Quotes About Symbol

The Republic is nothing," he said crossly, "a mere name without form or substance.

Augustus' signet ring was removed from his finger. His eyes were closed.

Bowing to this reality, the dying man handed Agrippa the symbol of his authority:

his signet ring bearing the head of Alexander the Great.

Instantly identifiable, he was not only a human flag or standard to be followed and protected at all costs, but also a key enemy target.

an ornamental dagger

Since its inception, the American nation has had on its official seal the following motto: 'e pluribus unum,' which in Latin means, 'from the many, one.' That would change dramatically if Puerto Rico were to become a state.

I have a purity ring.

I am a man that loves the flag.

Every nation has a flag.

For me, the things like the Confederate flag - I just don't think that it does anybody much good, and it certainly causes a lot of people a lot of pain.

The first time we ever used the Dixie flag for our backdrop was actually when we went over to Europe in 1970. It looked good, so we all liked it. We never meant any racial things by it.

I represent Brazil with the flag and the belt.

If Mississippians ever decide we should change our flag, and at some point they might, it should only be done by a vote of the people.

The umlaut isn't on my birth certificate. I had this book as a child called Chloe and Maude, and there was an umlaut on the e, and I said, I want that! It's a little flair. Just to confuse people even more.

The United States' flag should only fly in Cuba when the island is free, when dissent is embraced, and when democracy is restored.

I like to see the flag up flying proudly. When I'm in space I represent that flag.

We always do this fox sign that appears in our choreography very often. Our fans enjoy doing this sign together at our shows.

What Marie Antoinette was to eighteenth-century France, Mary Pickford is to twentieth-century America.

Indeed, as some of the Protestant traditions recognize, the symbol of a cross per se can all too readily become a mere token or amulet leading to superstition and magical thinking. Even worse, when detached from its significance, it can and often has become a sign denoting allegiance to a cause that mocks the very One who died in that way — the cross of Constantine, the Crusaders, and the Ku Klux Klan.

Some people ask nowadays what kind of a religion it is that chooses an instrument of torture for its symbol, as if the cross on churches must represent some kind of endorsement. The answer is: one that takes the existence of suffering seriously.

Some say, Scytale said, that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely people, the Emperor is a definite place. They can turn toward him and say: 'See, there He is. He makes us one.' Perhaps religion serves the same purpose, m'Lord.

Understand yourself, Piter. You want her because she was a Duke's woman, a symbol of his power—beautiful, useful, exquisitely trained for her role.

The pew is perhaps the greatest inhibitor of face-to-face fellowship. It is a symbol of lethargy and passivity in the contemporary church and has made corporate worship a spectator sport.