#symbol

A sex symbol? A symbol of sex? I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. I'm 59, now, so I think I'm possibly past my sell-by date. I think I am. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#am #date #flattering #i #i am

The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given only on stone over their clay but abides everywhere without visible symbol woven into the stuff of other mens lives. ↗

— Pericles

#earth #everywhere #given #heroic #into

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when. ↗

— Max de Pree

#cultures #holds #leaders #listened #must

We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#any #clearly #conspicuously #displaying #prohibited

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life. ↗

— Margot Asquith

#life #signposts #symbols

Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a symbol of greatness to him. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#despise #even #father #faults #german

My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols. ↗

— Paul Getty

#outstanding #status #suppose #symbols #were

Light is the symbol of truth. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#symbol #truth

A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for critical reflection — not an invitation for hypnosis. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#images #mass-media #reflection #symbols #television

At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while at worst, a particular game just becomes a random symbol for petty tribal behavior. ↗

— John Carmack

#behavior #best #entertainment #everyone #game