#signals

If you spend any time in Washington you'll find nerds. What happens is most of them sublimate their fixations with comics, or baseball cards, or 1960s British comedies to policy minutiae and political arcana. But, like Christians in ancient Rome, you can still spot them if you know the signals. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

#ancient rome #any #baseball #british #cards

If beauty isn't genius it usually signals at least a high level of animal cunning. ↗

— Peter York

#beauty #cunning #genius #high #high level

I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church. ↗

— Gene Robinson

#bringing #brought #center #church #election

Never try to look into both eyes at the same time. Switch your gaze from one eye to the other. That signals warmth and sincerity. ↗

— Dorothy Sarnoff

#eye #eyes #gaze #into #look

I find that the middle finger is the universal signal of communication. I often use it to wave hello, point at someone, and convey my thoughts to deaf people. I used to use it to shake hands, but it kept getting broken. ↗

— Bauvard

#communicating #fingers #funny #gestures #hand-signals

Jewelry and pins have been worn throughout history as symbols of power, sending messages. Interestingly enough, it was mostly men who wore the jewelry in various times, and obviously crowns were part of signals that were being sent throughout history by people of rank. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#being #crowns #enough #history #interestingly

The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing. ↗

— William Falconer

#being #circumstance #every #facility #fleet

Further, by acting decisively in Iraq, the United States has sent very strong signals to other nations that have been or could be terrorist sympathizers. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

#been #could #decisively #further #iraq

Males transmit signals in courtship through behavioral displays. ↗

— Peter R. Grant

#courtship #displays #males #signals #through

As the game enters its glorious final weeks, the chill of fall signals the reality of defeat for all but one team. The fields of play will turn brown and harden, the snow will fall, but in the heart of the fan sprouts a sprig of green. ↗

— John Thorn

#chill #defeat #enters #fall #fan