Symbols Quotes - Page 39

• Zombies are then a symbol of our own mad urges to destroy ourselves, and a terrifying portent that we might succeed.

  Kim Paffenroth

  Mad, Zombie, Might

  Kim Paffenroth (2006). “Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth”, p.3, Baylor University Press

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• Indian spirituality, proclaimed that the true Godhead was beyond number and count; that it had many manifestations which did not exclude or repel each other but included each other, and went together in friendship; that it was approached in different ways and through many symbols; that it resided in the hearts of its devotees. Here there were no chosen people, no exclusive prophethoods, no privileged churches and fraternities and ummas. The message was subversive of all religions based on exclusive claims.

  Ram Swarup

  Heart, Numbers, People

  Ram Swarup (1992). “Hindu View of Christianity and Islam”

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• An invitation to be a bridesmaid is an honor which cannot be declined without some very good reason. Our idea of one of the better reasons is the impending arrival of a little stranger. ... any lady in this interesting condition should have the grace to refuse. We know that symbols of fertility are appropriate to the marriage ceremony, but they needn't be quite so obviously borne in on the congregation.

  Alice-Leone Moats

  Should Have, Ideas, Interesting

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• Sculpture is a parable in three dimensions, a symbol of a spiritual experience, and a means of conveying truth by concentrating its essence into visible form. ... It must be the reflection of the artist who creates it and of the era in which he lives, not an echo or a memory of other days and other ways.

  Malvina Hoffman

  Spiritual, Art, Memories

  Malvina Hoffman (1939). “Sculpture inside and out”

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• I can't be described as a sex symbol; I think it's ridiculous.

  Tom Mison

  Sex, Thinking, Ridiculous

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Im a person of faith, and the language that I use to define my faith, the symbols and metaphors that I rely upon to express my faith, are those provided by Islam because they make the most sense to me.

  Reza Aslan

  Rely Upon, Islam, Use

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• Good roads, good houses, adequate electricity, good schools or good hospitals in the village are indeed, the parameters of progress. However, in my view, 100 percent literate village is the true symbol of real progress.

  Narendra Modi

  Education, Real, School

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• The atmosphere is the key symbol of global interdependence.

  Margaret Mead

  Keys, Atmosphere, Interdependence

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• If being a spokesman for a generation is a fleeting occupation, being a symbol of an era is downright dangerous for anyone who has the bad luck to outlive it.

  Jay McInerney

  Luck, Generations, Fleeting

  "The butterfly crusher" by Jay McInerney, www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2007.

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• After the French Revolution, it was not the treason of the king that was in question; it was the existence of the king. You have to be very careful when you judge and execute somebody for being a symbol.

  Adam Michnik

  Kings, Judging, Revolution

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• The sea was not freedom; it was a likeness of freedom, a symbol of freedom...How splendid freedom must be if a mere likeness of it, a mere reminder of it, is enough to fill a man with happiness.

  Vasily Grossman

  Men, Sea, Enough

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• Who rules our symbols, rules us.

  Alfred Korzybski

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• From Pandora's Box, where all the ills of humanity swarmed, the Greeks drew out hope after all the others, as the most dreadful of all. I know no more stirring symbol; for, contrary to the general belief, hope equals resignation. And to live is not to resign oneself.

  Albert Camus

  Greek, Humanity, Pandora's Box

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.153, Vintage

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• Bill Clinton was not a symbol. People did not invest in him their idea of what America should be or, worse, their pride in what they thought America had become. There was no great moral self-congratulation in having elected a president from Arkansas.

  Charlie Pierce

  Congratulations, Pride, Self

  "Black Like Him: Obama's Narrow Path to Reelection" by Charles P. Pierce, www.esquire.com. July 23, 2015.

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• As blue chips turn into penny stocks, Wall Street seems less like a symbol of America's macho capitalism and more like that famous Jane Austen character Mrs. Bennet, a flibbertigibbet always anxious about getting richer and her 'poor nerves.'

  Maureen Dowd

  Wall, Character, Blue

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• I'm beginning to wonder if the symbol of the United States pretty soon isn't going to be an ambassador with a flag under his arm climbing into an escape helicopter.

  Ronald Reagan

  Peace, War, Climbing

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• In mythology, the Medusa can petrify people with a look - which is a good thing, I think. But the Medusa is a unique symbol - something strong. It’s about going all the way.

  Donatella Versace

  Strong, Unique, Thinking

  Interview with Nicki Minaj, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 28, 2011.

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• What distinguished man from animals was the human capacity for symbolic thought, the capacity which was inseparable from the development of language in which words were not mere signals, but signifiers of something other than themselves. Yet the first symbols were animals. What distinguished men from animals was born of their relationship with them.

  John Berger

  Animal, Men, Firsts

  John Berger (2015). “About Looking”, p.8, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Infancy is the realm conveyed to us in dreams which look backward to the past. Adolescence, more like a work of art, is a prospective symbol of personal synthesis and of the future of humankind. Like a work of art that sets us on the pathway to new discoveries, adolescence promotes new meanings by mobilizing energies that were initially invested in the past.

  Louise J. Kaplan

  Dream, Art, Past

  Louise J. Kaplan (1995). “Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood”, Touchstone Books

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• If the Americans, in addition to the eagle and the Stars and Stripes and the more unofficial symbols of bison, moose and Indian, should ever need another emblem, one which is friendly and pleasant, then I think they should choose the grapefruit. Or rather the half grapefruit, for this fruit only comes in halves, I believe. Practically speaking, it is always yellow, always just as fresh and well served. And it always comes at the same, still hopeful hour of the morning.

  Johan Huizinga

  Morning, Stars, Believe

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• Masculinity varies from time to time and place to place. But it doesn't exist just in the mind of a single guy: it is shared withthe other guys. It is a code of conduct that requires men to maintain masculine postures and attitudes (however they are defined) at all times and in all places. Masculinity includes the symbols, uniforms, chants, and plays that make this the boys' team rather than the girls' team.

  Frank Pittman

  Girl, Attitude, Team

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• The Christos-image
  is most difficult to disentangle
  from its art-craft junk-shop
  paint-and-plaster medieval jumble
  of pain-worship and death-symbol.

  Hilda Doolittle

  Jesus, Art, Pain

  Hilda Doolittle (1998). “Trilogy”, p.18, New Directions Publishing

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• That way of inspiration
  is always open,
  and open to everyone;
  it acts as go-between, interpreter,
  it explains symbols of the past
  in to-day's imagery.

  Hilda Doolittle

  Dream, Art, Inspiration

  Hilda Doolittle (1998). “Trilogy”, p.20, New Directions Publishing

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• Love wants to be confirmed with concrete symbols, but recklessness loves instability.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Love, Symbolism, Want

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• The desert ... may serve better as the backdrop for the problematic relationship between man and the environment. The human struggle, the successes ... both noble and foolish, are readily apparent in the desert. Symbols and relationships seem to arise that stand for the human condition itself.

  Richard Misrach

  Photography, Struggle, Men

  Richard Misrach (1987). “Desert Cantos”

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