#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

I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that. ↗

— Kim Novak

#because #expectations #free #get #helpful

I hope that increasing numbers of Christians adopt the practice of wearing a cross in a simple and discreet way as a symbol of their beliefs. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#beliefs #christians #cross #discreet #hope

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#forgets #homo #homo sapiens #inventions #invents

Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#brand #complex #contribution #every #image

For the signifier is a unit in its very uniqueness, being by nature symbol only of an absence. ↗

— Jacques Lacan

#being #nature #only #symbol #uniqueness

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

I never think of myself as any kind of sex symbol, but I get letters from all over, all sorts. It's really cool. I get a lot from inmates, which is kind of scary. But the best was the guy who wanted to send me a plane ticket to fly me to his prom. ↗

— Laura Prepon

#best #cool #fly #get #guy

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

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#any #clearly #conspicuously #displaying #prohibited