#signs

Apart altogether from our own vital interests, we cannot and must not desert those other nations who have already gone through so much tragedy and suffering to defeat the evil designs of the Axis powers. ↗

— Stafford Cripps

#altogether #apart #axis #cannot #defeat

The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#am #assigns #certain #doors #gentleman

No one ever contributed anything to my designs. ↗

— Robin Day

#contributed #designs #ever

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#disturbances #fearful #mask #more #never

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#book #concepts #contains #dumb #eye

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#curtain #hard #iron #iron curtain #reminders

Don't tell me you're not beautiful. You're the kind of beautiful the blind would see if we could figure out some way to give them three seconds of sight. ↗

— Shane Koyczan

#poetry #stop-signs #beauty

I don't look for signs. But when things happen, I say, 'OK, something must be right.' Or 'OK, something must be wrong.' ↗

— Lil Wayne

#i #look #must #ok #right

The MC has to be just that, a master in control. They can show no signs of weakness. ↗

— Saul Williams

#just #master #show #signs #weakness

It has been a long while since the United States had any imperialistic designs toward the outside world. But we have practised within our own boundaries something that amounts to race imperialism. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#been #boundaries #designs #had #imperialism