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Quotes About Insignia

A naprzód id? dworscy urz?dnicy: Ten w futrze ciep?em, lecz na wpó? odkrytem, Aby widziano jego krzy?ów cztery; Zmarznie, lecz wszystkim poka?e ordery,(...).
~ Adam Mickiewicz
The insignia meant a lot to the men who were fighting ... I had to do it ... I owed it to them.
~ Walt Disney
He had again seen it in the insignia of S.H.A.D.O. – the 'Supreme Headquarters, Alien Defence Organisation' from the TV show UFO.
~ Rian Hughes
T'u-küelerin devletinde bayrak, alt?ndan bir kurt ba??yla süslüdür; bu sadece bir figür olmaktan ziyade, ?üphesiz alt?nla kaplanm?? gerçek bir kafatas?d?r. Hükümdar?n kap?s?n?n giri?ine yere dikilir ve yürüyen ordunun önünde ta??n?r. Bundaki amaç, yaln?zca toplanmak de?il, ayn? zamanda efsanede oldu?u gibi Kurdun halk?na liderlik etmesidir.
~ Jean-Paul Roux
Religious minorities (including Jews) will have to wear special insignia in Iraq
~ Amir Taheri
there with the unfamiliar insignia of their rank.
~ Lee Child
Pym looked at the bugs, glanced at the sleeve of his proud uniform, stared again at the deadly parody of his insignia the creatures now bore, and shot Miles a look of heartbreaking despair, a silent cry which Miles had no trouble interpreting as, Please, m'lord, please, can we take him out and kill him now?
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
Clothes therefore, must be truly a badge of greatness; the insignia of the superiority of man over all other animals, for surely there could be no other reason for wearing the hideous things.
~ Edgar Rice Burroughs
Badges mean nothing in themselves, but they mark a certain achievement and they are a link between the rich and the poor. For when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm, if that girl has won the same badge, it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them.
~ Juliette Gordon Low
A shapeless figure bent over him, he smelt the fresh leather of the revolver belt; but what insignia did the figure wear on the sleeves and shoulder straps of its uniform—and in whose name did it raise the dark pistol barrel? A second, smashing blow hit him on the ear. Then all became quiet. There was the sea again with its sounds. A wave slowly lifted him up. It came from afar and travelled sedately on, a shrug of eternity.
~ Arthur Koestler
Calloused hands were the badge of the pioneer, while furrowed brows are the insignia of modern man.
~ Billy Graham
Badges mean nothing in themselves, but they mark a certain achievement and they are a link between the rich and the poor. For when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm, if that girl has won the same badge, it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them.
~ Juliette Gordon Low
Early on, to arouse a sense of belonging, of "community," the party began to emphasize the importance, above everything else, of ritual and propaganda—the flags, the insignia, the uniforms, the pageantry, the standard greetings, the declarations of loyalty, and the endless repetition of slogans. Nazism was a cult. The appeal was strictly to emotion.
~ Modris Eksteins
They were of many types of seals, all bearing the insignia of the King.
~ Howard Carter
Suffice it to say that we only answer questions when the person asking has a lot of silver on the epaulettes, or around the peak of his cap.
~ Jacqueline Winspear
empleado de las Naciones Unidas con una insignia diplomática de alto nivel se acercó a ella e interrumpió la conversación.
~ Dan Brown
colonel, was outranked by both Puller and Litzenberg. But no one seemed concerned with the insignia
~ Jeff Shaara
Sure enough, at the bottom of the box lay a note, crisply folded and sealed with blue wax. The insignia, though, was not Lord John's customary smiling half-moon-and-stars, but an unfamiliar crest, showing a fish with a ring in its mouth. Jamie glanced at this, frowning, then broke the seal and opened the note.
~ Diana Gabaldon
The insignia would be meaningless to all but a few people, most of whom were dead. See you soon, boys.
~ Unknown
Up to now, Mary's own impresa, chosen while she was in France
~ John Guy
In their lapels the insignia of lodges and service clubs, places where they can go and, by a weight of numbers of little worried men, reassure themselves that business is noble and not the curious ritualized thievery they know it is;
~ John Steinbeck
Han saw the way they were looking at each other. No officer looked at a cadet that way. There was nothing of the chain of command here. His look held respect, trust, and affection, and she followed him for the same reasons, not for any insignia.
~ Mur Lafferty
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
~ Napoleon