given names. Untitled before 1802, the shapes were present in the sky, ethereal or ephemeral, presumably since the big bang, but un-designated, until they needed to be. Why then? The world hasn't been fully seen, until it is named.

It is difficult to think of the "natural world" as sacred (because we just designated it "natural").

Similarly, a little later on, the author will point out to us, among the crowd he describes, a "reactionary." That is common enough designation today. But here, I ask Mr. Flaubert again: "A reactionary? How can you recognize one at a distance? Who told you? How do you know about it?" The author evidently is amusing himself, and all these characteristics are invented on a whim.

No one's supposed to be the president. This is not England. And it's not just the Bush family, all families designate each child as having some particular trait.

Yo. Salt-and-Pepper. The name is Go-Go or Mr Go-Go, okay?

To avoid confusion, the correct designation for twelve o'clock is 12 noon or 12 midnight. Alternatively, the twenty-four-hour-clock system may be used. The abbreviation a.m. stands for ante-meridiem (before the sun has crossed the line) and p.m. for post-meridiem (after the sun has crossed the line). At 12 noon the sun is at its highest point in the sky and directly over the meridian. It is therefore neither "ante-" nor "post-".

Her real name will come later, but her current code name is Petunia.

The very term 'public utility' … is an absurd one. Every good is useful 'to the public,' and almost every good … may be considered 'necessary.' Any designation of a few industries as 'public utilities' is completely arbitrary and unjustified.

Whatever is dependently co-arisen That is explained to be emptiness. That, being a dependent designation Is itself the Middle Way.

I decided to dub the room with the good chairs my lutery. Or perhaps my performatory. I would need a while to come up with something suitably pretentious.

Of Beginnings and the Names of Things S

So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name