Quotes About Symbol

Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor

El símbolo entrega su secreto enorme cuando lo tomamos al pie de la letra y sin alterarlo lo trasportamos al resto de la realidad

Wysoko na niebie bia?a chmura formuje si? w kszta?t swastyki (...)Znak opatrzno?ci!? (Droben am Himmel formt sich eine weiße Wolke zum Hakenkreuz. Ein Zeichen des Schicksals?)

For years it has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

Beauty is a symbol of goodness; the admiration we feel for it is a symbol of the reverence inspired by the moral law.

species is capable of existing peacefully within the Sodality," the Envoy said. "It was initiated when your probe first discovered the swastika on Europa's surface. We selected a symbol that your culture most associates with war and death, and then we re-created an enormous replica of that symbol on the nearest celestial body in your solar system with conditions capable of harboring intelligent life.

I also know - and this won't alter the course of history or your personal view of me - that you will die with a clenched fist and a tense jaw, the epitome of hatred and struggle, because you are not a symbol (some inanimate example) but a genuine member of the society to be destroyed; the spirit of the beehive speaks through your mouth and motivates your actions. You are as useful as I am, but you are not aware of how useful your contribution is to the society that sacrifices you.

Che is transformed into a hardened symbol of resistance, a symbol of the fight for what is just, of passion, of the necessity of being fully human, multiplied infinitely in the ideals and weapons of those who struggle. This is what the front men and their omnipotent handlers fear.

If I love freedom above all else, then any commitment becomes a metaphor, a symbol. This touches on the difference between the forest fleer and the partisan:this distinction is not qualitative but essential in nature. The anarch is closer to Being. The partisan moves within the social or national party structure, the anarch is outside of it. Of course, the anarch cannot elude the party structure, since he lives in society.

In all religions, the quickening spirit has been symbolically represented as a bird. At the baptism, when Jesus' body was in the water, the Spirit of Christ descended into it as a dove.

The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.

The Freedom Flag is a powerful, physical reminder of one of the darkest days in American history.

We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.

This is a coca leaf. This is not cocaine. This represents the culture of indigenous people of the Andean region.

Our flag represents every American and it should not be hidden away as a result of property agreements.

The Confederate flag is a divisive presence - it's the opposite of everything my artistry means and represents.

Boeing is a United States icon.

Coca-Cola is an American icon.

I'm not afraid to use Christ as an icon.

One of the very hallmarks of our nation is the ideal of E Pluribus Unum. It is a concept that richly flows from the highest ideals of our nation.

Our flag is our identity, and we can't disrespect or let anyone else disrespect our identity.

My hair has become part of my identity; it's almost an appendage to me.

The turban is an inextricable part of the Sikh identity. Sikhs say you may take off their head but not the turban.